How This Friendship Boundary Could Save Your Marriage

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Your marriage is under pressure in more ways than you realize—and it’s not just about communication or finances. Dr. Greg Gifford exposes the overlooked areas that quietly destroy marital unity: social friendships, work priorities, spiritual disconnect, and even your text threads. This episode offers biblically grounded, no-nonsense wisdom for Christians who want more than just a "good marriage"—they want one that reflects Chris Transformed Podcast Episode 162 | February 12, 2026 ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	What is?
0:01.2	What is?
0:01.5	What is?
0:02.0	What is biblical counseling?
0:04.0	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.5	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.0	God replaced all my junk with, with a beautiful light.
0:14.0	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.0	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.
0:23.1	This is Transform.
0:25.0	And now your host,
0:26.5	assistant professor of biblical counseling at the Master's University
0:30.0	and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:36.2	Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, Welcome back to Transform.
0:37.8	My name is Dr. Greg Gifford and I'm your host.
0:40.0	And today we are talking about social relationships while married.
0:45.6	And this is really second to the episode that I did last week, which is on unity and marriage.
0:50.9	And we use Genesis 2 as a foundation of understanding our marriages.
0:56.1	But before I jump back into Genesis 2, just remember that if you are listening to Transform and
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