A Love Language Minute

By Moody Radio

What's A Love Language Minute about?

A Love Language Minute draws from Dr. Gary Chapman's years of counseling experience, excerpts from his live events, and his answers to listeners' questions to give encouragement and practical help and hope for the relationships in your life.

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A Love Language Minute episodes:

04.19.2024
How to be a Loving Leader
In his book The Family You've Always Wanted, Dr. Gary Chapman provides practical help on how to be a loving leader in the home. Following the example of Jesus, Christian leadership focuses on meeting the needs of the wife and...
04.18.2024
Arm-Length Christianity
If spouses would commit to reading Scripture and praying together, the church would become the Church, not just on Sunday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.17.2024
Teaching Children Obedience
Teaching your children obedience doesn't have to be difficult. Begin by stating the rule clearly, then state clearly what the consequences will be if the rule is disobeyed. If consequences are to be administered, do it kindly but firmly. See...
04.16.2024
Too Busy
How can you stay connected with your spouse when your life is too busy? Step one is making sure you're speaking your spouse's love language. Then, give your marital relationship priority over anything else. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.15.2024
Getting Over a Divorce
There are very few hurts that are deeper than the hurt of a divorce. There are many very helpful resources for divorce recovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.12.2024
Teaching vs. Training
Teaching and Training don't mean the same thing. Teaching emphasizes words, while training focuses on actions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.11.2024
Making Your Christianity Work First in Your Family
It's crucial that we make our Christianity work first in our families. If our Christianity doesn't work in our families, it won't work outside of our families. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.10.2024
Childhood Memories
So much of our lives is influenced by our childhood. Sharing those memories with your spouse builds intimacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.09.2024
Arguing
Arguing with your spouse during the first few years of your marriage is not unusual. But if discord persists, it would be wise to seek counseling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.08.2024
Getting Him to Read
Dr. Gary Chapman provides some strategies to help you get your husband to read The 5 Love Languages book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.05.2024
The Functional Family
There are many dysfunctional families, but what does a healthy family look like? In Dr. Gary Chapman's book, The Family You've Always Wanted, you'll learn the 5 signs of a healthy family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.04.2024
The Value of Relationships - Part 2
The greatest value you can place on a relationship is to invest in people rather than things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.03.2024
Love's Loudest Expression
The loudest way of expressing love to your child is by speaking to them in their love language. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.02.2024
Emotional Infidelity
If your wife develops an emotional bond with someone in the work place, it will definitely weaken your marital bond. She'll need to reaffirm her commitment to your relationship and set boundaries on how she interacts with others. See omnystudio.com/listener...
04.01.2024
Love Language in Dating and Marriage
Your love language doesn't change during the time you're dating or after your marriage. But with the arrival of children, there'll be a season where your affection might be directed more to your child than to your spouse. See omnystudio.com/listener...
03.29.2024
How You Present a Gift
Any gift you give to your child, whether it's a necessity or a luxury, should be an expression of your love for them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.28.2024
The Value of Relationships - Part 1
Satan does everything he can to destroy relationships. This is because he opposes God's desire that we would have strong relationship with God and others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.27.2024
The Universal Way to Express Love
There are 5 love languages, but is there a universal love language? Gift-giving is the universal love language, but giving a gift should be an expression of love that is freely given with no strings attached. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
03.26.2024
Taking the 5 Love Languages Quiz.
Why should couples take the 5 Love Languages quiz? The 5 Love Languages profile is simply a tool for couples to understand each other - particularly at the point of how to express love to each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
03.25.2024
He Won't Spend Time With Me
Your husband's love language is quality time, but he's too busy with work to spend time with you. If his love language is truly quality time, he'll have to decide what's most important to him and adjust how much time...
03.22.2024
Children Receiving Gifts
Although all children seem to value receiving gifts, not all children possess the love language of gift-giving. But the child whose love language is gift-giving will feel loved when given gifts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.21.2024
Different Political Views
Often times, couples have differing political views. But if each spouse has some level of maturity, they can express their viewpoint while giving the other the freedom to express theirs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.20.2024
Children Who Are Loved
Does your child feel loved? Research shows that children who feel loved fare better in life than those who do not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.19.2024
Read the 5 Love Languages
How can you get your spouse to read The 5 Love Languages? One approach might be to ask them if they would agree to read at least the first chapter. If they're still resistant, don't push it further. But make...
03.18.2024
Drawing Lines
It is essential for couples to draw lines on physical affection before marriage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.15.2024
Influence by Agreement
If your spouse has a controlling personality, it's quite likely you don't have an intimate marriage. It can be helpful to agree with the premise of their arguments, but not with their conclusions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.14.2024
Building Relationships With Prayer
If you're going to build good family relationships, you'll to need to invest time in prayer for your family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.13.2024
Controlling Spouses
Controlling spouses are difficult to live with. While there can be an upside to living with a controlling spouse, it can also result in the other spouse feeling belittled and devalued. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.12.2024
Can You Change Your Love Language?
Is it possible to change your love language? Our primary love language never changes, but we can choose to learn to speak other love languages to the people with whom we relate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.11.2024
Living with In-Laws
Young couples often move in with their in-laws due to financial challenges. While this may work for a while, guidelines and deadlines need to be discussed at the very beginning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.08.2024
A Faulty Model
Struggling marriages today are often a result of parents poorly modeling marriage during their children's formative years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.07.2024
World Peace
Can the 5 love languages be a solution to world peace? The 5 love languages are fundamental to human nature, regardless of cultural differences. Imagine if everyone in the world would speak each other's love language. The world would be...
03.06.2024
Desperate Marriage
What is a desperate marriage? It's when one spouse is involved in a lifestyle that is extremely detrimental to the relationship. Dr. Gary Chapman has written a book titled Desperate Marriages that addresses this issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.05.2024
Hand in Hand
Military deployment makes maintaining your relationship with your spouse difficult. Dr. Gary Chapman offers a creative way for you to walk "hand in hand". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.04.2024
Hope after Separation
Your husband has left you. Is there hope for your marriage? There's always hope for reconciliation. But the process of reconciliation might need to begin with you acknowledging that there have been failures on your part. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
03.01.2024
The Goal is Unity
Women often recoil when hearing the Scriptural mandate for wives to submit to their husbands. What's often missed is that both husbands and wives are to submit to each other. This calls for an attitude of service. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
02.29.2024
Building Spiritual Intimacy
The best way to build spiritual intimacy in your marriage is to pray and read the Bible together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.28.2024
Leaders Who Love
Many contemporary Christians reject the concept of male leadership in the home. This is because there's a misunderstanding of Biblical headship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.27.2024
Differences in Faith
She's Catholic. You're an Evangelical Christian. Which route will you both take when united in marriage? This issue needs to be discussed and resolved before marriage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.26.2024
Not a Virgin Anymore
You're not a virgin anymore. Should you bring this up with your partner? Honesty is always the best policy. You should bring this up before marriage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.23.2024
Husband and Wife Roles
The head of the husband is Christ, and the head of the wife is the husband. There is perfect unity and equality between the husband and wife; but their roles are different. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.22.2024
Spiritual Discernment
Spiritual discernment requires that we examine whether or not a concept, command or action is clearly taught in scripture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.21.2024
Husband as Head of the Wife
God's design for marriage is that the husband should be the head of the wife; but it's one of the most exploited concepts in the Bible. Instead of the husband lording his authority over his wife, he must follow the...
02.20.2024
Put In More Effort
How can a wife encourage her husband to put more effort into their marriage? Before she confronts her husband, she should begin by acknowledging her own failures. Then, speaking his love language, she should ask if he'd be willing to...
02.19.2024
The In-Love Experience
Can your "in-love" experience as an engaged couple run out before you get married? If you've been dating for more than two years, you can often come down off of that initial in-love high. This is a good opportunity to...
02.16.2024
Getting Beyond Deadlock
Most counselors agree that one of the greatest problems in marriage is decision-making. When a couple doesn't agree with each other, it leads to deadlock. Find out how to break the deadlock on the next edition of A Love Language...
02.15.2024
Holding Yourself Accountable to Others.
Men need to hold each other accountable. Accountability groups in a church provide men with ways to challenge each other to spiritual growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.14.2024
Too busy to listen?
We're all busy - sometimes too busy to listen. Listening is the only way that you will understand your spouse's thoughts and feelings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.13.2024
When is Enough Enough?
At what point do you say enough is enough when you're the victim of domestic abuse? Any physical abuse must be stopped immediately. Tough love requires communicating to the abuser that there will be consequences if the abuse doesn't stop....
02.12.2024
Multiple Love Languages?
Is it possible for your spouse to have more than one love language? If they do, you'll have more avenues in which to express your love to them! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's A Love Language Minute about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

A Love Language Minute episodes:

How to be a Loving Leader

Arm-Length Christianity

Teaching Children Obedience

Too Busy

Getting Over a Divorce

Teaching vs. Training

Making Your Christianity Work First in Your Family

Childhood Memories

Arguing

Getting Him to Read

The Functional Family

The Value of Relationships - Part 2

Love's Loudest Expression

Emotional Infidelity

Love Language in Dating and Marriage

How You Present a Gift

The Value of Relationships - Part 1

The Universal Way to Express Love

Taking the 5 Love Languages Quiz.

He Won't Spend Time With Me

Children Receiving Gifts

Different Political Views

Children Who Are Loved

Read the 5 Love Languages

Drawing Lines

Influence by Agreement

Building Relationships With Prayer

Controlling Spouses

Can You Change Your Love Language?

Living with In-Laws

A Faulty Model

World Peace

Desperate Marriage

Hand in Hand

Hope after Separation

The Goal is Unity

Building Spiritual Intimacy

Leaders Who Love

Differences in Faith

Not a Virgin Anymore

Husband and Wife Roles

Spiritual Discernment

Husband as Head of the Wife

Put In More Effort

The In-Love Experience

Getting Beyond Deadlock

Holding Yourself Accountable to Others.

Too busy to listen?

When is Enough Enough?

Multiple Love Languages?