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  • Everybody Grieves. Not Everybody Mourns Well with Matthew Efird

    Everybody Grieves. Not Everybody Mourns Well with Matthew Efird
    2026/09/15
    Matthew Efird is a husband, father of four boys, business owner, and author of Even Though We Will, a book written from a dad's perspective on child loss. In 2019, he and his wife Hannah learned their second son, Noah, had trisomy 13, a lethal diagnosis, and in March 2020 they held him for 57 and a half hours before saying goodbye. In this conversation with Aaron, Matthew traces how the ordinary rhythms of faith, mentorship, and community they had built for years became the ground they stood on when the news came, and why everybody grieves, but not everybody mourns well. He shares the question their neonatologist asked that protected their marriage, the family slogan born out of the book of Job, and the two questions he and Hannah learned to ask each other in place of "Are you okay?" Whether you are walking through loss yourself or trying to love someone who is, this episode offers a picture of what it looks like to trust God when it hurts.
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Stop Performing In Your Marriage with Brad Rhoads

    Stop Performing In Your Marriage with Brad Rhoads
    2026/09/01
    Brad Rhoads spent the first year of his marriage convinced his wife's unhappiness was her problem — until two men in his church told him he was succeeding at the things that mattered least and failing at the things that mattered most. He's now a pastor, author of The Grace Marriage (Moody Publishers), and the founder of Grace Marriage, a ministry equipping churches with ongoing marriage discipleship. In this conversation, Aaron and Brad discuss the difference between a performance-based marriage — where love is given and withdrawn based on behavior — and a grace-based marriage built on the gospel. They cover why the church has largely abandoned the space between premarital counseling and marital crisis, how resting in God's grace changes the way you love your spouse, and what it looks like when a couple's marriage is so genuinely fun that younger couples come asking for counsel.
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    50 分
  • How Your Marriage Affects Your Children with Jennifer Pepito

    How Your Marriage Affects Your Children with Jennifer Pepito
    2026/08/25
    How your marriage affects your children: Jennifer Pepito, author of The Inspired Homeschool and host of the Restoration Home Podcast, has been married 36 years and homeschooled seven children for 30 years, but a clarifying moment came when her grown daughter told her what actually hurt growing up. It wasn't the hard circumstances. It was the conflict between her parents. In this conversation, Jennifer and Aaron walk through what chronic complaining does to a husband, how unresolved fear and disconnection create an atmosphere children absorb, and what it looks like to cultivate a joy-filled, thankful home in genuinely difficult seasons. They also make the case for homeschooling: why the public school standard was never the right measuring stick, and why parents who feel unqualified are closer to ready than they think. For any couple that wants to build something better inside their home, this episode is a good place to start.
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    48 分
  • The Real Problem Isn't Communication with Genee Francis

    The Real Problem Isn't Communication with Genee Francis
    2026/08/11
    Dr. Genee Francis is a licensed therapist and Assistant Director of Content and Programming for Windshaped Marriage — and after 18 years of marriage, two kids, a two-year estate battle, an unexpected hip replacement, and a decade in couples' counseling, she has a reframe for every couple who says they can't communicate: it's not a communication problem. It's an intimacy problem. In this conversation, Genee and Aaron talk through the prayer rhythm that gave her a window into her husband's grief when words failed him, why so many couples feel alone even inside a church, and what it actually takes to build the kind of community that sustains a marriage through hard seasons. If you've ever felt disconnected and didn't know what to call it — this one is for you.
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    50 分
  • A Biblical View of Children, Motherhood, and the Home with Emma Waters

    A Biblical View of Children, Motherhood, and the Home with Emma Waters
    2026/08/04
    A biblical view of children, motherhood, and the home. Emma Waters, a policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation and author of Lead Like Jael: Seven Timeless Principles for Today's Women of Faith, joins Aaron to share how one conversation about kids revealed a deep fear of becoming a mother, so deep she broke up with the man she loved. A mentor's challenge sent her into Scripture: either you're right that children will ruin your life, or the Bible is right that they are a blessing. Emma and Aaron talk about why the trad wife movement and girl boss feminism are more alike than they seem, how Jael's tent peg shows that faithfulness in the mundane equips us for extraordinary moments, why the enemy's first attack happened in the home, what the Hebrew phrase ezer kenegdo reveals about a wife as her husband's battlemate, and how to stop treating your home like a waiting room for your real life.
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    55 分
  • How to Have a Marriage After God | Marriage Devotional Week 30

    How to Have a Marriage After God | Marriage Devotional Week 30
    2026/07/29
    What does it actually mean to have a marriage after God? In the finale of our 30-week marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith share the pivotal moment early in their marriage when, sitting in church feeling hopeless, God brought Aaron to Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, "not as I will, but as you will," and asked him whether he could lay down his will for his bride the way Christ did for His. That surrender didn't fix everything overnight, but it changed the posture of their hearts and became the foundation of Unveiled Wife, Husband Revolution, and Marriage After God. They unpack why transformation starts with the individual rather than the marriage, how transparency and godly community dissolve the power of hidden struggles, what a marriage after God actually looks like (not perfect, but imitable), and this week's call to action: write a love letter to your spouse.
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    36 分
  • Glimpses of God with Dan and Peggy Rupple

    Glimpses of God with Dan and Peggy Rupple
    2026/07/28
    Forty-eight years to the same woman — in Hollywood? Dan and Peggy Rupple have been married 48 years while working inside one of the most corrosive industries on the planet. In today's episode, Aaron sits down with them to talk about God's move in Hollywood, navigating media with your kids, and the non-negotiables that held their marriage together through it all.About Dan & Peggy RuppleDan and Peggy Rupple are the founders of Master Media International, a ministry serving as a Christian presence inside the mainstream entertainment industry. Dan spent over 50 years in Hollywood — from nearly being cast in SNL's original lineup, to The Price Is Right, to Late Show with David Letterman. Peggy has walked alongside him through every chapter. Dan's new book, Glimpses: Viewing the Media Through the Lens of Faith, is available now at mastermedia.com.In This EpisodeHow Dan and Peggy met — and why they were married within a yearNearly landing Saturday Night Live before Dan came to ChristWhy Dan is more excited about God's move in Hollywood than ever beforeWhy Hollywood is in crisis — and what's filling the gapWhat the top 25 box office films of all time have in commonBe a Daniel: excellence and integrity as a Christian in the industryThe non-negotiables that protected their marriageHow to navigate movies and media with your kidsAI and the danger of losing imaginationAnd moreResourcesBook: Glimpses: Viewing the Media Through the Lens of Faith — mastermedia.comMaster Media International — mastermedia.comWindRider Film Forum — windrider.orgAct One Masters Class in screenwriting and producing — mastermedia.comPlugged In (movie reviews for parents) — pluggedin.comIf this conversation encouraged you, please share it with a couple you love, and subscribe wherever you listen.Follow us on Instagram: Marriage After God · Unveiled Wife · Husband RevolutionWant to go deeper? Become a patron and help us keep creating resources for marriages that pursue God together.Smith Family Resources, Inc © 2026
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    1 時間 2 分
  • Raising Courageous Kids in Unprecedented Times w/ Isaac and Angie Tolpin

    Raising Courageous Kids in Unprecedented Times w/ Isaac and Angie Tolpin
    2026/07/21
    Courageous parenting in unprecedented times: Aaron sits down with Isaac and Angie Tolpin, hosts of the Courageous Parenting Podcast and founders of Be Courageous Ministry, on the launch day of their new book, Courageous Parenting: Biblical Parenting in Unprecedented Times. Parents of nine, the Tolpins unpack why the word Christian has lost its meaning, why two-thirds of kids walk away from church by 18, and how keeping families together in worship builds lasting faith. Angie shares the moment God disciplined her before a conference talk and why hearing hard truth from your child is a test of humility. Then the conversation turns to raising kids in the age of AI: why homeschool parents can't ignore it, how to build creative confidence before the screen, and where to draw the line. Pick up Courageous Parenting on Amazon and connect with the Tolpins at becourageousministry.org.
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    1 時間 3 分