Marriage is stressful! A couple may love each other and want to spend their lives together, but once they enter the covenant of marriage they discover the challenges that want to work against intimacy. This episode is a talk that Jonathan gave to a group of married couples who wanted to pursue greater intimacy. Listen in to discover hope and a word that might just be what your marriage needs to experience greater intimacy.

What does it look like for ministry leaders to "practice what they preach" in their own lives and marriages? This episode is a conversation with Steve and Jamie Wiechman from Breathe Life Ministries about their transition from one season of life and ministry to another. Gain insights and encouragement for your own marriage as you face various challenges and transitions.

Learn more about Breathe Life at BreatheLifeToday.com. 

Co-host: Stephen Cervantes (HopeCounseling.com)

Good marriages don't just happen. It takes work -- hard work! But there are wise ways to work and foolish ways to work on growing a better marriage. This episode unpacks multiple tips to help you and your spouse build a better marriage, day-by-day, choice-by-choice. 

This episode of Pure Sex Radio is taken from our Grace-Based Recovery webinar training which outlines the 9 key principles in the Grace-Based Recovery book. This sixth principle helps one understand the vital importance of faithfulness in recovery; it is more about not quitting than trying to reach some arbitrary destination. Learn how to inspire and and instruct a long vision for recovery.

For more information about the book and the webinar series, visit GraceBasedRecovery.com. 

Co-host: Stephen Cervantes (HopeCounseling.com)

What if we told you that it only took 6 hours a week to radically transform and improve your marriage? You might think we were snake oil salesmen, right? Well, solid research from John Gottman actually backs up this claim. This episode unpacks this research and the specific things to do in these magical six hours.

For more info, get Gottman's book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

Co-host: Stephen Cervantes (HopeCounseling.com)

We love real stories of real people who are seeking to live lives of greater integrity. This episode highlights one husband's 12-month journey of going from a man who was disconnected and sexually addicted to a man who is learning to engage his wife with sacrificial love. Listen in as we share key insights that could help your marriage be infused with new and lasting intimacy. 

This episode of Pure Sex Radio is taken from our Grace-Based Recovery webinar training which outlines the 9 key principles in the Grace-Based Recovery book. This fifth principle helps one navigate the inevitable failures along the road to recovery. No one walks this road perfectly. Learn how to apply grace to failure in recovery; to practice the discipline of confession and repentance.

For more information about the book and the webinar series, visit GraceBasedRecovery.com. 

Special Guest: Laurie Krieg (https://www.himhministries.com/)

There seems to be a great (and growing) divide between the LGBT community and orthodox Christianity. And while there may be real theological differences in worldviews, how are we to "love our neighbors" regardless of those differences? In this episode we invite back Laurie Krieg from Hole In My Heart Ministries to help us navigate how to love LGBT people well, and gain a new perspective on what true discipleship can look like. 

Special Guest: Laurie Krieg (https://www.himhministries.com/)

Laurie grew up in the church. Laurie knew what God's Word said about sexuality. But Laurie struggled with sexual feelings that didn't line up neatly with what she saw in the Bible. This episode unpacks her story; it is messy, it is beautiful, it is redemptive, and it is ongoing. No matter where you are on your own journey of sexual questions and struggles, Laurie's story will encourage you to keep pressing into the grace and truth of Jesus. 

This episode of Pure Sex Radio is taken from our Grace-Based Recovery webinar training which outlines the 9 key principles in the Grace-Based Recovery book. This fourth principle helps one understand the value and necessity of authentic community; that a recovery group is where they belong and are welcomed. Learn how to create a "belonging" recovery environment.

For more information about the book and the webinar series, visit GraceBasedRecovery.com.