Are you and your spouse cultivating meaningful relationships with our couples? Marriage experts Matt & Lisa Jacobson join Greg & Erin to discuss the importance of marriage friendships. Later, listen for Conversation Starters: Double Date Edition! Then, we'll hear a question from a listener who wants to know if she should sign a prenup.



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Click here for a list of Conversation Starters! And don't forget to leave us a voicemail with your answers to this week's questions... What do you do for fun? What has God been teaching you lately? What do you value in a friendship?



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Are you and your spouse cultivating meaningful relationships with our couples? Marriage experts Matt &amp; Lisa Jacobson join Greg &amp; Erin to discuss the importance of marriage friendships. Later, listen for Conversation Starters: Double Date Edition! Then, we'll hear a question from a listener who wants to know if she should sign a prenup.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-08-05?refcd=2122508">Click here to receive a bundle of Matt &amp; Lisa's devotionals, 100 Ways to Love Your Wife and 100 Ways to Love Your Husband, for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
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Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear, practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear, practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family. 

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Marriage Friendships: Accountability & Fellowship

No two people in marriage are the same, and differences that were initially fun and quirky may cause friction over time! In this weeks episode, listen to a conversation from Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, where Greg & Erin explain how you can learn to cherish the differences in your spouse. Later, we try a new segment called "What Would You Do?" where Greg & Erin talk about what they would do if one of them decided to leave the faith. Then, we answer a question from a listener about her alcoholic husband.

 

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No two people in marriage are the same, and differences that were initially fun and quirky may cause friction over time! In this weeks episode, listen to a conversation from Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, where Greg &amp; Erin explain how you can learn to cherish the differences in your spouse. Later, we try a new segment called "What Would You Do?" where Greg &amp; Erin talk about what they would do if one of them decided to leave the faith. Then, we answer a question from a listener about her alcoholic husband.
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Cherishing the Differences in Your Spouse

How do you rebuild trust in your marriage after pornography addiction? This week, join Greg & Erin as they sit down with Nick & Michelle Stumbo of Pure Desires Ministries to talk about their journey through Nick's addiction and the healing process that followed. Later, we hear a devotional from Bill Arbuckle. Later, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know if she and her fiance should place boundaries on their wedding night.



Click here to receive Nick's book, "Setting Us Free," for a gift of any amount!



Click here to listen to Greg & Erin's No Porn Marriage podcast



Click here for Pure Desire Ministries to find freedom and support from addiction



Click here for Pure Desire's F.A.S.T.E.R. scale to create healthy guardrails.



Call Focus on the Family at 1(855) 771-4357, or click here, to receive free counseling consultation



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How do you rebuild trust in your marriage after pornography addiction? This week, join Greg &amp; Erin as they sit down with Nick &amp; Michelle Stumbo of Pure Desires Ministries to talk about their journey through Nick's addiction and the healing process that followed. Later, we hear a devotional from Bill Arbuckle. Later, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know if she and her fiance should place boundaries on their wedding night.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-12-09?refcd=2190602">Click here to receive Nick's book, "Setting Us Free," for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/8eyfs4">Click here to listen to Greg &amp; Erin's No Porn Marriage podcast</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/p6okv5">Click here for Pure Desire Ministries to find freedom and support from addiction</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/q60kox">Click here for Pure Desire's F.A.S.T.E.R. scale to create healthy guardrails.</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/pdu88s">Call Focus on the Family at 1(855) 771-4357, or click here, to receive free counseling consultation</a>
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/24cltcm-donate-page?refcd=2190602">Donate Now!</a>
 
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Pornography and Marriage

The beginnings of an affair are often innocent and hardly noticeable, which is why you should take steps to safeguard your marriage. This week, join Greg & Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Dave Carder to talk about building trust, setting boundaries, and nurturing intimacy to keep your marriage strong and secure. Later, we share our favorite date night ideas. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how she should handle confronting her husbands addiction to pornography.



Click here to receive Dave's book, "Anatomy of an Affair," for a gift of any amount!



Read Erin's article, "Make Date Night With Your Spouse A Weekly Habit."



Read Erin's article, "Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation."



Read Joann Condie's book about how to deal with a spouse's porn addiction, "Aftershock."



If you or your spouse struggle with porn, click here for Pure Desire Ministries



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We'd love to hear from you! Visit our Homepage to leave us a voicemail.

The beginnings of an affair are often innocent and hardly noticeable, which is why you should take steps to safeguard your marriage. This week, join Greg &amp; Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Dave Carder to talk about building trust, setting boundaries, and nurturing intimacy to keep your marriage strong and secure. Later, we share our favorite date night ideas. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how she should handle confronting her husbands addiction to pornography.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-12-02?refcd=2188101">Click here to receive Dave's book, "Anatomy of an Affair," for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/5ber00">Read Erin's article, "Make Date Night With Your Spouse A Weekly Habit."</a>
 
<a href="http://sf.fotf.com/u2lmht" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Read Erin's article, "Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation."</a>
 
<a href="http://sf.fotf.com/fq3tff" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Read Joann Condie's book about how to deal with a spouse's porn addiction, "Aftershock."</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/tfuer7" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">If you or your spouse struggle with porn, click here for Pure Desire Ministries</a>
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/24cltcm-donate-page?refcd=2188101">Donate Now!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/cltcm-voicemail">We'd love to hear from you! Visit our Homepage to leave us a voicemail.</a>

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