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Jesus Moments: The Best of ...

11.27.2023

Ready for the best of FamilyLife Today 2023? FamilyLife President David Robbins, his wife Meg, and Shelby Abbott recall the Jesus moments from a year of wisdom, beauty, and compelling truth. Show Notes and Resources See a bigger God and ...

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11.27.2023 Jesus Moments: The Best of FamilyLife Today this Year Ready for the best of FamilyLife Today 2023? FamilyLife President David Robbins, his wife Meg, and Shelby Abbott recall the Jesus moments from a year of wisdom, beauty, and compelling truth. Show Notes and Resources See a bigger God and ...
11.24.2023 Navigating Suffering Spaces: Heather MacFadyen Relationships on planet Earth: They're inevitably linked to hurt. Author Heather MacFadyen believes there's a deep humility in choosing to occupy our sacred spaces of pain—to the glory of God. Show Notes and Resources Find out more about Heather McFayden ...
11.23.2023 Right Where You Belong: Heather MacFadyen Feel torn in every direction? Heather MacFadyen, author of Right Where You Belong, brings the empowering message to simply occupy your God-given space--a Hebrew definition of humility. God has given you talents and a sphere of influence. Your role is ...
11.22.2023 How to Wreck a Child’s Faith: Dr. Collin Outerbridge If you knew someone was viciously sabotaging your kids' faith, what would you do? Dr. Collin Outerbridge insists that enemy exists. Knowing those strategies remains critical to combatting your kids' vulnerabilities, and winning the war for lifetime faith. Show Notes ...
11.21.2023 Parenting for Faith that Goes the Distance: Dr. Collin Outerbridge What can you do right now to parent kids toward faith that lasts a lifetime? Dr. Collin Outerbridge shares research and practical strategies. Show Notes and Resources BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Weekend to Remember gift cards are now 50% Find out ...
11.20.2023 Raising Kids Who Keep the Faith: Dr. Collin Outerbridge With the tidal waves of influence surrounding Gen Z, what can parents do to shape a faith that sticks with our kids? Dr. Collin Outerbridge offers practical ideas from extensive research. Show Notes and Resources BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Weekend to ...
11.17.2023 Is Your Kid a Gamer? 5 Things Not to Do: Drew Dixon Navigating the video game world as a parent can be confusing. Expert Drew Dixon starts with five clear ideas of classic parenting mistakes around gaming. Show Notes and Resources Learn more on how to navigate a heavy gaming relationship with ...
11.16.2023 What Should I Know about My Kid’s Video Games? Drew Dixon When it comes to your kid's video games, it can be hard to know what you should know. Expert Drew Dixon offers ways to navigate thoughtfully and wisely. Show Notes and Resources Learn more on how to navigate a heavy ...
11.15.2023 Know Thy Gamer: A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Drew Dixon Should you be ignoring or removing your kids video games? Expert Drew Dixon thinks they can actually be positive—when handled wisely. Show Notes and Resources Learn more on how to navigate a heavy gaming relationship with Drew Dixon: lovethynerd.com What ...
11.14.2023 Is Your Christian Kid Ready for College? Jeff Myers Sending your Christian kid to college can flood you with emotion—and perhaps no small degree of fear. Author and Summit Ministries President Jeff Myers helps you navigate the challenges, combat anxiety, and advocating for truth that transforms the world in ...
11.13.2023 When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Jeff Myers When kids pose tough questions about a complex world—what's it look like to parent well? Author and Summit Ministries president Jeff Myers helps parents set the stage for authentic faith that goes the distance. Show Notes and Resources Find out ...
11.10.2023 I Want to Punch You in the Face (But I Love Jesus): Sherri Lynn Feel like once a month, you become the worst version of yourself? Radio host Sherri Lynn gets it—and is ready to talk about it with holiness and humor. Show Notes and Resources Connect with Sherri Lynn through her podcast "Brant ...
11.09.2023 Christians Get PMS, Too: Sherri Lynn With humor, stories, and nuggets of physiological wisdom, radio host Sherri Lynn walks both men and women through the shame and taboo of PMS. Show Notes and Resources Connect with Sherri Lynn through her podcast "Brant and Sherri Oddcast" Find ...
11.08.2023 4 Strategies for Authentic Manhood: Jeff Kemp Former NFL Seahawks quarterback Jeff Kemp offers four solid strategies toward a powerful, humble, and fearless biblical manhood that goes the distance. Build a brotherhood and grab a copy of Jeff Kemp's Level Five Friendship Playbook: MenHuddle.com Click here to ...
11.07.2023 Receive: The Way of Jesus for Men: Jeff Kemp Ever feel the burn of trying to prove yourself as a guy? Former NFL Seahawks quarterback Jeff Kemp shows what it means to receive your identity as God's son and drink in Jesus' perfect example of being a man. Build ...
11.06.2023 What Makes a Man? Jeff Kemp From six-pack abs to sexual conquest to a big bank account or even spiritual performance, you might get the idea real manhood is earned. But former NFL Seahawks quarterback NFL Jeff Kemp knows that can leave a guy burned out, ...
11.03.2023 Throwing a Chair at My Anxiety: Brian Barnett A miasma of life-upending health issues depended on Brian Barnett—and left a mark. Here's how he's surmounting and healing the anxiety following legit trauma. [For] people who are dealing with chronic pain, oftentimes their brain goes into this state of ...
11.02.2023 How to Be “All There” in Your Marriage: Jonathan Pokluda Ever find that even when you're home, it's hard to be “all there” in your marriage? Jonathan Pokluda, author of Why Do I Do What I Don't Want to Do: Replace Deadly Vices with Life-Giving Virtues has ideas on chucking ...
11.01.2023 How to Wreck a Marriage: Jonathan Pokluda If you knew there was someone actively seeking to wreck your marriage, what would you do? Author Jonathan Pokluda insists that enemy exists—and that knowing his strategies is critical to winning the war. He reveals ways to combat the vulnerabilities ...
10.31.2023 Powerful Vices–and Your Way Out: Jonathan Pokluda The vise-grip of lust or critical thoughts can feel insurmountable. But from personal battles, author Jonathan Pokluda has come to a tangible escape hatch. If you're wondering how to break a bad habit at last, don't miss this thoughtful wisdom. ...
10.30.2023 Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do? Jonathan Pokluda Stuck in habits and vices you hate? Speaker and bestselling author J.P. Pokluda knows there's a better, more fulfilling way to live, and it doesn't involve looking inside yourself for the answers--because that's not where you'll find them. With his ...
10.27.2023 5 Ways to Stop Sabotaging Your Marriage: Ted Lowe Are there ways you're shooting your own marriage in the foot? Author Ted Lowe knows 5 bad habits that could stealthily undercut all the closeness you crave--and 5 ways to stop them. Show Notes and Resources Connect with Ted Lowe ...
10.26.2023 How to Be Single and Content: Sherri Lynn Sherri Lynn, cohost of the Brant Hansen show, believes marriage isn't the only solution to loneliness. She gets real about the road to happy singleness—and offers wise ways to be single and content. I learned that “I can do all ...
10.25.2023 Radical Kindness for Your Community: Stephen Viars What if your church—and your life—were known for their radical kindness? Pastor and author Stephen Viars chats about his church's radical, community-altering approach to outreach. You know, one of the things I love about community ministry is that it's often ...
10.24.2023 Irresistible Outreach: Stephen Viars Is your church's outreach irresistible? Pastor and author Stephen Viars thinks it can be! Find ideas to dive wholeheartedly and thoughtfully into the needs and heartbeat of your community. It's a church movement. It's a church that really wants to ...
10.23.2023 Loving Your Community: Stephen Viars When it comes to loving their communities, churches can get a bad rap for saying no until they have to say yes. But three decades as a pastor have made author Stephen Viars reconsider: Their church longs to move into ...
10.20.2023 The Unexpected Jesus You Need: Eric and Erikah Rivera Authors and speakers Eric and Erikah Rivera have wandered roads complicated, bleak, and uncertain. But in the worst of times, they've encountered an unexpected Jesus. Tap into a hope that just might surprise you. We can have great failures that ...
10.19.2023 Unexpected Jesus: Eric and Erikah Rivera Authors and speakers Eric and Erikah Rivera have wandered roads complicated, bleak, and uncertain. But in the worst of times, they've encountered an unexpected Jesus. Tap into a hope that just might surprise you. Show Notes and Resources Connect with ...
10.18.2023 Pray Big: Paul Miller Hope in a discouraging world: It's hard to come by. But bestselling author Paul Miller knows one habit –prayer—can catapult life beyond imagination. Don't settle for a powerless faith. Find out how to pray big. It's one thing to learn ...
10.17.2023 The Power of Praying Together: Paul Miller Could you create a culture of prayer in your family—with an impact on generations? Bestselling author Paul Miller gets passionate about the power of praying together. Get inspired to reconnect with a God bigger than our expectations. Show Notes and ...
10.16.2023 The Couple that Prays: Paul Miller It can feel tough…or weird…to pray together as a couple. But have you ever wondered what you might be missing out on if you don't? Bestselling author Paul Miller digs into the why and how of creating space to look ...
10.13.2023 God and Your Sex Life: Dr. Juli and Mike Slattery Could knowing God's whole picture for intimacy rev up your sex life? Dr. Juli and Mike Slattery explore how understanding God's character in married sex transforms your bedroom. Faithfulness is this idea of character and trust. It's not just sexual ...
10.12.2023 God, Sex, and Your Marriage: Dr. Juli and Mike Slattery What if God gave us married sex as a picture of Himself? And how could your understanding of this picture revolutionize your sex life? Dr. Juli Slattery and her husband Mike explore mind-boggling truths of how, in an over-sexualized world, ...
10.11.2023 Toxic Masculinity–and the Power of a Great Dad: Nancy Pearcey Toxic masculinity is just as destructive as we think it is—to society and men alike. But author and professor Nancy Pearcey's data shows more of the whole story: of the power of a great dad and a good man to ...
10.10.2023 Masculinity, Christianity–and the (Surprising) Truth: Nancy Pearcey Author and professor Nancy Pearcey explores sociological data to uncover why it's open season on masculinity—and the surprising role of Christian men. It turns out the very concept that masculinity is toxic has much deeper roots than most of us ...
10.09.2023 The Toxic War on Masculinity: Nancy Pearcey Author and professor Nancy Pearcey knows her personal, searing path toward war on men. But on a broader level, she began to ask, how did the idea arise that masculinity is dangerous? She uncovers why the script for masculinity turned ...
10.06.2023 How to Be a Good Grandparent: Mark Gregston & Larry Fowler Wondering how to be a good grandparent—and rev up your impact? Authors Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler help you toss the stereotypes in favor of five ways your influence can go the distance. Show Notes and Resources Check out Mark ...
10.05.2023 Searching for Peace in the Questions Jesus Asked: Amberly Neese Fear. Worry. Pain: They can feel all-consuming. Author and speaker Amberley Neese believes that in the questions Jesus asks in the Gospels, there are answers big enough for all three. The God of heaven and earth cares about what you ...
10.04.2023 Untangling Your Faith–with the Questions Jesus Asked: Amberly Neese What if your doubts made your faith stronger? Author, speaker, and humorist Amberly Neese explores the questions Jesus asked as a way to reclaim your trust all over again. What I think is interesting about that is—we teach kids to ...
10.03.2023 Autism and Family Relationships: Brant Hansen Love someone with autism? Autistic radio host Brant Hansen offers real-life pointers for parents and spouses of those on the spectrum. But when you're socially trying to figure out the lay of the land, and it makes no sense to ...
10.02.2023 Living with Autism: Brant Hansen An autism diagnosis in his 30s rocked the world of radio host Brant Hansen. Brant gets real about the social and faith-related challenges of life on the spectrum—as well as practical ways to embrace anyone living with autism. There wasn't ...
09.29.2023 God, Sex, & Your Marriage: Dr. Juli Slattery Dr. Juli Slattery challenges your assumptions about married sex—and reframes it as a stunning metaphor of God's covenant love. Where does our identity come from? Does it come from looking inward, or does it come from looking upward, and knowing ...
09.28.2023 Your Wedding Dress: Modest or Sexy? Sean Perron & Spencer Harmon When it comes to wedding planning and “The Dress,” what’s making it pop? (And is there a chance we’re getting things wrong?) Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon offer biblical, practical wisdom for a beautiful now and a forever future. Men, ...
09.27.2023 Dating or Engaged–with Purpose: Sean Perron & Spencer Harmon Want to do relationships differently? Authors Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon point you in the right direction for dating, engagement, or marriage with purpose and depth. I did not realize how absent-minded I was until I got married, when there ...
09.26.2023 Dating Done Right: Sean Perron & Spencer Harmon You're dating—but man, do things get sticky. Authors Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon help you approach marriage on purpose, and done right. One of the things you have to think about with purity is, why are you doing it? Why? ...
09.25.2023 On Duck Dynasty and Building a Stronger Family: Willie and Korie Robertson "Duck Dynasty" stars Willie and Korie Robertson laugh at duck call tales, dive into their movie "The Blind," and explore faith, forgiveness, and family. Don't miss their ideas on actively building a culture-changing family legacy. I think a lot of ...
09.22.2023 Grandparenting Teens? Don’t Let Go: Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler You hope to be grandparenting teens for an impact that lasts. But does it look like what you'd think? Authors Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler weigh in on pursuing your grandkids in tough years—in ways that work. I don't share ...
09.21.2023 I’m a Grandparent of Teens. Now What? Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler Grandparenting teenagers? Then you likely know the stakes are high—and you can't afford to phone this one in. Authors Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler help you engage in ways that matter and make an impact that keeps echoing. One thing ...
09.20.2023 Strong Stepfathers, Strong Stepfamilies: Ron Deal and Gil Stuart Being a stepfather can feel like bathing cats with your hair on fire—but your thoughtful navigation of the dynamics in your home can make a difference that lasts for decades. Author Gil Stuart offers tips on stepfathering thoughtfully, and shaping ...
09.19.2023 Stepdad, a.k.a. Unsung Hero: Ron Deal and Gil Stuart Stepdad: It can be a role full of landmines--and at the same time, a role vital and unsung. Author Gil Stuart offers ideas to do it wholeheartedly and all-in within the complexities of your blended family. Reverse betrayal is the ...

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