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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

The Dangers of a Pornography Problem

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Sadly, many married people today have a secret addiction to pornography. If left in the dark, it can destroy the very foundation of your relationship. John, Greg and Erin explain why pornography is so dangerous and offer hope to those who are afraid to confess they have a 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.

0:35.9

Well, the statistics are pretty clear. Sadly, many married people today are

0:40.0

struggling with a secret addiction to pornography. And if that's your

0:44.2

situation, we're here to help. I'm John Fuller, along with Greg and Aaron

0:48.6

Smalley. They lead our marriage team here at the Ministry and Aaron, you do a

0:52.9

lot of counseling. And I'm guessing that that pornography comes up a lot in

0:59.5

marriage therapy. Absolutely. It does. And it's not just within the counseling

1:04.6

office. It's as you said, it's it's relevant all over the place. And the

1:09.7

research says one in five couples report that pornography is a source of

1:13.5

conflict in their marriage. And it seems almost low given everything

1:18.2

we've seen the culture. It really does, but it's a source of conflict, you know,

1:21.9

is it that they don't know? But the the chance of divorce doubles when there's

1:28.4

pornography use by one or both in the marriage. And so it's just looking at

1:33.0

often it's done in secret when it comes out, how do we handle it? Do we go and

1:37.1

get help? You know, on and on, but it is something that is is destroying

1:42.0

marriages and is having a negative impact on marriages. And so what do we do

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