Core4Life

This is a truly inspiring episode that you don't want to miss! Our good friend, Justin Dodson, walks us through his journey from full-time college ministry to a sales job. The ups, the downs, and everything in between. If you've ever been out of a job, or felt lost at times, this episode is for you.

Justin also gives some great reading recommendations:

The Core4 is back and talking about our love/hate relationship with screen time as parents. We talk about some of the stigmas associated with screen time, how we handle it with our kids, and give some practical advice on how to "redeem" screen time for your family.

Links:

YouTube Channels

Rightnow Media

Apps/Audio books

Ideas other than screens

The Core 4 sit down to talk about loving others even when it's difficult. God commands us to love everyone, including our enemies. We talk about why that's so hard to do sometimes and give some practical ways that we can put that into practice. 

We were honored to be able to sit down and talk with NFL Hall of Famer, Darrell Green at his charity golf outing. For those that may not know who Darrell Green is…he’s a pretty big deal. Arguably the best defensive back to ever play the game and arguably the fastest player of all time, once recording a 4.09 40 time. He was a 2x Super Bowl Champ, NFL Man of the Year, 7x pro-bowler, holding double-digit NFL records…the list goes on and on as he is one of the most decorated defensive players to ever play. But most importantly, he always stayed humble, worked extremely hard, and stayed focused on his main purpose, which was fulfilling God’s plan for his life and living for Him and not fame and fortune.

That led him to start the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation to develop leaders by making long-term investments in children from at-risk communities. The foundation accomplishes this by supporting students academically, developing their character from a young age, raising expectations, and investing in their lives through committed mentoring relationships. My sister Heather, who we had on an earlier podcast, started this foundation in Richmond, Virginia and they have been running strong now for over 20 years. 

We took the opportunity to sponsor a hole at their golf tournament this year, where we hung out all day, talking with each group and the celebrities coming through about what we’re all about here at Core4Life. We were also able to sit down with Darrell for a bit and record this podcast to hear more about his heart for the foundation. Darrell was quick to mention to us that he turns down most podcasts, but because it was my sister, he was happy to make an exception and we were very appreciative.

What's the most uncomfortable thing to talk about in church? We're guessing "sex" is at or near the top of the list you just came up with. That's why we wanted to add it to our "Confronting Challenging Issues" series.

Today the Core4 sit down to talk about sex from a Christian perspective including sex before marriage, society's view of sexuality, pornography and the damage it can cause, and God's ultimate plan for sex and intimacy in marriage.

If you haven't listened to the rest of the series, check out our episodes on Money, Drinking, and Truth.

Why is truth a challenging issue? In this episode we bring back one of our first guests, Pastor Jarrod Williams from Redemption Chapel, to discuss it. 

We live in an age of "my truth", and "it's true for you but not for me." How do we approach the topic as Christians? Is there such a thing as subjective truth? Listen in as we cover those topics and more.

We got the privilege to sit down with former US Winter Olympian and American Bobsled World Champion, Brock Kreitzburg, to talk about his crazy journey through sports, the Olympics, and Hollywood and how all of that left him feeling empty and in search of what God wanted for his life and not what he wanted. That led him to full-time mission work with Samaritan’s Purse and now as Executive Director for Summit Missions in Green, OH.

You won’t want to miss this episode as we kick off season 3. If you ever have a feeling that there could be more to life than what you are currently experiencing; give this a listen and see if you might be searching for what you want for yourself and not necessarily what God wants.

Have you missed one of our episodes this season? It's ok. We forgive you. 

We've had an amazing year full of fantastic guests, new experiences, and great content. We tried to boil down some of our favorite moments from this season into one episode. If you like the clips that you hear and want to listen to the full episode we've linked them below.

Thanks so much for being the best listeners!

Jerrad Lopes

The Giver, The Challenger, The Peacemaker, The Individualist. Are these the latest Marvel superheroes? Nope. They're some of the types of the Enneagram personality test.

In this episode, the Core4 takes an online Enneagram test (only the most official) and then go over their results. We try to guess each others' types and have a lot of fun in the process. Whether you swear by the Enneagram or not, it definitely helps you discover some things about yourself and the people that you're closest to.

If you'd like to take the test or see what the different Enneagram types are, here are some helpful links:

The Core4 is back and talking about another challenging issue: Money. 

Everybody wants it. Nobody likes talking about it. It can easily run or ruin your life.

Listen in as we talk through some of the stigmas of money, how we deal with it in our lives, the importance of giving, why Jesus talked about it a lot, and so much more.