Latest Step-families Podcast Episodes
"CAN A HUSBAND REALY MEET ALL THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF HIS WIFE?" - July 2021
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 15, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutesPittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, Tim Tucker, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss the q...
"THE LEADING CAUSES OF DIVORCE TODAY AND WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT DIVORCE" - 7/18/21
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 15, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutesPittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, Tim Tucker, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss the l...
"THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF COHABITATION BEFORE MARRIAGE!" - 6/20/21
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 15, 2024 16:00 - 13 minutesPittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, Tim Tucker, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss the h...
"DRUG ADDICTION AND HOW IT DESTROYS MARRIAGES!" - 6/14/21
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 14, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker, Pittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, discusses in a monologue the seriousness of drug addiction and how it can destroy the individual and a marriage! Current overdose statistics, personal stories, why a person takes dangerous drugs, the great temptation of them, what drugs ...
"ALCOHOLISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON A MARRIAGE!" - 6/6/21
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 14, 2024 01:00 - 14 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They tackle the issue of alcoholism and the negative effects it has...
"PORNOGRAPHY - THE MARRIAGE KILLER!, TESTIMONIES, HELP & RESOURCES" - 8/30/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 14, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. Marriages commonly fall apart due to the use of pornography, unfort...
"HOW THE LOSS OF A CHILD AFFECTS A MARRIAGE" - 8/16/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 14, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. What do parents feel when they lose a child before or after birth?...
"HELPING COUPLES WHO SUFFER FROM INFERTILITY" - 8/23/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - February 14, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. The discussion centers around the stress, strain, and emotions ass...
"HOW TO BIBLICALLY RESOLVE CONFLICT IN MARRIAGE" - 7/26/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 02:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. How do two very different individuals handle conflict in their marri...
"HOW DOES MATERIALISM AFFECT A MARRIAGE?" - 8/2/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 02:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. Though it might be socially acceptable to want more and better thing...
"IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE" - 7/19/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 02:00 - 12 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss their personal communication struggles and how the Bibl...
"THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF BEING CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT!" - 7/5/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 12 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, discussing the absolute necessity of being filled (or controlled) by the Holy Spirit and not ourselves. The"fruit of the Spirit" of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and te...
"WHAT PROBLEMS CHILDREN OF DIVORCE FACE, FATHERLESS HOMES, ETC." -6/14/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 12 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss the negative effects fatherless households have on t...
"WHY ARE FAMILIES FALLING APART TODAY, AND HOW CAN THEY BE RESTORED?" -6/7/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss why families are falling apart today, the negative effe...
"HOW CAN ENGAGED COUPLES SUCCESSFULLY PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE?" - 7/
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area FamilyLife directors, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. They discuss the importance of pre-marital counseling in preventing ...
"HOW A HUSBAND AND A WIFE CAN HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST" - 6-28-20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 12 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife. They explain how a husband and a wife can have a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ, to have the resources and power to love and forgive one another, to develop that oneness in t...
"OTHER WAYS DIVORCE IMPACTS YOUNG AND ADULT CHILDREN" - 6/21/20
"Help and Hope for Families" - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is a licensed Christian counselor and associate pastor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area. Picking up from last broadcast, they discuss other ways divorce ...
"THE PLAGUE OF FATHERLESSNESS AND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN" - 9/9/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 18:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker leads a discussion on the plague of fatherlessness today and the heart-wrenching effects it has on the children, with Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLIfe Scott and Catherine Mercer, and with Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor, and Pam...
"THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR AFFAIRS ON A MARRIAGE." - 8/18/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 18:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, along with Tom and Pam Jones, who answer questions concerning the effects of sexual abuse and affairs on a marriage relationship. Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor. Also discu...
"WHY IS ANGER SO DESTRUCTIVE IN A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP? FINANCIAL PRESSURES? - 8/25/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 18:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, as they discuss why anger is so destructive and damaging in a marriage relationship. Also included is the role of financial pressure on a marriage. FamilyLife resources are discussed, and couples are r...
"WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF A "WEEKEND TO REMEMBER" GETAWAY FOR COUPLES?" - 9/2/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 18:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLIfe, about the importance of couples attending this fall's "Weekend To Remember", to make their good marriages better and to provide help and hope for those who are struggling. Scott and Catherine will share ...
"HOW TO DEVELOP ONENESS IN MARRIAGE AND A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST!" - 7/14/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh FamilyLife directors, discussing how to develop oneness in a marriage relationship, and how to have a personal relationship with Christ. Also discussed are resources FamiiyLife offers to help husbands and wives, such as the "Weekend ...
"THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY ON A MARRIAGE" - 7/21/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutesTim Tucker along with Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, interview Tom and Pam Jones, who share how their marriage was almost ruined by pornography. Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor in the Pittsburgh area.
"MAJOR PROBLEMS FACING MARRIAGES TODAY!" - 7/28/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, as they discuss the major issues facing marriages today and the resources that FamilyLife has availabler to bring help and hope to these families. The value of the "Weekend To Remember" marriages getawa...
"WHY SHOULD MARRIED COUPLES PRAY AND READ THE BIBLE EACH DAY AND HAVE A WEEKLY DATE NIGHT?" - 8/4/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, discussing the importance of couples praying together and reading the Bible together. Why is cultivating a scheduled "date night" together so important? These things foster a oneness in marriage which is...
"THE EFFECTS OF UNFORGIVENESS ON A MARRIAGE; CAN MY SPOUSE MEET ALL ME EMOTIONAL NEEDS?" - 8/11/19
"Help and Hope for Families" - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, along with Tom and Pam Jones, who discuss the effects of unmet emotional needs and unforgiveness on a marriage relationship. Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor. How can atten...
"FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN" III - 9/10/23
"Help and Hope for Families" - September 14, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker, on affiliate staff with the Pittsburgh FamilyLife team, discusses the topic of children with special needs in the area of autism with Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife team. Also in the discussion are Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is an associate pastor and lic...
"FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN" II - 9/3/23
"Help and Hope for Families" - September 14, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutesTim Tucker, on affiliate staff with the Pittsburgh FamilyLife team, has the opportunity to interview his son, John, and his wife, Katie, to discuss the difficult issues raising their twin children with Autism. The challenges, stresses, difficulties, along with their joy, delight, and God's enab...
"WHY DOES GOD HATE DIVORCE?" II - 8/6/23
"Help and Hope for Families" - September 14, 2023 15:00 - 13 minutesDivorce has a devastating effect on all family members involved. It destroys families and creates hardship for the husband, wife, and the children. It breaks the covenant we made before God and our friends and relatives at the marriage altar. What does God have to say about divorce? Does the...
"WHY DOES GOD HATE DIVORCE?" III - 8/13/23
"Help and Hope for Families" - September 14, 2023 15:00 - 13 minutesDivorce has a devastating effect on all family members involved. It destroys families and creates hardship for the husband, wife, and the children. It breaks the covenant we made before God and our friends and relatives at the marriage altar. What does God have to say about divorce? Does the...
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