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Marriage After God
by Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Marriage After God Podcast | Christian Marriage, Relationship & Parenting EncouragementWelcome to the Marriage After God Podcast with Aaron and Jennifer Smith — a top-rated Christian marriage podcast offering faith-filled conversations for couples who want to grow together in Christ.Whether you're newlyweds or decades into marriage, this podcast equips you with Biblical advice, practical tips, and inspiring stories to strengthen your relationship and deepen your spiritual connection. Each episode features real, honest discussions on topics like intimacy, communication, parenting, conflict resolution, forgiveness, and pursuing God's purpose for your family.As authors of 11 books and hosts of a thriving Christian community, Aaron and Jennifer bring years of experience, heartfelt testimony, and Biblical truth to every conversation. Listen in for solo episodes, expert interviews, and encouraging messages that will help you build a marriage after God.New episodes weekly — now available
Episodes
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Grieving the Loss of a Child in Marriage with Matthew Efird
Grieving the loss of a child as a Christian couple: Matthew Efird, author of Even Though We Will, shares a dad's perspective on infant loss and what it does to a marriage. In 2019, he and his wife Hannah learned their second son, Noah, had trisomy 13, a lethal diagnosis, and in March 2020 they…
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Grace-Based vs. Performance-Based Marriage with Brad Rhoads
What is a grace-based marriage, and how do you stop keeping score with your spouse? Brad Rhoads, pastor, founder of the Grace Marriage ministry, and author of The Grace Marriage (Moody Publishers), spent the first year of his marriage convinced his wife's unhappiness was her problem, until two…
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How Your Marriage Affects Your Children with Jennifer Pepito
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…
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Feeling Disconnected in Marriage: It's Not Communication with Genee Francis
Feeling disconnected from your spouse? Dr. Genee Francis, a licensed therapist and Assistant Director of Content and Programming for WinShape Marriage, has a reframe for every couple who says they can't communicate: it's not a communication problem. It's an intimacy problem, spiritual, emotional,...
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A Biblical View of Children, Motherhood, and the Home with Emma Waters
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...
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How to Have a Marriage After God | Marriage Devotional Week 30
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…
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Navigating Media as a Christian Family with Dan and Peggy Rupple
Christian marriage in Hollywood: Dan and Peggy Rupple have been married 48 years while working inside the entertainment industry, and Aaron asks them how. Dan's sketch comedy group was being considered for the original Saturday Night Live cast when one night alone with the Beatitudes led to his...
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Raising Courageous Kids in Unprecedented Times w/ Isaac and Angie Tolpin
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...
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Your Marriage Can Heal — Even If You're the Only One Working On It with Belah Rose
How to heal your marriage when your spouse isn't working on it: Belah Rose, founder of Delight Your Marriage, has coached over 500 couples and says even one willing husband or wife can change a marriage. On the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron Smith and Belah walk through her Delight Your…
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Unveiled: The Freedom to Be Fully Known | Marriage Devotional Week 29
Being unveiled in marriage means being fully known by God and by your spouse, with nothing hidden. In week 29 of their 30-week Marriage After God devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith tie the Husband After God message of walking in victory to the Wife After God message of being unveiled.…
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Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Marriage with Richard & Kelly Kannwischer
Fruit of the Spirit in marriage: Aaron talks with Richard Kannwischer, senior pastor of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta and author of Cultivate: How God Grows the Fruit of the Spirit Within Us, and his wife Kelly, who leads Wonderfully Made Ministry for adults with intellectual...
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Forgiveness Doesn't Wait for an Apology — with Leann Murphy
How to forgive your spouse before they apologize: Leann Murphy, author of Becoming a Husband and Becoming a Wife (Focus on the Family), has been married to Mike for almost 38 years, but around year fifteen infidelity nearly ended their marriage and most of the counsel they received pointed toward...
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Breaking Generational Patterns and Phone Idols at Home with Mark Moore
Christian marriage wisdom from Proverbs with Pastor Mark Moore, Teaching Pastor at Christ's Church of the Valley in Phoenix and author of Wisdom 52, Quest 52, and Core 52. Married 40 years, Mark shares the Father's Day card that reframed his whole calling: the only thing he will ever be the...
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What Intimacy in Marriage Really Means | Marriage Devotional Week 28
Intimacy in marriage is more than sex, but it definitely includes it. In week 28 of their 30-week devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith unpack the three essential kinds of intimacy God designed for husbands and wives: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Starting in Genesis with a…
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5 Ways to Abide in Christ Together | Marriage Devotional Week 27
How to abide in Christ as a couple: in week 27 of their 30-week marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith walk through John 15 and five practical ways to stay connected to Jesus, the true vine. After last week's episode on hiding from God, this conversation turns toward running to Him...
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Why We Hide from God After We Sin | Marriage Devotional Week 26
Why we hide from God after we sin, and how to return to restoration in marriage. In week 26 of the Marriage After God devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith open with the truth that we all sin, then walk through Genesis 3 to show why our first instinct, like Adam and Eve's, is to run and…
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Embracing God's Order in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 25
God's order in marriage is the focus of week 25 of the Marriage After God 30-week devotional series. Aaron and Jennifer Smith look at how God brings order to everything He makes, from the interdependent parts of a single cell to the creation account in Genesis, and why that same design matters in...
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Minimalism with Purpose: Owning Less to Live More with Joshua Becker
Biblical minimalism for Christian marriage: Aaron Smith talks with Joshua Becker, founder of Becoming Minimalist and author of Uncluttered Faith, about how owning less frees couples to live more for God and family. Joshua shares the Saturday morning in his garage that started his journey, why the...
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Husband and Wife Roles in a Godly Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 24
Husband and wife roles in a godly marriage are the focus of week 24 of the Marriage After God 30-week devotional series. Aaron and Jennifer Smith use Paul's picture of the body in 1 Corinthians 12 to show how two distinct people become one flesh: individual but never independent. They walk…
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Unity in Marriage and the Body of Christ | Marriage Devotional Week 23
Unity in marriage and the body of Christ is the focus of week 23 of the Marriage After God 30-week devotional series. Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain why isolation is the default for so many couples, how the enemy stalks those who drift from the herd (Proverbs 18:1, 1 Peter 5:8), and how shame...
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Why Pray for Your Marriage Every Day | Marriage Devotional Week 22
How to pray for your marriage every day, and why daily prayer is non-negotiable for couples facing trials, temptation, and spiritual warfare. In week 22 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain that prayer is not a genie lamp for getting what we want but the way…
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How to Pray for Your Spouse | Marriage Devotional Week 21
How to pray for your spouse, and why praying for them deepens intimacy and unity in marriage. In week 21 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith build on the one-flesh passages of Genesis 2:24, Mark 10, and Ephesians 5 to show that praying for your spouse is also praying for...
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How to Build Healthy Marriage Habits with Casey and Meygan Caston
How to love your spouse biblically, starting at home. Aaron sits down with Casey and Meygan Caston, founders of Marriage365 and authors of The Marriage Habit, to talk about Jesus' command to love God and love others and why your spouse is your first and daily opportunity to live it out. The…
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Why Praying for Yourself Matters | Marriage Devotional Week 20
Is it selfish to pray for yourself? In week 20 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain why personal prayer is vital for every husband and wife, and why neglecting it leaves us spiritually starved, like holding our breath. Using the airplane oxygen-mask picture, we look...
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Living with Purpose in Your Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 19
What does it mean to live with purpose in your marriage? In week 19 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith unpack the biblical meaning of calling: purpose, belonging, and being called out, just as Jesus called His disciples. Using 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 and Ephesians 2:10, we...
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How to Build a Resilient Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 18
How to build a resilient marriage that gets back up after trials. In week 18 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith define resilience as the ability to recover, and remind couples that every marriage will face hardship, just as Jesus said we will have tribulation but can take...
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Godly Wisdom That Strengthens Your Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 17
What does godly wisdom look like in marriage? In week 17 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain that wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord and is more than knowing what is right; it is doing it. Foolishness is knowing the truth yet not acting on it, as Eve's story...
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Biblical Roles in Marriage: Ephesians 5 | Marriage Devotional Week 16
What are the biblical roles of a husband and wife, and why do they matter? In week 16 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith walk through Ephesians 5:22-33: the husband's call to love his wife sacrificially as Christ loved the church, and the wife's call to respect and submit...
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Mismatched Sex Drives in Marriage: How to Talk About It with J. Parker
How to talk about sex and intimacy in Christian marriage, even when it feels awkward. Aaron sits down with J. Parker, author of The Higher Desire Wife and creator of the Hot, Holy & Humorous blog, to talk about why the church often stays silent on sex and how that silence leaves couples feeling...
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How to Handle Anger and Fear in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 15
How to handle anger and fear in marriage before they damage your relationship. In week 15 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith get honest about their own struggles, Aaron with anger, especially when he feels disrespected, and Jennifer with fear and anxiety, and how the two...
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Forgiveness in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 14
What does biblical forgiveness in marriage really look like? In week 14 of our marriage devotional series, based on Husband After God and Wife After God, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain that forgiveness is the necessary first step toward reconciliation, but it is not the same as reconciliation,...
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Pride and Humility in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 13
How pride damages marriage, and how humility heals it. In week 13 of our marriage devotional series, based on Husband After God and Wife After God, Aaron and Jennifer Smith define pride as self-worship, the very sin behind Satan's fall in Isaiah 14 with its repeated "I will." We name the everyday...
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The Armor of God in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 12
Armor of God for marriage: in part 12 of our marriage devotional series based on Husband After God and Wife After God, Aaron and Jennifer Smith walk through Ephesians 6 piece by piece and show why the armor is practical, daily protection for a Christian marriage. Our battle is not against each...
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The Love Language That Matters Most in Marriage with Dr. Gary Chapman
Love languages and servant love with Dr. Gary Chapman, bestselling author of The Five Love Languages. Married 64 years and on the same church staff for 50, Dr. Chapman joins Aaron Smith to talk about his new book, The Love Language That Matters Most, which adds dialects and personality nuance to...
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Money in Marriage and God's Economy | Marriage Devotional Week 11
Money and marriage from a biblical perspective: in part 11 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about living according to God's economy. Citing a Ramsey study that names money as the second leading cause of divorce, we encourage couples to actually talk about their...
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Spiritual Warfare in Marriage: Fighting for Your Family with Craig Thompson
Spiritual warfare in the family: Aaron Smith sits down with Pastor Craig Thompson, author of Fighting for Your Family and pastor of Malvern Hill Baptist Church in Camden, South Carolina, to talk about fighting for your marriage instead of against your spouse. Craig names three fronts of spiritual...
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Your Spouse Is Not the Enemy | Marriage Devotional Week 10
Conflict in marriage and spiritual warfare: in part 10 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about what we're really fighting for. Scripture reminds us our battle is not against flesh and blood, so your spouse is never the real enemy; the fight is spiritual and against...
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How Your Conduct Shapes Your Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 9
Conduct in marriage: in part 9 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about how the way we behave directs the course of our marriage and leads those around us. Aaron unpacks the husband's call to protect his wife physically, emotionally and spiritually, loving her as his...
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Confidence in Christ for a Stronger Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 8
Confidence in marriage starts with confidence in God. In part 8 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith pair the wife's devotional on confident worthiness with the husband's devotional on bravery. Jennifer encourages wives to find their worth and identity in Christ alone…
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Is Marriage Meant to Make You Holy? | Marriage Devotional Week 7
Is marriage meant to make you holy? In part 7 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about sanctification, being set apart as holy, as both something that happens at salvation and a lifelong process. Using the pictures of tree roots that grow deeper through wind and...
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The Power of Reconciliation in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 6
Reconciliation in marriage: in part 6 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explore what reconciliation truly means and why a thriving marriage needs it. We look at three senses of the word, restoring a relationship, bringing opposing views together and settling a debt, and...
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Sacrificial Love in Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 5
Sacrificial love in marriage: in part 5 of our marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith look to the cross to understand what it truly means to love sacrificially. Walking through Jesus' crucifixion in Matthew 27 and His prayer in Gethsemane, not what I will but what you will (Mark...
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Faith Through Infertility and a Prenatal Diagnosis with Christin Rosa
Faith through infertility and a frightening prenatal diagnosis: Aaron Smith talks with Christin Rosa, author of Saving Nate. Christin shares the early struggles of her intercultural marriage to Mauricio, their season of infertility, and the day, 19 weeks pregnant with boy-girl twins, when they...
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Your Spouse Is a Blessing, Not a Burden | Marriage Devotional Week 4
Seeing your spouse as a gift from God: in part 4 of our 30-week marriage devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith remind couples that marriage is one of God's greatest gifts. Starting with God bringing Eve to Adam because it was not good for man to be alone, and Proverbs 18:22, we talk about…
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Apprenticeship to Jesus in Marriage and Family with Heath Hardesty
Integrated faith in marriage and family is the focus of this conversation between Aaron Smith and Heath Hardesty, a former plumber's apprentice turned Silicon Valley pastor and author of All Things Together. Heath explains why apprenticeship to Jesus is the cure for a fragmented age: union with...
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Biblical Roles of Husband and Wife | Marriage Devotional Week 3
Servant leadership and biblical companionship are at the heart of week three of the Marriage After God devotional series. Aaron and Jennifer Smith explore the distinct yet complementary roles of husbands and wives, starting with Jesus washing His disciples' feet in John 13. Aaron challenges...
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Lessons from Ecclesiastes w/ Bobby Jamieson
Contentment in marriage through the book of Ecclesiastes: Aaron Smith talks with Bobby Jamieson, senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and author of Everything Is Never Enough. Bobby explains that Ecclesiastes calls worldly pursuits like money, pleasure, and envy...
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God's Design for Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 2
Did God design marriage? In week two of the Marriage After God devotional series, Aaron and Jennifer Smith make the case that marriage is God's intentional design, not a human invention, noting that only a small fraction of the animal kingdom is monogamous. Using the picture of Lego pieces that...
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Catechism for Families: Discipling Kids with Trevin Wax & Thomas West
Family discipleship and catechism for families are the focus as Aaron Smith talks with Trevin Wax of the North American Mission Board and Thomas West, senior pastor of Nashville First Baptist Church, co-authors of The Gospel Way Catechism, a 50-question counter-catechism that answers Western...
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God's Purpose for Your Marriage | Marriage Devotional Week 1
What is the purpose of marriage? Aaron and Jennifer Smith open week one of their 30-week marriage devotional series through Husband After God and Wife After God by teaching that humans uniquely long for purpose because we are made in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27). From Ephesians 5:25-33 they show...
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Marriage After God Podcast | Christian Marriage, Relationship & Parenting EncouragementWelcome to the Marriage After God Podcast with Aaron and Jennifer Smith — a top-rated Christian marriage podcast offering faith-filled conversations for couples who want to grow together in Christ.Whether you're newlyweds or decades into marriage, this podcast equips you with Biblical advice, practical tips, and inspiring stories to strengthen your relationship and deepen your spiritual connection. Each episode features real, honest discussions on topics like intimacy, communication, parenting, conflict resolution, forgiveness, and pursuing God's purpose for your family.As authors of 11 books and hosts of a thriving Christian community, Aaron and Jennifer bring years of experience, heartfelt testimony, and Biblical truth to every conversation. Listen in for solo episodes, expert interviews, and encouraging messages that will help you build a marriage after God.New episodes weekly — now available
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