A young wife e-mails the show about wanting to have children within the first year of marriage, a husband wants to know if its ‘normal’ for a wife to criticizes him a lot. A wife wants to go to church, even though her husband doesn’t want her too. Mark helps a wife that is not getting her sexual needs met because of her husband’s premature ejaculation. A husband has begun talking to a child from a previous marriage and sharing information that his new wife is uncomfortable with.
Mark and Debbie start the show off by looking at a study debunking the myths of divorce. They answer an email from a listener who found out via a blog that her husband isn’t attracted to her anymore, which leads to a discussion on narcissistic people who spiritualize their selfishness. Mark explains how broken the screening system is in the dating process, and the trouble that people end up in because of it. He talks about the fears of women and how those fears keep wives from doing anything about their badly behaving husbands. They finish the show by, once again, talking about what submission in marriage is really all about.
Mark and Debbie open the show with a conversation about the long-term effects pre-marital sex can have on someone. Mark and Debbie both highly recommend the book Hooked by Joe McIllhaney Jr. and Freda McKissic Bush. The two also mention the findings of a 13 year study that says, ‘ A good marriage is good medicine.’
Mark explains the problems with masturbation; the prevalence, the sexual tension it creates in a marriage, and the negative health effects. They also cover forgiveness, submission, and spiritual leadership in the home.
To start the show, Mark and Debbie discuss ‘premarital divorce’ and living together before marriage. Mark also expresses his concern about having to use statistics to influence Christian’s to do the right thing.
As the show continues, Mark addresses what to do with a seriously narcissistic spouse, making sure that your priorities are straight and what submission really means.
On today’s show Mark discusses Mel Gibson’s divorce, the state of The Church in America today, the line between a woman practicing biblical submission and being a “butt-kicking” woman, what respect looks like, what to do when a spouse is drinking too much, how sexual trauma of the past impacts marriage, dealing with differing sex drives, and what to do when your church isn’t a good fit for your family.
A new listener noticed that Mark’s Buttercup picture looked like someone else….
