Can violent men change, Can I grieve my boyfriend’s past, Does marriage distract us from God? | ACW342
Ask Christopher West
Theology of the Body Institute
4.9 • 549 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Questions answered this episode:
- I’m a prosecutor working with men who’ve abused women. I speak to them about porn, objectification, and Love and Responsibility. What else should I say to reach hearts already hardened by violence?
- My boyfriend isn’t a virgin, but I am. He’s repented, but I still feel sad and conflicted. Am I allowed to grieve what we’ll never share?
- If marriage helps us grow in holiness, why does Scripture say the unmarried are more focused on God? Did Jesus contradict marriage by calling Peter away from his wife?
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| 0:00.0 | From the Theology of the Body Institute, this is The Ask Christopher West podcast. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey, Wendy, you know how sometimes I've started our episodes by singing. |
| 0:22.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.0 | It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. |
| 0:24.2 | That's right. |
| 0:24.7 | You have. |
| 0:25.8 | Well, I have a good reason to sing it today, but I'm not going to. |
| 0:31.6 | Because you're going to. |
| 0:33.7 | Yeah, you are. |
| 0:35.3 | Go ahead. |
| 0:36.0 | Just give a shot. |
| 0:38.3 | It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. |
| 0:41.4 | A beautiful day for a neighbor. |
| 0:43.7 | Would you be mine? |
| 0:45.4 | Why are we singing that? |
| 0:46.6 | We watched the movie of that name. |
| 0:50.5 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, right? |
| 0:52.1 | Yeah, it's so good. |
| 0:53.5 | And I would bet that when we saw it in the theater in 2019, we talked about it on an episode. |
| 1:00.8 | If we were to go back to, what would that be like episode 50 or something? |
| 1:06.9 | I bet you somewhere back there we talked about it because it's so good. |
| 1:13.1 | It's so insightful. |
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