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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Grace and Justice for a Porn Addict

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A small bit of curiosity regarding pornography can lead to a dangerous cycle of addiction. John, Erin and Greg share ways that a wife can show her husband grace, while also not putting up with the problem. Featuring Mrs. Rosie Makinney.

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0:00.0

Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't

0:04.7

grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I

0:10.2

take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I

0:14.4

ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't

0:18.8

shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love

0:23.6

with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app

0:28.3

today.

0:35.8

It would seem that the road to addiction, especially to something like

0:39.9

pornography begins with just a small bit of curiosity. But as the addiction

0:44.7

grows, it's going to do damage to your relationship. Now, if you or a couple

0:50.3

you know is facing this now, you're going to find a lot of help today in the

0:54.4

conversation. I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife Erin. They

0:59.2

lead our marriage department here. And we're going to hear now from Rosie McKinney.

1:03.6

She had discussed on a previous episode how she had to confront her husband

1:08.3

Mark and let's go ahead and hear now from Jim Daley. Rosie, I'm thinking of that

1:13.7

first, you know, I'm sure that wife has that inclination that fifth, sixth,

1:19.6

sense that something's not right or it's blatantly obvious. Like in your case,

1:24.2

you knew it because you had experienced that before. Many women, I would think,

1:29.4

then begin to go over their options in their own mind and their own heart. Is

1:34.9

this marriage worth it? You know, it has eviolated the marriage vow. I mean,

1:39.9

those are valid questions. People may have different theological

1:45.1

understandings of what they're able to do. But speak to that immediate

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