All issues concerning life, love and marriage.
Shocking statistics reveal the link between office Christmas parties and infidelity. Then Mark answers emails on faith, spanking your kids, pornography and masturbation, and staying pure in a corrupt culture.
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Good Morning from San Fransisco! The 2 open the show with a LiveScience article, ‘Romantic Love Is an Addiction,’ Researchers Say.
A wife is struggling to find a balance between submission and respect for her husband and his, ‘I’m the head of the household,’ attitude. Mark talks about cultural difference and the discomfort some cultures experience in church. A young man provides more information about his struggle dating women that ‘enable’ him. Mark gets upset with an e-mail question, How do I get my spouse to do what I want?
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Due to a scheduling issue, the show is only 30 minutes long today. Enjoy the short but sweet program where Mark and Debbie start off discussing the “happiness gap” and how a study shows it increases the chances of divorce. They also answer a couple of listener emails: one about a husband who is an addict and one from a wife who can’t get her husband to stop playing online video games.
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Mark and Debbie open the show with this article, Japan’s spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school.
Is it okay to ask a spouse to get tested for STDs after having an affair? A wife can’t get her husband to stop looking at porn and Mark talks about judgment day and what is important to God.
What should be shared after an affair and Mark explains why he is a professional ‘jerk.’ A Christian woman living with her Christian boyfriend can’t get him to pray with her. Is sex addiction real?
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Mark and Debbie open the show with a disturbing new article from the Christian Post, Porn Addiction Flooding Culture, Church. The article presents scary new numbers about the number of men and women in the Christian community that are addicted to pornography. Mark describes the label of ‘addicted’ as the easy way out for many people.
Mark and Debbie get an e-mail about the word ‘consequences’ and why women hate that word so much. Follow up e-mails spark a discussion about following God’s promptings, how men deal with shame, and whether or not to confess an affair that happened years ago to your spouse. Mark answers a man’s question about masturbation and his struggle with relationships after his marriage ended when his wife has an affiar with their pastor.
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