More than Roommates

Latest Episodes:

Episode 15 – How Can I Be Spiritually Intimate With My Spouse? Apr 04, 2023

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What does it look like to be connected spiritually with your spouse? How do you pursue Jesus well together even with your different personalities and wirings? In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott share some ways you can pursue Jesus together.

Shownotes – Bible Reading Plan, Spiritual Pathways by Gary Thomas

Episode 14 - Can You (and Your Spouse) Have Friends of the Opposite Sex? Mar 28, 2023

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What is the wise thing to do when it comes to marriage and friends of the opposite sex? In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss how to be above reproach with opposite sex friendships and share some practical ways to be thoughtful about opposite sex friendships.

Why Do We Want to Put a Stone in Your Shoe?

Episode 13 - Why We Need Healthy Friendships and Community For Our Marriage Mar 21, 2023

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What role do friendships and community play in marriage? In this episode, Derek, Scott, and Gabrielle discuss how friendships play a key role in marriage and the ways in which community provides both support and encouragement.

Episode 12 - Identifying Negative Communication Patterns Mar 14, 2023

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How's your marital communication? Ever need help resolving and managing conflict? In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss harmful marital communication patterns and how they affect our relationships. Learn how to better communicate by identifying your communication ditches.

Check out the book A Lasting Promise by Scott Stanley, Trathen, McCain, Bryan

Episode 11 - Celebrating Our Differences Mar 07, 2023

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How do you handle the differences you have with your significant other? Do you resent them and do they drive you crazy? Or do you embrace and celebrate them? In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss how to celebrate your differences and see how the Lord can use them to strengthen your marriage.

Episode 10 - How to Talk About Lust & Pornography Feb 28, 2023

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In Part 2 in this series on porn, we discuss how to discuss our struggles with community and the importance of confession in marriage. Scott, Derek, and Gabrielle share authentic, biblical, and practical thoughts on confession and community.

Freedom Starts Today, by John Elmore

Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do?, by Jonathan “JP” Pokluda & Jon Green

regen recovery

Becoming Something Episode 203 - A Conversation with a Former P*rn Star (feat. Joshua Broome)

Episode 9 - Will lust and porn impact my marriage? Feb 21, 2023

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Pornography destroys lives and ends marriages. In this episode of More Than Roommates, we discuss how pornography has affected each of our lives and marriages, and why we need to actively fight back against sin struggles with lust and pornography.

Shownotes:

How Porn Nearly Ruined My Life

Becoming Something – Episode 002 - Finding Freedom From Porn

Fight The New Drug - https://fightthenewdrug.org/

Episode 8 - Practical Ways to Keep Pursuing Your Spouse Feb 14, 2023

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Happy Valentine’s Day! In part 3 of this series, we talk about practical ways to date your spouse. We hope you and your spouse love each other because Christ first loved us and because of His love, we want to be so much more than just roommates.

Episode 7 - How to Keep Pursuing Your Spouse Feb 13, 2023

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In Part 2 of this bonus 3-part series, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss how to keep dating and pursuing your spouse. Even in the busyness of life, we need to look for ways to make our marriage a priority.

Episode 6 - Why to Keep Pursuing Your Spouse Feb 12, 2023

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In this special episode, we talk about the importance of continuing to date and pursue your spouse, long after you say, “I do!” Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott discuss why to keep dating your spouse.

Here are a few resources we reference in this Special 3-Part Series:

Waco Date Guide

How to Make Date Nights (With Your Spouse) Less Boring

Conversation Starters

Defy Drift Conversation Cards