Addicted to the Story: When Romance Becomes a Counterfeit with Elise Orozco
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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You guys, this is a conversation I’ve been wanting to have for a long time. My guest today, Elise Orozco, is joining me to talk about something that’s quietly affecting a lot of women—erotica and so-called “romance” fiction. Elise shares her honest story of how it pulled her in, what it did to her marriage and walk with the Lord, and how God set her free. We’re talking about why this matters, what it does to our hearts, and how to find true intimacy the way God designed it. It’s a powerful and hope-filled conversation you don’t want to miss.
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| 1:02.6 | St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm really glad that you guys are here. |
| 1:07.0 | If you are watching this interview today on Rumble or on YouTube, you will notice that we are |
| 1:12.8 | in our newly designed studio today. And this is my very first sit down interview. And I'm super |
| 1:18.0 | excited about it. We're going to dive into a conversation today that a lot of Christians are |
| 1:22.9 | quietly struggling with, but very few people are openly talking about it. And that is the explosion of |
| 1:29.1 | erotica for women. And I have a very special guest in my studio today that I'm going to introduce |
| 1:34.4 | to you guys in just a minute. But I want you guys to really think about this as we enter into this |
| 1:38.7 | topic because I have been praying that hearts would be soft so that the seeds that are dropped today |
| 1:45.1 | are going to take root in fertile soil. |
| 1:46.8 | This is going to be a fantastic conversation. |
| 1:48.5 | This is the Heidi St. John podcast. |
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