A woman wants to know if she needs to ‘man up’ and deal with her husband that has been visiting his girlfriends. A husband confesses that he thinks about sex 24/7, lusts after every woman he sees and is still sleeping with prostitutes. A wife wants her husband to acknowledge and reach out to a child from his past. Trust is broken in a marriage because of internet affairs, and now the husband is carpooling with a female co-worker to ‘save on gas.’ A listener wants to know if crushing on a married person is wrong…?
Mark and Debbie open the show with a follow up to the Christianity Today article about getting married young. The new article, Don’t wait to get married, UT sociologist professor suggests explains the negative feedback a professor has received for saying that Christians should marry young and is being called an extremist and a sexist.
A caller joins the show explaining his frustration as a single man and explains the trouble he is having with his church. Mark and Debbie get to emails on the show dealing with lust and nagging. Then, we get to a follow up e-mail from a wife whose husband is still hanging out with friends that she can’t stand.
Mark and Debbie open the show with an article about money, and how big spenders often marry big savers.
Debbie brings an e-mail to the show from a wife that could not get her husbands attention, then caught him looking at porn. She is still concerned about her husband viewing porn, but he gets angry when she voices her concern. Mark addresses the e-mail and expands on the impact of pornography on people’s lives.
Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube joins the show and talks with Mark and Debbie about creating better times and pushing through things you don’t want to do. He has an amazing story and will be joining Mark in Green Bay at the upcoming Manly Man Conference.
Debbie brings an e-mail to the show from a wife that caught her husband sending private messages to women online. Also, an e-mail from a man looking for clarification on Genisis 2.
Mark is back from vacation! To open the show Mark and Debbie discuss a Rebook magazine article that everyone should read covering the 8 Things No One Tells You About Marriage.
Mark and Debbie get to an e-mail from a man seeking help with his controlling wife and how to deal with her without fighting. Mark addresses the difference between temptation and lusting, and the importance of being a lover to your spouse and fulfilling their sexual needs.
Here is a link to the Death Clock site Mark mentioned on show, if your looking for a laugh check it out.
On today’s show Mark discusses the importance of having grandparents involved in the lives of the grandchildren, recovery from extra-marital affairs, how Christians can avoid falling into sexual sin, divorce for reasons other than adultery, legal separation, doing the right things vs. being happy, and the difference between sinning or lusting in your heart and the outward act of sin.
