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You know there's an old proverb that says the fly in the ointment it kind of

spoils everything and in the same way pornography can taint that gift of

sexual intimacy that God wants for you to experience in your marriage.

I'm John Fuller joined by Dr. Greg Smalley.

He runs our marriage department and Greg, this is a topic that does not require a lot of judgment and

shame actually it needs the opposite we need to come at this topic of

pornography and sexual intimacy with a lot of grace and a lot of truth, right?

Which are ways to create safety.

So as we have these conversations

about pornography or whatever is going on, if we make our goal to create

a marriage that feels like the safest place on earth.

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