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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

When a Secret Sin is Uncovered

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Statistics reveal that many married men are struggling with a pornography addiction, even in the church. If this has impacted your marriage, please know, you're not alone. John, Erin and Greg discuss how to take a step toward healing, after a secret sin has been uncovered. Featuring Mr. David and Mrs. Kirsten Samuel.

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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

0:28.2

today. I don't need to tell anyone about this. It's easy to think that way when

0:40.6

you're hiding a secret sin but at some point that sin will be discovered. I'm John

0:45.6

Fuller joined by Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife Aaron. They're in charge of our

0:49.6

marriage department here at Focus on the Family and as we begin let's turn our

0:54.5

attention to a conversation with Dave and Kirsten Samuel. Jim Daley and I

0:58.6

spoke with them. They both used to work here at Focus and seemed to have a

1:03.0

great marriage but there was a secret underneath the surface that almost

1:06.8

destroyed their relationship. Here's part of their story. Let me say welcome to

1:11.4

both of you. Thank you. Great to be here. Good to be here. All right we're gonna dive

1:15.7

right into the story because there's so much to this and the content is gonna be

1:19.8

powerful. I know it. You can get that feeling right John. It begins with that

1:24.8

image of a perfect marriage. I put that in air quotes that was really shattered

1:29.7

by the revelation of a hidden addiction to pornography and Dave that you were

1:34.6

struggling with. First describe your relationship up to that point. What was your

1:39.6

marriage like? What was going on? And you know I'm assuming you're happily married

1:44.4

for like 25 years. Three grown children. Where were you at at that point? 25

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