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The Grace Marriage Podcast

Brad & Marilyn Rhoads

The Grace Marriage Podcast is a weekly conversation designed to encourage and equip couples to cultivate a marriage built on grace and intentionality, and that thrives through life’s ups and downs. Hosted by Brad and Marilyn Rhoads, along with Rick Dayton, the podcast offers practical wisdom and inspiring stories to help couples build a marriage that reflects God"s love and grace.

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26:27

Your Spouse Was Never Meant to Complete You

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2026/03/24

Many people enter marriage expecting their spouse to meet their deepest needs...but that often leads to frustration, disappointment, and instability. In this episode of the Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad sits down with Chris and Tammy Morgan who share how shifting their identity from each other to Christ transformed their relationship. They unpack a powerful truth: Marriage is NOT about finding a soulmate to be your savior. When identity and worth are placed on a spouse, the relationship bec...

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21:50

How to Break Negative Marriage Patterns with Grace...

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2026/03/17

In this episode of The Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad talks with founder of momQ Candace Nassar about shame, condemnation, conflict, and the quiet patterns that can damage a marriage over time. Candice shares practical wisdom on how to recognize the schemes of the enemy, name emotions instead of reacting in anger, receive feedback without defensiveness, and let Christ reshape the way you love your spouse. At the heart of the conversation is a simple but powerful truth: healthy marriages are not...

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25:44

Why You Can’t Behavior Yourself Into a Great Marriage

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2026/03/10

In this episode of The Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad talks with founder of momQ Candace Nassar about emotional health, spiritual formation, and what it really takes to build a strong Christian marriage. Candace shares her own story of coming to Christ as an adult while her marriage was on the rocks, and how God transformed not just her faith, but her expectations, reactions, and view of love itself. The conversation centers on a powerful truth many couples need to hear: you cannot behavior you...

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31:46

What Your Marriage Is Teaching Others (Even When You...

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2026/03/03

Your marriage is preaching a message, whether you mean for it to or not. In this honest conversation, Nick and Christen Mingione share how their marriage has become part of their legacy, not just at home, but in a Division I baseball program where dozens of young men are watching their lives up close. From hosting seniors and their girlfriends for a three-hour dinner on marriage… to answering each other’s calls in the middle of staff meetings… to navigating conflict as two strong-willed “li...

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27:23

How to Protect Your Marriage in a Busy Season

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2026/02/24

Is your marriage getting your best time...or just what’s left over? In this episode, Brad sits down with Nick and Christen Mingione, a Division I SEC baseball coach and his wife, to talk about what it really takes to protect your marriage in the middle of a demanding, high-pressure career. From weekly date nights to setting boundaries with work, from learning the hard way about phone calls and distractions to modeling marriage for athletes and their own son, this conversation is honest, pra...

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27:27

How Your Church Can Help Marriages...Starting Today.

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2026/02/17

If marriage matters to God, why don’t churches talk about it more? In this powerful conversation, Brad explores why marriage must become a priority not just for couples, but for entire church families. From youth expectations to pastoral leadership, this episode unpacks how strong marriages fuel healthy churches, effective missions, and lasting ministry impact. You’ll hear practical wisdom on how to approach your pastor, how to start a marriage initiative without creating fear or resistance...

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25:25

Why Your Marriage Has to Come Before Everything Else

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2026/02/10

What does it take to build a marriage that lasts for decades—through ministry pressure, career demands, and seasons of exhaustion? In this episode, Brad sits down with a pastor and seminary leader who reflects on 45 years of marriage, a lifetime in ministry, and the hard-earned discipline of choosing his wife again and again. From resisting emotional drift to guarding time fiercely, this conversation unpacks why your marriage cannot survive on good intentions alone...it must be intentionally...

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37:51

Why Sex Is SO Complicated (And What You Might Have...

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2026/02/04

Sex is one of the most misunderstood (and emotionally loaded) parts of marriage. In this honest, grace-filled conversation, the Grace Marriage Podcast tackles why intimacy can feel confusing, painful, or overwhelming for couples, and why men and women often experience it so differently. This episode isn’t about pressure or performance. It’s about understanding how God designed intimacy, healing what’s been broken, and learning how to love your spouse in a way that actually brings connection...

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33:01

The Most Important Thing You Can Do for Your Kids

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2026/01/27

Your kids don’t just need your attention...they need your example. In this episode, Chuck shares how grief, remarriage, and blended-family reality taught him a core principle: the best thing you can do for your children is love your spouse well. Chuck and Brad unpack why neglected marriages quietly drain parenting, ministry, and joy, how youth sports and busy schedules erase margin, and the simple habits that keep a home healthy: talk daily, date weekly, and fight for grace-filled connectio...

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25:40

The MISSING PIECE in Many Christian Marriages

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2026/01/20

What if the very thing God designed to heal and unite your marriage is the thing most couples avoid talking about? In this episode of the Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad and Marilyn sit down with Belah from Delight Your Marriage for a raw, hope-filled conversation about intimacy, forgiveness, and the habits that either heal or quietly destroy a marriage. Bella shares her personal journey through marital pain, divorce, and restoration, and how God used that story to shape a ministry helping coup...

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28:30

Why Value & Freedom Matter in Marriage

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2026/01/13

What happens when authenticity replaces performance in your marriage, ministry, or leadership? In this episode of the Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad sits down with Chuck Allen (lead pastor of Sugar Hill Church) to explore how freedom, authenticity, and grace reshape both marriage and leadership. From navigating insecurity and burnout to learning how to truly value your spouse, this conversation dives into why pretending you “have it all together” eventually leads to collapse, and how radical h...

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31:56

When Marriage Takes a Back Seat (Why It Always Costs...

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2026/01/06

What happens when good things (ministry, leadership, work) quietly take priority over your marriage? In this candid conversation, Brad sits down with Dave and Ann Wilson to unpack how even serving God can unintentionally damage a marriage when priorities drift out of order. They talk honestly about insecurity, performance-driven relationships, emotional isolation in ministry, and why affirmation at home matters more than applause everywhere else. You’ll hear why pastors and leaders often ne...

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29:13

Why Marriages Drift Apart and How to Reconnect

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2025/12/30

Most marriages don’t fall apart overnight...they slowly drift. In this episode, Brad talks with Dave and Ann Wilson about the subtle but dangerous lie that traps many “fine” marriages and how it nearly cost them their own. Dave shares the moment God broke through his busyness and ministry obsession, while Ann explains how learning to speak life (rather than criticism) reshaped their marriage from the inside out. This conversation explores why marriage repair can’t stay "horizontal," how rep...

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25:42

🏆 Build a CHAMPIONSHIP Marriage

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2025/12/23

What if your marriage had a game plan as intentional as a championship team? In this episode, Brad talks with George and Tondra Gregory, NFL chaplains and founders of Journey for Life, who have spent years walking with professional athletes, coaches, and couples who want to build marriages that reflect Christ. They share how serving NFL teams opened unexpected doors for ministry, how success can become either a platform or an idol, and why many husbands settle for “average” when God calls th...

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26:38

When Conflict Hijacks Your Marriage 😤

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2025/12/16

Why do we keep doing the things in marriage we know we don’t want to do? In this episode, Brad sits down with Ron and Nan Deal to unpack the core concepts behind their new book The Mindful Marriage—a practical, accessible tool built on decades of clinical marriage therapy work from Dr. Terry Hargrave. Ron and Nan explain what “dysregulation” actually is, why your brain reacts before you can think, and why couples get stuck in repeating patterns of blame, shame, control, and escape. They shar...

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24:32

The Marriage Game Plan You Didn’t Know You Needed

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2025/12/10

Most couples think they have a game plan for marriage… until life exposes that they actually don’t. NFL chaplains George & Tondra Gregory join Brad to reveal why doing nothing is still a “game plan” (even though it's a terrible one) and how intentional, Christ-centered strategy can completely transform your relationship. If your marriage feels “fine but not beautiful,” this conversation gives you the practical steps (and spiritual framework) to change that. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe,

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23:51

How Grace, Truth, and Time Transform Your Marriage...

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2025/12/02

In this episode, Brad and Kent get brutally honest about a tension every parent wrestles with: How do you balance grace and truth? Kent shares a powerful framework on why Jesus didn’t stand in the same place with everyone. He stood wherever the person in front of Him needed Him most. And as parents, that’s exactly what we’re called to do. Brad opens up about his own journey with grace, including how regular confession, forgiveness, and delight radically reshaped his relationship with his dau...

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26:36

Why Your Blended Family Feels So Tough 😮‍💨

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2025/11/25

Blended families often step into marriage thinking the hardest part is behind them...then reality hits. In this powerful conversation, Brad sits down with Ron Deal, one of the leading voices in stepfamily ministry, to unpack why blended family life feels so complex and why those challenges are actually normal. Ron explains why a blended marriage begins in the middle of a story, not the beginning, and how layers of loss, shifting traditions, co-parenting dynamics, and differing expectations c...

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33:34

Every Thought Captive: How New Thinking Creates a...

The Grace Marriage Podcast ·

2025/11/18

In this episode, Brad sits down with pastor and author Kyle Idleman to talk about the unseen thought patterns that quietly shape our marriages. Kyle shares the heart behind his new book Every Thought Captive and why so much of the transformation we hope for in marriage never sticks, because we try to change our behavior without ever changing our thinking. He unpacks how strongholds form, why simply trying to “stop thinking something” rarely works, how to replace lies with biblical truth, and...

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25:29

Marriage Mistake That’s Secretly Hurting Your Kids...

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2025/11/11

Most parents say their kids are their top priority. But what if putting your children first is actually damaging your marriage? In this episode, Brad talks with Kent Evans (Founder of Manhood Journey) about why a strong marriage is the foundation of great parenting, how our culture has become child-centered, and why the gospel calls husbands and wives to love one another first. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review to help more couples discover the hope of a grace-filled

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