Brave Marriage Podcast
Kensi Duszynski, LMFT
For couples and communities who desire to grow in Christlikeness, mutuality in marriage, relational maturity, and mental health.
Kensi Duszynski is a licensed marriage & family therapist and Christ-follower in private practice. Through this podcast, she seeks to serve couples and communities by starting a conversation about healthy Christian marriage relationships, which she hopes you’ll continue at home.
Disclaimer: This podcast is produced for educational purposes only, not to be substituted for professional mental health services.
Hosted by: Kensi Duszynski, MA, LMFT
Edited by: Evan Duszynski, MA
To learn more, visit bravemarriage.com.
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Relationships...In the Beginning - Ep. 136
Brave Marriage Podcast
11/01/21 • 36 min
In the beginning, God was good. He created us for intimacy, co-dominion, and co-stewardship of His creation. Male-female relationships and marriage may have gotten distorted after the Fall, but in the beginning, it was not so. Listen in to hear what Genesis 1-3 has to say about God Himself; God’s original design for humanity; and God’s plan for salvation following the consequences of sin. You might be surprised to learn what’s actually in the creation narratives...and what’s not.
If you’ve learned something new here and are enjoying this series on “Marriage, Mutuality, and Gender Roles,” please leave a rating & review!
Podcasting by: Kensi Duszynski, MA, LMFT, CPC
Editing by: Evan Duszynski, MA
Music by: John Tibbs
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Welcome back to the Brave Marriage Podcast! Thank you so much for your earnest desire to grow as individuals, do marriage with intention, and live a mutually empowered, purposeful life in Christ.
I’m really glad to be working my way through this series with you and really encouraged by some of the conversations I’ve been having lately. In upcoming weeks, we will get into a few interviews where we’ll dive more deeply into marriage and mutuality, but today, we’re covering marriage in the Creation account and after the Fall. I believe last episode, I said I’d cover Ephesians 5 as well, but that was a little ambitious, I found, and so that episode will drop on Monday, November 29th. And the reason I wanted to include these biblical teachings in a series on marriage, mutuality, and gender roles, is because I think for many of us, we’ve heard these passages so much that we often don’t even hear them for what they actually say, or we hear these verses so piece-milled to prove a point, that we don’t even understand their context. So what I’m hoping is that the questions posed in the last episode encouraged you toward your own reading of Scripture, because today, we’ll be diving into it together with fresh eyes and ears.
Let’s start by taking a look at the Creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2:
Genesis 1:26-31 says:
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ [So notice, when God says, ‘let us make man in our image, and after our likeness,’ He’s referring to the relationality between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—whom we know as the Triune God. The word man used there is adam in Hebrew, and the them is ha’adam in Hebrew. It’s plural for humanity or mankind. And Scripture says that God made humans to have dominion over the earth and other created creatures—not dominion over each other.]
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [In other words, from the Hebrew, God created mankind, in the image of God he created mankind; male and female he created mankind.]
And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’ And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”
So in the first creation narrative, here in chapter 1, we have the Creator God, who in the Hebrew in chapter one, is referred to as Elohim. Elohim, God, we’re told, created the earth and humanity in His image. And compared to other creation accounts at the time, this God was described quite differently. For one, He was one—3-in-1; secondly, He was a good God; and third, He was a relational God, completely unified within Himself.
In chapter 1, we’re zoomed out a bit, seeing how this all-powerful, relational-within-and-between-Himself God created the entire universe. If you can, imagine a movie that begins with a look at earth from outer space. From this aerial vantage point, we see that this God completed His work with the creation of humanity, instructing them to be fruitful, to multiply, to create, to rule, to subdue, and take care of the earth He created. And only after God created male and female—humans in His image—and instructed them to steward the earth for His glory, did this Creator God proclaim His creation “very good.”
11/01/21 • 36 min
Egalitarianism - Ep. 135
Brave Marriage Podcast
10/18/21 • 29 min
What is egalitarianism? How is it different from complementarianism? On this episode, we explore what true equality in Christ means for us all, and how it should lead us to mutuality—in the home, in the church, and in the world. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review the podcast!
To work with Kensi Duszynski, MA, LMFT, CPC, visit bravemarriage.com.
10/18/21 • 29 min
Complementarianism - Ep. 134
Brave Marriage Podcast
10/04/21 • 39 min
What is complementarianism? Where did it begin? What are the practical effects of its teachings on real life couples and Christian communities? And how do we, as Christian couples and communities, do the most good and the least harm when it comes to how and what we teach? Tune in and stay tuned to engage in this conversation.
10/04/21 • 39 min
For Better or Worse: Christian Teachings on Marriage
Brave Marriage Podcast
09/20/21 • 30 min
What have some of the most popular authors and speakers on Christian marriage had to say over the past 5 decades? We’ll talk what’s good, what’s bad, and what we’ve believed to be true—before questioning our assumptions about what we’ve been taught God wants for our marriage relationships.
09/20/21 • 30 min
Doing Marriage with Intention w/ Steve & Twyla Lee - Ep. 132
Brave Marriage Podcast
09/06/21 • 70 min
Join me in conversation with Steve and Twyla Lee as we talk about their 47 years of marriage experience, plus 30 years of professional experience as Christians who work in the social sciences. As my first marriage and family studies professors, I had the privilege of learning from them personally and professionally as well. Today, they work with premarital couples all over the US at intentionalrelationships.org.
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09/06/21 • 70 min
The Emergence of Complementarity and the Love-Based Marriage - Ep. 131
Brave Marriage Podcast
08/23/21 • 18 min
Did you know that the concept of marrying for love is only 200-300 years old? In this episode, we trace the love-based marriage back to its roots in the Enlightenment. Here, we’ll discover the emergence of complementarity as a way for society to promote social order and marriage cohesion in this brave new world, which rocked the five millennia -long foundation of the patriarchal structuring of marriage, family, and society. We’ll also explore the idea that while secular culture abandoned complementarity within gender hierarchy after the 1950s, certain parts of the evangelical church locked it in instead of envisioning a better way forward for Christian couples and families in the 20th-21st centuries.
Book list and resource links can be found in the full transcript at bravemarriage.com/podcast.
08/23/21 • 18 min
How the 1950s Defined Marriage as We Know It - Ep. 130
Brave Marriage Podcast
08/09/21 • 14 min
We’re starting this conversation with a little understanding of history, how the 1950s defined marriage and split-sphere gender roles as we know them today.
Together, we’ll consider this question: If Paul tells us in Romans 12:2 not to conform to the patterns of this world, then why does so much of what we’re taught today in the church reflect the culture of marriage in 1950s America rather than mirroring Christ?
Book list and resource links can be found in the full transcript at bravemarriage.com/podcast.
08/09/21 • 14 min
Welcome Back to Season 2 on Marriage, Mutuality, and Gender Roles
Brave Marriage Podcast
08/02/21 • 11 min
Join Kensi Duszynski this fall as she facilitates a conversation around marital health, relational dynamics, and the proper place of gender roles in Christian marriage. Conversations will take place biweekly.
To learn more, visit bravemarriage.com.
08/02/21 • 11 min
Pressing Pause on the Podcast - Ep. 128
Brave Marriage Podcast
01/04/21 • 8 min
That’s right, folks. I’m pressing pause on the podcast for the moment. Thank you for sharing a small part of your week with me, and thanks for your understanding after listening to this episode! I’d love to leave you with a gift though...because if last year taught us anything, it’s that life is precious, people are not to be taken for granted, and despite the circumstances that are out of our control, there’s still so much we desire out of life. As such, I’ve created a “Reflection & Life Inventory” guide to help you take stock of last year, the one the lies ahead, and the life you intend to live and look back on with peace, love, and joy.
To access that free guide, visit bravemarriage.com/2021
To stay in touch while the podcast is on pause, visit bravemarriage.com/quiz
01/04/21 • 8 min
Equality in Marriage & Ministry w/ Brandon & Haley Weaver - Ep. 137
Brave Marriage Podcast
11/15/21 • 49 min
Brandon and Haley Weaver talk with us about growing up egalitarian, being introduced to complementarianism in college, and what equality in marriage and ministry look like from their perspective! If you enjoy this episode, please take a quick second to tap the stars below to leave a rating and review!
Podcast Editing by: Evan Duszynski, MA
Music by: John Tibbs
11/15/21 • 49 min
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How many episodes does Brave Marriage Podcast have?
Brave Marriage Podcast currently has 142 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
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The episode title 'Relationships...In the Beginning - Ep. 136' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Brave Marriage Podcast is 18 minutes.
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The first episode of Brave Marriage Podcast was released on Jun 4, 2018.
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