How We Deal With Entertainment And Media In Our Marriage and Home

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About This Episode We live in an entertainment world, with movies, music, and TV available at any moment. So how do married Christians decide what to watch? And what do you do when your spouse keeps watching a show you don't think they should, or says it doesn't affect them the way it affects you? In this episode we share how we navigate entertainment and media in our marriage and home. We treat it as a conversation of discernment rather than a list of hard rules, and Aaron's walk in purity from pornography has made us especially careful. We also talk through some biblical ways of thinking about what we let in, for ourselves and for our kids.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Discernment over rules — Media choices as an ongoing conversation between husband and wife, not a rigid list. Purity and what we watch — How Aaron's freedom from pornography shaped our limits on sexual content and nudity. Knowing when to walk out — Leaving a movie or dropping a show mid-season when it crosses the line. Dark themes and language — Why we avoid demonic and horror content and constant foul language. Doing your homework — Using the Plugged In review site to research films before watching. Permission to say no — Giving your spouse, and God, the freedom to veto anything. Protecting your kids — Being an advocate for your children and teaching them to guard their eyes.

Scripture Referenced Proverbs 14:8 Proverbs 14:16

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