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Segment 1

• Gallup reports a growing exodus from church with a surprising population.

• Churches pour energy into kids and young families but neglect the elderly.

• Scripture calls the older generation essential — for wisdom, discipleship, and stability.

Segment 2

• Topical preaching isn’t always wrong, but it’s risky when it replaces text-driven sermons.

• The culture is catechizing your kids faster than the pulpit can.

• Polls reveal Gen Z’s distorted view of marriage, kids, and purpose.

Segment 3

• 690+ LGBT books in a single school district – this is cultural catechism in action.

• Drag queens, “gender play,” and normalization of sin are targeting children.

• The battle for your child’s worldview is being waged at story time.

Segment 4

• Churches split over silliness: beards and whether the worship leader’s eyes were open.

• Healthy churches handle conflict biblically—talk, forgive, reconcile.

• How your church argues says more about its health than its attendance numbers.

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When Assyria threatened to destroy both Israel and Judah, Isaiah saw beyond the darkness to a coming light. Dr. John walks through Isaiah 6-12, from the prophet's temple vision to his confrontation with King Ahaz during the Syrian-Israeli invasion. When Ahaz refuses God's offer of a sign, Isaiah turns to all Israel with a greater sign: a virgin will conceive and bear a son. The very region first destroyed by Assyria—Galilee—would become ground zero for Jesus' ministry, bringing light to those who walked in darkness.

The Grand Vision: God's Story Through Isaiah: Isaiah is the second-most quoted book in the New Testament, yet many Christians have never studied it deeply. In this 10-message series, Dr. John guides listeners through this essential prophetic book, exploring Isaiah's 50-year ministry during one of Israel's most turbulent periods. From temple visions to confrontations with kings, from oracles against nations to prophecies of the coming Messiah, Isaiah reveals God's sovereignty over all history and His plan for the world through Jesus Christ.

Feeling like a square peg in a round church? Author and longtime solo parent Anna Meade Harris breaks down the silent struggles of single-parent families—including grief, isolation, and being the odd family out. Find clear, hopeful insight and no-fluff advice on finding your place.

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The “singles vacuum” at church, plus pastors discuss the church’s attitude toward single adults, and what to do about difficult bosses and coworkers.

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Roundtable: The Singles Gap

Kids, youth, college-age, young marrieds and seniors: Most churches seem to have unique ministries for these demographics. But what about young professional single adults? Our guests discuss the seeming vacuum in churches when it comes to creating space for singles, and what we can do to foster belonging and impact among this too-often “lost” segment of the church.      

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Culture: Does the Church Value Marrieds More Than Singles?

Does your church seem to place a higher value on marriage than on singleness? Is there any truth to this claim, or is it just the skewed perspective of the unmarried and embittered? Two pastors, one married and one single, discuss both sides of the argument. They suggest how the church can better teach singleness as a unique gift while showing sensitivity and honor to the singles in their pews. 

 Single-Minded: Finding Purpose & Strength in Your Season of Singleness

Inbox: Dealing With Difficult Coworkers

How do you properly address problems with a boss or coworker? At what point do you confront bad behavior in the workplace? HR expert Marshonda Dixon weighs in.   

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Do you give a person the freedom to be completely different from you? Or must we all sound, look, and respond alike?

Liberty in Christ must be handled with care, even as it is enjoyed. Tune in to hear Pastor Chuck Swindoll discuss a believer’s freedom and the principles to use it well.

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Humorist Ken Davis will encourage you to find joy by embracing a lighthearted attitude, even when your life isn’t perfect. He explains how God helped him overcome his own physical disabilities and find self-acceptance by understanding that he only had to be the best version of himself – just the way God made him to be.

One way to make a lot of money in America today is to have a good book or seminar on the subject of management, especially time management. We are management crazy! Tell me how to get more from my time, how to get more done, and get other people to do things. Well, I've got some very interesting advice and it didn't cost me a dime. It was on a wall plaque. It said, "When in charge, ponder. When in trouble, delegate. When in doubt, mumble."

As our society gets more complicated and more stressful we try to delegate more and more; things that we all used to do for ourselves years ago, at least in other generations. You know, a lot of kids used to be raised and educated at home. Then our culture got to the point where we delegated all of the education out to others. And now, the pendulum is swinging back to homeschooling.

And, most of us don't work on the farm very much any more, so we have to delegate the physical development that our children used to get doing all those chores on the farm to P.E. teachers so they don't turn into blobs. We can delegate house cleaning to other people if you've got a little money. There are people who say, "We'll take care of your lawn for you." You can delegate cooking to McDonald's. You can delegate a lot of things. There's one thing, one assignment, you actually cannot delegate.

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "A Parent's 'No Delegate' Job."

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Deuteronomy 6. Here we find the instructions that God gave to the Jews when they were going to have to raise their children in an atmosphere that had two challenges. Challenge number one: after having been pretty poor, now He's going to put them in an environment where they have lots; where they have plenty. They'll be affluent.

Secondly, they're going to be in the middle of a pagan culture, tempted by pagan girls, pagan guys, and pagan music. Sounds a little bit like the world in which we're raising our kids: pretty affluent culture, pretty pagan culture. Well, in that kind of a setting, God gives these instructions - couldn't be more relevant. Our word for today from the Word of God: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them upon your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

You can delegate some of the education of your children, and some of their physical development - might get someone else to drive them around. But you cannot delegate this one responsibility - helping them fall in love with the Lord. That's your job if you're a mom or dad. "Love the Lord your God," and that's supposed to come through the parents. They'll teach the kids to do that. You just can't give that responsibility to any Christian school, or leader, or organization. Only a parent can get close enough to transfer a love relationship with Christ. Others can give your child information, encouragement, examples, but the buck for shaping your child's soul stops with you.

How does it happen? Well, there are two things here. First of all, there's time spent. You can tell. It says, "as you're walking with them, sitting with them, you're there when they get up, you're there when they go to bed." We're talking about the classroom of everyday life; you have to spend that kind of time. Secondly, it happens through natural faith. "There's another person living at our house, guys." This isn't just formal devotions. You learn to love Christ as He is a real person at your house; somebody we relate to, we talk to. We talk about Him and we talk with Him in real and natural ways in the fabric of our everyday life.

Don't forget the Lord because of