The Grace Marriage Podcast
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.
Episodes
75 episodes
Why Every Church Needs Marriage Ministry
What happens when churches prioritize children and youth ministry, but neglect marriage?In this episode, Brad Rhoads sits down with Pastor Jamus Edwards of Pleasant Valley Community Church, the founding church of Grace Marriage, to disc...
Why Law Enforcement Marriages Struggle and How Intentional Investment Helps
What do police officers, athletes, and healthy marriages all have in common? Practice.In this episode, Brad sits down with Kris Holzmeyer of Thin Blue First to talk about marriage, ministry, law enforcement stress, and why strong marria...
Praying Together Will CHANGE Your Marriage
Prayer should never be your LAST resort...it should be your FIRST response.In this episode of the Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad sits down with Bill Reiser to discuss two things that will quietly destroy your marriage: unforgiveness and p...
Stop Calling Yourself Your FAILURES
What if the biggest thing holding your marriage back… is how you see yourself?In this episode, Brad sits down with Bill Rieser to unpack a foundational truth most couples miss: you can’t build a healthy marriage with a broken identity.<...
How Most Churches Miss Marriages (And How to Fix It)
What if one of the biggest gaps in the Church today… is marriage?In this episode Brad sits down with Sonya Jacobs to talk about why so many churches invest heavily in everything except marriages...and why that HAS to change.Afte...
Why Strong Marriages Require Healthy Boundaries and Relational Skills
You don’t need MORE relationships...you need the RIGHT relationships.One of the biggest reasons people feel relationally exhausted isn’t because they care too little…it’s because they’re trying to give too much of themselves to too many...
People Skills Every Healthy Marriage Needs
Love is not the problem in most marriages.Many couples genuinely love each other, but still struggle to feel connected, understood, and emotionally safe. Why? Because love alone is not enough. Healthy relationships also require healthy ...
What Marriage is all about...
What does it actually look like to be a godly husband or wife when life gets hard?In this episode of the Grace Marriage Podcast, Brad sits down with Chris and Tammy Morgan, FCA Leaders, who share what it means to build a marriage that i...
Your Spouse Was Never Meant to Complete You
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 Morg...
How to Break Negative Marriage Patterns with Grace and Better Communication
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 ...
Why You Can’t Behavior Yourself Into a Great Marriage
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...
What Your Marriage Is Teaching Others (Even When You Don’t Realize It)
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 pro...
How to Protect Your Marriage in a Busy Season
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 marriag...
How Your Church Can Help Marriages...Starting Today.
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...
Why Your Marriage Has to Come Before Everything Else
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 ...
Why Sex Is SO Complicated (And What You Might Have MISSED)
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...
The Most Important Thing You Can Do for Your Kids
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 spou...
The MISSING PIECE in Many Christian Marriages
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, ...
Why Value & Freedom Matter in Marriage
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, auth...
When Marriage Takes a Back Seat (Why It Always Costs More Than We Think)
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 marriag...
Why Marriages Drift Apart and How to Reconnect
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 th...
🏆 Build a CHAMPIONSHIP Marriage
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 athle...
When Conflict Hijacks Your Marriage 😤
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 ...
The Marriage Game Plan You Didn’t Know You Needed
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...
How Grace, Truth, and Time Transform Your Marriage and Family
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 ...