In this episode of the 1000 Houses podcast, Jeremy Pryor engages with author and Family Foundations International founder, Craig Hill.

They explore the vital role of families in discipleship, delving into the power of blessings, emotional connections between spouses, and the influence of multi-generational teams.

The conversation covers practical habits for family discipleship, insights from Jewish family traditions, and the need to reshape modern Christian culture to more faithfully reflect biblical principles.

Craig shares his personal journey and challenges along the way in marriage, leading to profound revelations that he now imparts through his books and ministries.

In this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

2:08 Craig's Backstory and a Culture of Blessing

8:19 Overcoming Emotional Disconnection in Families (Especially Between Fathers and Sons)

10:49 4 Practical Steps for Emotional Reconnection

17:06 The Importance of Emotional Availability

19:05 Strategic Kingdom Conversations: Discipling Nations

25:48 Generational Thinking and Vision Transmission

29:29 Jewish Influence on American Culture

34:25 Restoring Family Theology

38:50 The Role of Families in Discipling Nations

41:49 Practical Steps for Family Discipleship

47:14 Conclusion and Blessing

Resources Mentioned:

The Ancient Paths by Craig Hill

craighill.org

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The episode features a conversation with Dr. Tom Wadsworth on the historical understanding of early Christian gatherings and worship practices. The discussion explores how the Lord's Supper evolved from the representation of Jesus' sacrifice to being viewed as a sacrifice offered by Christians to God, reflecting broader cultural influences from Judaism and paganism. The podcast delves into the structure of early assemblies, the significance of household gatherings, and the development of church liturgy and leadership over the centuries. It also tackles contentious issues such as the descriptive versus prescriptive debate in interpreting New Testament practices and the challenges of transitioning from structured worship services to more informal, participatory gatherings in homes.

In this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

2:44 Why is Early Church Gathering Such a Controversial Topic?

04:39 Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Debate

07:14 Exploring Early Christian Assemblies

10:22 The Evolution of Christian Liturgy

21:22 1st Century House Churches and Informal Gatherings

29:15 Is Modern Worship Too Professional?

33:08 What Were They Actually Doing in 1st Century Church Gatherings?

36:26 Prophecy and Edification in Early Gatherings

39:02 Leadership and Order in Early Churches

42:27 Understanding 'Ecclesia' and Church Dynamics

44:38 Family and Household Impact on the Early Church

48:05 Head Coverings and Women's Roles in Church

Resources:

tomwadsworth.com

Tom Wadsworth on Youtube

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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Jeremy is joined by Steve Jellicorse, who's spent decades discipling his family and community through a network of small home churches. He's also been involved in international ministry, using house church as a tool for believers in persecuted parts of the world to met.

As a grandfather, pastor, former business executive, and disciple-maker, Steve has a ton of wisdom to share with us today on generational impact, the 5 forms of church, radically selling out to Jesus, and more.

The conversation also touches on the importance of humility, the unique challenge of discipling Americans, and the role grandparents play in spiritual education.

In this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

02:34 Steve's Journey: From Jesus Movement to College Ministry

03:55 Disillusionment and Rediscovery

06:23 Transition from Business to Ministry

11:23 House Church Beginnings

14:40 The Evolution of House Church

21:46 The Five Forms of Church

30:48 The Role of Spiritual Mentors

31:49 The Importance of Humility in Discipleship

32:55 Confession and Accountability

34:13 The Journey Towards Christlikeness

37:34 Receiving Reproof and Humility

41:43 The Role of Grandparents in Discipleship

44:32 The Importance of Family Stories

50:11 Emotional Availability and Healing

Resources:

https://antioch.org/about

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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In this talk, Lucas Cole and Blake and Chandler Smith teach us the top 10 tips for how to implement SOPs in your home to maximize clarity and minimize chaos.

In this episode, we talk about:

00:00 Introduction

2:00 Tip 1: Begin with the end in mind

4:25 Tip 2: Every process has a shelf life

6:03 Tip 3: Simplify

7:35 Tip 4: SOPs are for parents, too

11:31 Tip 5: They WANT this

14:30 Tip 6: You can use rewards + SOPs

16:35 Tip 7: Focus on ROI

19:34 Tip 8: Work with the age of the kid

21:20 Tip 9: Make it work FOR you

24:28 Tip 10: Keep it in the family

26:11 Q&A: The Blessing Hour: A Pre-Dinner Routine

27:32 Q&A: Morning Routine: Waking Up and Breakfast

28:34 Q&A: Logistics for Kids Making Breakfast

30:36 Q&A: Chores for Younger Kids

35:54 Q&A: When do you actually write these down and talk about them?

36:55 Q&A: When kids are "helping" (actually making more mess)

39:31 Q&A: Will we pass these down to our kids?

41:18 Q&A: Allowance and Financial Education

45:21 Q&A: What a Well-Managed, Well-Ordered, Hospitable Home Looks Like

47:33 Q&A: Training Kids Tips

Resources Mentioned:

Hunt, Gather, Parent

Watch last week's episode where Blake explains the how and why to create family SOPs here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C8uanCvG08

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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In this talk, Blake Smith teaches us how to manage a household effectively using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Through personal anecdotes and practical advice, he explains how SOPs have transformed his family's culture.

The focus is on training children in household tasks, creating order, and fostering responsibility with an ultimate goal of reducing chaos and enhancing family dynamics.

In this episode, we talk about:

00:00 Introduction and Opening Prayer

00:58 Introducing Household SOPs

02:23 Biblical Perspective on Ambition and Household Management

04:43 Applying Business Principles to Family Life

07:17 The Importance of Training and SOPs

08:31 When Your Kids Make Breakfast for the Family EVERY Morning...

11:31 The 5 Whys of Implementing SOPs in the Home

17:48 How to Define and Create SOPs

22:53 Transitioning SOPs from Business to Family

24:33 Per Child or Per Behaviour?

25:44 "Live" Example: Dinner Pickup

28:49 Training and Iterating Family SOPs

31:53 Q&A: Addressing Common Challenges

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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Should every father be a prepper? Or should we just trust in God and "not care"?

Jeremy Pryor and his wife April discuss this topic, which he writes about in his new book, The Ruling Household.

Jeremy reads a section from one of the book's chapters, then discusses how to actually balance this tension that we have to hold as Christians, between being wise and preparing (even for generosity's sake) and trusting in God. There are a few steps, that if you break them down over the next 3, 5, or even 10+ years, will set your family up not only to survive a cataclysmic event, but to thrive and be generous with your neighbours.

In this episode, we talk about:

1:24 Every father, a prepper (from Jeremy's new book)

5:11 How to "build an ark" to prep for contingencies

14:15 The tension between preparing and trusting God

20:35 Assumption of stability has undermined the multigenerational family

23:36 The point is generosity

26:04 Turn it into an annual project with the kids

Resources:

The Ruling Household: Every Father A Prepper?

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Jeremy Pryor and his wife April answer one of the most common questions they get while discipling through 1KH:

"How do I make disciples while I'm in the season of life where I've got little kids?"

In this episode, you'll learn 5 practical tips to ensure you're still able to obey Jesus' command to make disciples, without putting your family (or sanity!) at risk.

In this episode, we talk about:

1:37 5 tips for disciple-making in a season with littles

3:29 Family ON mission vs. family AS mission

7:40 The risks of ONLY discipling your kids (and not bringing other people into your disciple-making process)

11:53 Tip 1: Integrate your spouse and kids into your getaways

15:09 Tip 2: Make disciple-making a 4-month season of your year

19:10 Tip 3: Only make disciples of those who are willing and who value a more integrated experience based around your schedule

22:54 Tip 4: Support your spouse's disciple-making efforts

26:02 Tip 5: Be comfortable only giving what you have

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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Jeremy Pryor is joined by Blake Smith to discuss a chapter from Blake's upcoming book, Unicorn Family.

Using real-world, startup-based experiences from business, Blake argues that fathers should be the "CEO" of the family.

In today's social climate, this is a conversation people want to stop us from having...but lack of clarity and understanding in family leadership is destroying families! With so much at risk, it's worth getting uncomfortable to talk about leadership roles in a family and why a father is uniquely situated to be the one assuming the responsibility for the blessing of everyone involved.

In this episode, we talk about:

1:10 Building a "Unicorn Family" with Blake Smith

5:37 Who is the Leader? Discussing a chapter from Blake's upcoming book

13:07 Are you a misogynist if you believe fathers should be the "family CEO"?

21:27 Relational tension when there's no clear leader

32:18 Why defining "family" is so important to organizational and leadership structure in the home

36:27 Why one person must feel more responsible than the rest

40:26 Are males inherently designed to be the leader of the family?

47:11 Gender is a family construct, not a social construct

Resources Mentioned:

Blake Smith on LinkedIn

Blake's Newsletter

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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Brent and Katie Kruithof are joined by the Tiderman team (Mark and Michelle) to give their top 10 tips on celebrating Biblical holidays as a family.

If you're looking for actionable ways to implement last week's episode about the 7 Biblical festivals, this will help you start your own traditions of celebration.

They spend the last 15 minutes answering live Q&A so it's likely that this will cover all the bases and questions you've got so you can get started right away!

In this episode, we talk about:

1:14 Introducing Mark and Michelle Tiderman and their journey in celebrating Biblical holidays with their family

5:13 The 3 annual journeys

7:59 "Signpost"

13:30 Top 10 Tips for Celebrating Biblical Holidays

13:47 Tip 1: Start Small

15:16 Tip 2: Defend the Rhythm

16:39 Tip 3: Expect Distractions

17:58 Tip 4: Celebrate with Others

19:40 Tip 5: Make it Magical

24:21 Tip 6: Make it a Team Effort

25:19 Tip 7: Think of your Grandkids

27:54 Tip 8: Choose Unity over Division

31:42 Tip 9: Be a "Doer"

33:06 Tip 10: Make it a "Signpost"

36:41 Question: Where to start

37:46 Question: Are there any resources to prepare ahead of time and stay organized?

39:25 Question: How do you keep the festivals fun when they tend to all be close together date-wise?

42:15 Question: Did you tell the people you invited for Sukkot that it was Sukkot, or just a party?

46:18 Question: Have you had success inviting grandparents into the celebrations?

48:27 Question: What feast got the least traction with the kids?

Resources Mentioned:

Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts by Dr. Richard Booker

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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Brent and Katie Kruithof present at a local HouseCraft session, explaining why and how they celebrate the 7 Biblical holidays / festivals.

Starting out with a call to intentionality around things we already do, like Christmas and birthdays, they then share how each Biblical festival actually correlates to Jesus, what it meant traditionally, and how they choose to celebrate it in their family to give their kids a richer understanding of God's story.

This is a highly actionable episode that will also introduce you to celebrating many holidays most Christians don't know anything about, all for God's glory!

In this episode, we talk about:

2:06 Annual rhythms to introduce your kids to God's story

4:38 The two main focuses of the Kruithof family Christmas season

6:37 Birthday celebrations

8:56 Why and how to celebrate Biblical holidays/festivals

17:47 High level overview of the 7 Biblical holidays

20:28 Passover, Unleavened Bread, & First Fruits

25:03 Shavuot

28:02 Feast of Trumpets

32:13 Day of Atonement

33:20 Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)

37:27 Tying it all together...why celebrate?

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Hi, welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast! Our goal here is to help you spread the Gospel, build a community, and multiply disciplines...in and through your home. Your host is Jeremy Pryor. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Youtube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

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