The Mockingcast
Episode 248: God's Great Merciful Lie
Oct 23, 2023
This episode features Adam Mastroianni discussing oral hygiene, Esther Perel exploring the three common conflicts in couples, and Dan Barry examining the Minnesota Board of Pardons. The hosts also explain the show's name and touch on topics like marital challenges, forgiveness in the justice system, and preaching during crisis.
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Quick takeaways
- Couples often fight about various issues, but underlying these fights are deeper desires for justice, fairness, control, or the need to be heard.
- The desire for forgiveness and restoration, demonstrated through a story of seeking a pardon for past crimes, reflects the transformative power of forgiveness and the longing to shed the label of guilt.
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The Complexity of Couples' Fights and the Search for True Intimacy
Couples often fight about various issues like domestic responsibilities, sex, money, and in-laws, but underlying these fights are deeper desires for justice, fairness, control, or the need to be heard. Fighting becomes an interaction that energizes or emboldens individuals. The way couples fight often stems from forgetting the reasons they chose each other in the first place and misinterpreting certain traits or behaviors. The search for true intimacy requires understanding and addressing the underlying emotions and motivations behind the fights.
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