The show starts off with an article revealing Secret to a Happy Marriage…and it might not be what you think!
Mark answers emails from listeners needing advice on divorce and remarriage, marrying without a marriage license, and teen dating.
He also addresses a question from a wife wondering if it’s okay for her to forbid her husband from having a friendship with the guy who helped cover up his affair. And a 50 year old woman needs to know what to do since her 50 year old body doesn’t turn on her hubby anymore.
A listener has questions about accountability and wonders if it can be demanded of someone. A wife wants to know why it takes yelling at her husband to get things done, which leads Mark to lay out a brilliant explanation of spending “emotional capital” and how it makes some wives crazy! And he addresses a question to help a wife deal with her husband’s brain injury and PTSD.
A wife wonders what to do because her husband gets mad over the time she spends with her father and a single woman wants to know if it’s better to wait a while after marriage to have kids.
A guy would like direction on starting a ministry to help those addicted to porn and another one questions whether there will be marriage in heaven.
A listener wants to know whether she should “cut her losses” and move on from her marriage, and a wife wonders if she can “trick” her husband into coming to church. He wraps up the show talking about parenting and how to deal with “eye-rolling” kids.
Mark addresses the subject of “denying your spouse sexually”, and a listener wants to know what to do if sex is especially painful. He gives advice on what to do if you think someone is headed for an affair and discusses the justifications for divorce.
They finish the show discussing an email about the Flag Page and how to deal with very Peace oriented people successfully, and a woman takes Mark to task because he “takes the Lord’s name in vain”.