Bare Marriage

Episode 159: How Christian Marriage Books Set Me Up For Failure ft. Natalie Hoffman

Sep 15, 2022

01:05:08

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God Hates Divorce, but Why?

01:52

Christian Marriage Books Are Focused on Advice, Which Doesn't Really Bring Life

02:05

What Would You Say Instead of What the Criston Marriage Books Say?

01:55

God Hates Divorce, but Why?

01:52

Introduction

3min

The Ways That Evangelical Marriage Advice Can Go Awry

4min

Marriage Books - Is This Going to Fix Your Marriage?

2min

Love and Respect, Your Favorite Book?

2min

Do You Really Need to Commit to Your Husband?

3min

Is Marriage Hard?

2min

Is Marriage Really Hard?

3min

We Can't Change Our Spouse

2min

The Emotionally Destructive Marriage

4min

10.

God Hates Divorce, but Why?

2min

11.

Are We Really Making God's Laws for Us?

3min

12.

The Microcosm of Women's Abuse

2min

13.

Christian Marriage Books Are Focused on Advice, Which Doesn't Really Bring Life

2min

14.

Are We Really Insane? Yes, I Don't Get It.

2min

15.

Christian Marriage Advice - You've Lost the Plot

5min

16.

How to Stop a Shin Kicker

2min

17.

Flying Free for Women of Faith

2min

18.

Why Women Shouldn't Tell People to Leave

3min

19.

The Church Sides With the Abuser

3min

20.

The Divorce Rate in Evangelical Churches

2min

21.

Christian Marriages Are Doomed, Right?

2min

22.

What Would You Say Instead of What the Criston Marriage Books Say?

2min

23.

The Seven Principles of Commitment

2min

24.

The Most Important Thing I've Ever Written

5min

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Links to things mentioned:

Natalie’s Flying Free site, and Natalie’s awesome Facebook Page, Instagram, and YouTube channel. Plus listen in to her podcast!
Natalie’s book “Is It Me”?
The terrible books Natalie mentioned: Our post about Created To Be His Helpmeet; Julie Anne Smith’s review of The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace
The book that helped Natalie: Leslie Vernick’s Emotionally Destructive Marriage
Patrick Weaver’s I Hate Divorce t-shirts
Patrick Weaver on the Malachi verse that is too often translated “God hates divorce”
My post on how marriage was made for us, not us for marriage
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