For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast Episode Summary We often hear about men having an addiction to porn before marriage, but what happens when women do to? What happens when two people get married and they both have a history with porn? Jill and Marshall have been married for over…
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Ask 2 Newlywed Men Anything about Sex! w/ Nick and Marshall
For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast Conversation Summary: It’s a common belief that issues with porn and lust will go away in marriage. Many believe that lust and fantasy exist because they don’t have a spouse. It’s easy to believe that struggles with masturbation and pornography will go away once sex…
Porn, Parenting, and Lust in Marriage: Jay Holland
(For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast) Conversation Summary: Jay Holland is a pastor who joins us to discuss what lust has been like in marriage. Jay has also been creating parenting resource for 20 years. He discusses specific temptations and difficulties that children are currently facing and how parents can…
Addiction, Adultery, and Desperation: Joel Hesch
(Listen to this episode on any major podcast platform by looking up The Naked Gospel podcast) Episode Recap Adultery and Desperation Joel Hesch was an accomplished lawyer in D.C. He lived in a thriving faith community, had money, respect, and a beautiful wife. However, Joel was also addicted to self-pleasure. For years he hid…
7 Things God Taught Me through My Time with Proven
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read An Update Hi, all. Allie here. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for allowing me to have this platform and for taking the time to read what the Lord has led me to share over the years. I wanted to let you know that…
Prioritizing Community in Our Marriage or Singleness
By: Allie Joy Hudson 2 min. read Created for Community God created us to be in community. Genesis 1:27 beautifully declares that God created us in His image. Just as He is in communion with Himself as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we also need to spend time in His presence and around…
Reflections on Our Reputation
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Anniversary Reflections Today is my wedding anniversary! My husband, Michael, and I are celebrating three years of marriage! As I reflect on what these past years have looked like, I feel so grateful. God has shown us more of Himself and His character. He has provided and…
Craig Groeschel: 3 Practical Ways to Love Your Spouse
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Closing the Gap The other day, I was home alone, and I felt the Lord lead me to look for a sermon on marriage to watch online. “Okay,” I thought. “That’s a bit random, but alright.” I went to YouTube and typed in “marriage sermon.” I came…
Using Your Words to Encourage Your Spouse
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read An Opportunity How often do you take the time to intentionally encourage your spouse? This seems like such a small thing, that’s easy to overlook, but it can make a big difference. My husband, Michael, and I are both words of affirmation people. Words carry weight for…
An Interview with My Husband: Renewing Your Mind
By: Allie Joy Hudson 6 min. read In a lot of my blogs, I write about how my husband and I have been learning over the years to strive for sexual integrity together. He has been on this journey for about a decade, and it’s been so awesome to see him surrender this area…
The Orgasm Gap w/ Sheila Gregoire
The Orgasm Gap Research shows us that 97% of men have an orgasm during sex, while 46% of women orgasm during sex. When I hear about that research and see those stats, I can’t help but ask the question, why is that the case? In our sex obsessed culture, why is sex in marriage so…
Am I Worthy of Love?
By: Anonymous 3 min. read Searching for Intimacy I’ve always had a fascination with intimacy. Since I was a child, my deepest desire was to be known and to know someone on a deep level. I remember playing with my dolls and imagining that one day I would have a family. I wanted all…
10 Things I’ve Learned through My Husband’s Struggle with Lust
Struggle and Pain, Growth and Gratitude Allie Joy Hudson’s Testimonal In many ways, my husband’s struggle with lust has been a defining force for us as a couple. (He is very open about talking about this and has given me permission to share. I so admire his transparency, and I’ve seen many people open up…
Bi-Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Following Jesus
Bi-Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Following Jesus THE NAKED GOSPEL PODCAST What does God think of homosexuality? How should Christians live in a culture of porn and hooking up? What does it look like to follow Jesus with our sexuality and speak the truth in grace? Come listen as we process these questions and so many more! …
Single and Sexual
By: Beca Bruder 4 min. read Exposing Lies For many years, I believed the lie that I should not learn about my sexuality while I am still single. People always encouraged me to read books on how to remain pure for marriage, develop friendships that provide accountability, and understand why God calls single Christians…
Sex is…
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read The “What’s” of Sex How do you usually hear sex being discussed, especially from a Christian perspective? I’ve noticed that oftentimes in the Church, when sex does get mentioned, it’s mentioned from the angle of context. We hear about what context – marriage – is right for…
Discipline, Sex, and Your Marriage
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read Sex and Fire I always like the analogy that compares sex to a fire. In the right context, like a fireplace, a fire is a beautiful thing. It’s warm, comforting, and purposeful. It sustains life. But, when a fire occurs outside of the right context, it’s destructive,…
8 Ways to Strengthen Your Sex Life Together
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read The Sex List Sometime last year, my husband and I sat down at our kitchen table and wrote out our “sex list.” We have open talks about sex often, but writing this list gave us an opportunity to clearly express our expectations, hopes, and goals for our…
Sexual Integrity After “I Do”
Sexual Integrity After “I Do”: Continuing the Fight By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read What About After Marriage? “Lord, why won’t my struggle with lust just go away? Please take it from me!” This prayer is not just the prayer of a single man. Sexual struggles can be long-lasting and stubborn for both…
Jason Castro: The Weight of Shame and the Hope of Freedom
By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read Who is Jason Castro? Jason Castro is a singer, songwriter, and American Idol finalist. He is passionate about his love for Jesus and his family. He’s married and is now a father of four. But he also has a difficult past. Castro struggled with a porn addiction…
Kirk Franklin: From Hypocrisy to Hope
By: Allie Joy Hudson 6 min. read Struggling in Silence For many of us, especially those of us who grew up in the Church, it can be easy to live a double life. We can act one way on Sunday mornings and then be a completely different person during the week. We can be outwardly…
Candace Cameron Bure: Jesus, Marriage, and Sex
By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read Who is Candace Cameron Bure? Candace Cameron Bure is an actress, producer, talk show panelist, author, wife, and mom of three. She is best known for her role as D.J. Tanner on Full House (and as D.J. Tanner-Fuller on Fuller House), for being a talk show host on…
Terry Crews and His Journey Through Pornography
By: Allie Joy Hudson 6 min. read Who Is Terry Crews? “[P]ornography will never tell you the whole story. . . It’s killing you softly and it’s watching you bleed out and letting you and then stepping over your body and it’s over to the next guy or girl.” Terry Crews made this powerful statement…
Three Ways for a Marriage to Heal After Porn
Rebuilding Trust By: Allie Joy Hudson Porn in My Life I remember the night my boyfriend told me about his porn addiction. I knew that he had struggled with porn in the past, but what he hadn’t told me was that he dragged it into our relationship. He watched porn for the first few months…