#72 - Emerson Eggerichs
The Eric Metaxas Show
Metaxas Media
4.7 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Today on The Eric Metaxas Show, Emerson Eggerichs joins Eric to talk about biblical marriage, the love and respect message, and the honest misunderstandings that send couples into the crazy cycle. They discuss why marriage is often harder than people expect, why many couples give up too soon, and how faith, goodwill, and biblical truth can help restore hope. And Emerson shares insights from his new book, Light Bulb Moments In Marriage, including real stories of couples who turned things around. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.
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| 0:27.7 | slash setup hey there folks welcome today right now in fact now I am going to |
| 0:37.3 | interview Dr. Emerson Eggerich. |
| 0:44.5 | That is how you pronounce his name, Dr. Emerson Egerich. My producer said, what about this guy? He's got a book on marriage. |
| 0:56.2 | And I said, what about this guy? This guy, I have known this guy for 27 years. And I was with him |
| 1:08.6 | on the morning of 9-11. |
| 1:12.2 | We had just had breakfast. |
| 1:18.2 | And not only that, and we will never admit this publicly, |
| 1:30.0 | but I helped him write his first book before he got too famous, you know, and wouldn't talk to me for 20 years, probably, 20 years. |
| 1:35.6 | Dr. Emerson, Eggrich, my friend Emerson, always a joy and fun to have you. Thanks for coming on. |
| 1:42.1 | Well, I brag about the fact that you edited motivating to man God's Way. I had Eric Metaxus edit my book, |
| 1:44.2 | and so those are my bragging rights. It's like, it's like I was the bus boy. It's like I remember Eric Mataxis edit my book. And so those are my bragging rights. |
| 1:46.2 | It's like I was the bus boy. |
| 1:48.3 | It's like I remember Eric was a, but now he's some big chef. |
| 1:49.5 | I remember when he was cleaning up my coffee spill. |
| 1:52.7 | Let me tell you. |
| 1:53.7 | All right? |
| 1:54.5 | He was nothing big back then, right? |
| 1:56.5 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:56.9 | It's so good to see you. |
| 1:58.7 | And I'm assuming, you know, I always assume if you're coming on here, you're coming on here to talk about marriage. |
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