The Love Language That Matters Most, Part 1
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
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🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Good intentions aren’t enough to make your spouse feel truly loved—you need to speak his or her unique language.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute, supported by listeners just like you. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us. |
| 0:18.7 | Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm Roger Marsh. |
| 0:25.3 | You know, as we get settled into the month of February, we know that this month is synonymous with love. |
| 0:31.1 | As Christians, we know that there are different types of love. |
| 0:34.0 | There's agape love, which is sacrificial. |
| 0:36.5 | There's filia, or filia love, brotherly love. There's Storape love, which is sacrificial, there's Philea or Philea love, brotherly |
| 0:39.0 | love. There's Storget love, which is familiar, I love you anyway, love. And then there's |
| 0:44.2 | Eros, of course, the romantic love. There's also the greatest commandment that Jesus gave us, |
| 0:49.1 | which is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our |
| 0:53.4 | neighbors as ourselves. |
| 0:55.0 | But what does loving those around us look like? Specifically, our spouses in how they are wired. |
| 1:01.5 | Well, on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we've asked a special expert guest |
| 1:06.2 | to join us on the program to talk about that. Dr. Gary Chapman is with us. Now, Dr. Gary Chapman is |
| 1:11.9 | synonymous with love because of his landmark book called The Five Love Languages. It has sold |
| 1:16.8 | more than 20 million copies worldwide. It revolutionized relationships all across different generations. |
| 1:23.1 | As a trusted counselor and pastor and speaker, Dr. Chapman has spent his life helping people communicate love more effectively and build lasting connections. |
| 1:32.4 | Gary Chapman is also the director of the Marriage and Family Life Consultants Incorporated and has a radio program that has heard on over 400 stations nationwide. |
| 1:41.2 | Dr. Gary Chapman has released a brand new book, along with his colleagues, Dr. Les and Leslie Parrott. |
| 1:46.5 | It's called The Love Language That Matters Most, How to Personalize Love, so they really feel it. |
| 1:52.5 | And that will be the topic of our conversation today. Dr. Gary Chapman, welcome back to Family Talk. |
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