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Breaking the Chains of Pornography Part 1

Breaking the Chains of Pornography Part 1

Pornography – do you know someone who is struggling with this particular sin? Unfortunately, it’s likely that you do, but you may not know how to help. In these two conversations host Dr. Chuck Betters, along with Rebekah Hannah (Director of Anchored Hope.co, an online biblical counseling service), talk with counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes who provide biblical strategies for guiding a fellow believer toward recovery. This worldwide pornography crisis is destroying families, marriages and individuals read more…

Be sure to listen to both, Part 1 & Part 2.

Addiction, Emotions, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesJune 23, 20259thComment

Sexual Abuse: One Woman's Story

Sexual Abuse: One Woman's Story

Numerous studies reveal that sexual abuse is rampant and the scars of betrayal go deep. In this transparent interview, Sharon Betters interviews Dr. Terry Eccles, who shares her own story of repeated abuse by her father and how she is finding freedom from the past.

Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesJune 16, 2025Library Block, 9thComment

Sexual Addiction – There is Hope: A Conversation with Jonathan Daugherty

Sexual Addiction – There is Hope: A Conversation with Jonathan Daugherty

“I sat by myself on my living room couch. Alone. Scared. I tried to piece together what 13 years of sexual addiction had just torn apart. My life was unraveling and I couldn’t harness my out of control behaviors. I remember thinking I might be better off dead than alive,” said Johnathan Daugherty. Listen as Jonathan describes that downward spiral and what turned his heart toward healing and a redeemed marriage.

Relationships, Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesJune 2, 20259thComment

Abuse in the Church

Abuse in the Church

In this informative but at times disturbing interview, Darby Strickland draws from years of not only studying the impact of abuse but her interaction through counseling abused women. Darby is passionate about equipping local churches to be a safe place for the abused.

Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 23, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More

Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More

In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Miho Kahn and her husband share the story of Miho’s journey into a world of drugs, violence and abuse. Miho transparently shares her journey and how she found peace and direction in a personal relationship to Jesus.

Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesAugust 19, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Ben Fuller - Addiction and Hope

Ben Fuller - Addiction and Hope

Due to generations of hurt in his family, country music singer Ben Fuller turned to cocaine and alcohol at a young age. He got involved in a devastating drug-fueled relationship which led him to understand better, the other side…

Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesMay 6, 20248th 30, 2024, Library BlockComment

Surviving A Tsunami of Grief: A Conversation with Andrea Maher

Surviving A Tsunami of Grief: A Conversation with Andrea Maher

Her oldest son’s battle with drug addiction ended when drug induced hypothermia took his life. Several years later, her youngest son made a decision that would forever change his life and resulted in imprisonment. How does a mother not just survive but find hope and joy when a tsunami of grief repeatedly slams her deeper into an abyss of sorrow?

Addiction, Grief, Parenting, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesApril 3, 20242018, 3rd 30, Loss of a ChildComment

Same-Sex Attraction: An Interview With An Unlikely Convert

Same-Sex Attraction: An Interview With An Unlikely Convert

In this interview with Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, Chuck and Sharon Betters ask these and many more questions about a topic that has numerous families struggling to understand. Dr. Butterfield is uniquely qualified to provide guidance and wisdom to those who are desperate for help and hope as they are challenged by life choices that are foreign and even scary. Listeners will be encouraged and better equipped to walk this pathway as well as come alongside of others who are struggling with same sex attraction.

Addressing Sins, EmotionsMARKINC MinistriesMarch 10, 2024Library Block, popular, 7th 30Comment

A Painful Past – Healing and Moving Forward

A Painful Past – Healing and Moving Forward

Abuse, deep loss, broken relationships, grief, self-inflicted pain – is it possible to experience healing from a painful past? Lauren Whitman, author of A Painful Past – Healing and Moving Forward, answers this question and much more. For instance, why would anyone want to dig up their past? Isn’t it better to “let sleeping dogs lie”? Can we forgive and forget? How does our view of God influence our journey toward read more…

Conflict, Emotions, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesJanuary 1, 20242020, 7th 30Comment

Is It Abuse?

Is It Abuse?

Listen as Pastor Chuck L. Betters interviews Darby Strickland, a biblical counselor who specializes in helping victims of abuse. For years, Darby has served women in oppressive marriages. With her new book, “Is it Abuse?” she writes to anyone who wants to help, regardless of their level of experience. In this podcast, Darby and Chuck discuss her new book and how to identify the toxic entitlement read more…

Addressing Sins, ConflictMARKINC MinistriesDecember 20, 20237th 30, 2020 Comment

Human Trafficking - A Path to Freedom

Human Trafficking - A Path to Freedom

Chuck interviews Ana Stevenson, the founder of Path2Freedom where Chuck and his wife Melanie are currently serving as House Parents at the Magnolia House. Ana felt a calling to start a ministry for girls rescued from human trafficking in 2015. Ana shares that "millions of children are being exploited annually in the global commercial sex trade. That number became real for me when I met the "one". No longer a number, she had a beautiful face, she had a name, but most importantly she has a hope and a promised future." Tune in to hear Ana's story, the miraculous way the Magnolia House came into being and how God has blessed her obedience to his calling on her life.

Addressing Sins, TeensMARKINC MinistriesOctober 17, 20232020, 7th 30Comment

Trauma Can Not Rob You of Your Intended Identity

Trauma Can Not Rob You of Your Intended Identity

Fawn Volkert's journey from sexual abuse as an infant to trying anything and everything to survive to a place of joyful thriving will stay with you for a long time. Just when you think her story could not get any worse or even more compelling, Fawn takes us deeper into her journey to a place of healing and strength. In this conversation with Chuck L. Betters, Fawn shares how her story of trauma has formed her into the person read more…

Emotions, Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesAugust 8, 20232020, 7th 30Comment

Beyond the Book - Ask the Author

Beyond the Book - Ask the Author

“I forgive you.” Simple words, and liberating ones – but hard, too. You may think the betrayal you have experienced is in the realm of the unforgivable. Wendy Alsup understands. She experienced severe church conflict while serving in the women’s ministry at Mars Hill Church, followed by an unwanted divorce. The losses of betrayal eventually forced her to move from her home in Seattle, leaving behind deep friendships and everything familiar to her two sons. Her understanding of forgiveness did not come easily for read more…

Conflict, Relationships, Emotions, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesNovember 26, 20226th 30Comment

Breaking the Chains of Pornography - Part 2

Breaking the Chains of Pornography - Part 2

Pornography – do you know someone who is struggling with this particular sin? Unfortunately, it’s likely that you do, but you may not know how to help. In these two conversations host Dr. Chuck Betters, along with Rebekah Hannah (Director of Anchored Hope.co, an online biblical counseling service), talk with counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes who provide biblical strategies for guiding a fellow believer toward recovery. This worldwide pornography crisis is destroying families, marriages and individuals read more…

Be sure to listen to both, Part 1 & Part 2.

Addiction, Emotions, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesAugust 1, 20226th 30, 2020Comment

More than Surviving the Abuse of a Father

More than Surviving the Abuse of a Father

A child suffers multiple forms of abuse from her father from the time of being a little girl to a young woman. Is there any hope for not just surviving but thriving? Jennifer Greenberg proclaims there is. Jennifer knows the isolation and grief of abuse at the hands of her church-going father. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Jenn doesn’t flinch in talking through how she wanted to kill herself when she was 15 because her father’s abuse read more…

Relationships, Emotions, Addressing Sins, TeensMARKINC MinistriesJune 30, 20226th 30, 2020Comment

Marital Betrayal and Reconciliation

Marital Betrayal and Reconciliation

Stephanie Broersma lived a charmed life until the day she discovered a deleted online conversation between her husband and another woman. When confronted, he confessed to a ten-year addiction to pornography and multiple affairs. In this conversation with Sharon Betters Stephanie shares the story of moving through anger, betrayal, fear, and finally redemption. Her remarkable story brings hope to one

Conflict, Relationships, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesNovember 30, 20212020, 5th 30Comment

Sexual Abuse and the Church

Sexual Abuse and the Church

In this interview, Ellen Dykas discuss how the church can help create an environment where abuse victims feel safe and helped. This is not an easy topic to discuss nor is it easy to hear, especially if you are a victim of sexual abuse. But it is imperative that we hear from people like Ellen who are passionate about going into the dark places with the light of Jesus and inviting others to go with her to offer the hope and help only Jesus gives.

Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesMarch 5, 20202020, 4th 30 Comment

Addiction Destroyed My Life, Prison Led Me to Freedom - A Conversation with Lindsay Clarke

Addiction Destroyed My Life, Prison Led Me to Freedom - A Conversation with Lindsay Clarke

Lindsay’s story includes a painful childhood, drug addiction, and how getting caught while robbing a house landed her in prison. Yet all of these broken places led her to a life of freedom. Lindsay’s story helps listeners to understand that sometimes those most awful hurts are pathways to experiencing the very things for which we desperately long.

Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesAugust 20, 20183rd 30, 2018 Comment

Breaking the Chains of Sexual Abuse

Breaking the Chains of Sexual Abuse

Tom Stewart experienced a decade of sexual abuse throughout his childhood by his Scout leader. His story is not easy to hear, but he pulls back the shades on decades of the cover up of horrific sexual abuse in a highly respected organization: The Boy Scouts of America. Through Tom’s sometimes excruciating words, other victims of abuse will hear a resounding declaration of help and hope, no matter how shattered by the actions of another.

Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesJune 28, 20183rd 30, 2018Comment

Sex Trafficking: I Am Not For Sale! A Conversation with Edie Rhea

Sex Trafficking: I Am Not For Sale! A Conversation with Edie Rhea

Edie’s father died when she was four years old so when her mother brought a new man into her home, she welcomed him as her father. When she was nine years old, this man began regularly raping her in her home. By the time she was twelve, he was taking her to hotel rooms where he trafficked her to men and women for the purpose of sex until she was seventeen. How does a child recover from such

Relationships, Addressing Sins, TeensMARKINC MinistriesFebruary 16, 20182018, 2nd 30Comment