In this episode, we talk all about the concept of 'redemptive birth' and how many women who have a traumatic first birth are often encouraged to believe that their next birth will be different and 'redeem' the first one.

However, we want to chat about how that is not always helpful, and doesn't fully align with the Bible.

Bella speaks about her first birth that was deemed traumatic and how she has been wrestling with the idea of praying for a redemptive second birth.

We want to encourage women that it's important to pray for protection and God's presence for their births, while viewing birth in the light of Scripture, in all its pain as a result of sin and glorious beauty as a result of the outcome of a child.

We pray that this episode blesses you and encourages you to seek God whether you are expecting a baby or not.

Links:

The pain of childbirth as a reminder of Christ's suffering

The redemptive suffering of birth

Why I'm not praying for a redemptive birth

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*Trigger warning: in this episode, we talk about sexual abuse.

How do you respond when your daughter has been sexually abused?

How do you move on?

How do you plead with God as her mother?

In episode 56, our final episode of our Parenting Biblically series, we chat with Julie Robertson (a.k.a like our second mum), about her daughter, Jordan's journey in being sexually abused as a child.

Julie shares honestly about what it was like finding out, how she responded, what kind of spiritual warfare she faced and how she and her husband, Brett, decided to choose to live by faith and forgive.

But there's good news at the end. Julie shares how God redeemed Jordan and where she is today.

We share this story because Christian mothers are at war, whether this is your story or another. And we must put on the full armour of God and step in the gap for our children.

Julie is a great example of a warrior mother.

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In our fourth episode of the Parenting Biblically Series, we chat with the lovely Rose-Maree Vegners about how to raise teens God's way.

Rose-Maree shares wisdom on:

• The tension between pulling back and intervening when disciplining teens.
• How to raise teens to love the Lord and develop their own faith (all of her children love and serve God as adults).
• The difference between raising boys and girls.
• How to manage strong opinions and emotions.
• How to cultivate a good work ethic and character in your teen.

And honestly, so much more! Rose-Maree is a wealth of godly wisdom. You really don't want to miss out on this episode. What great advice to hear before even navigating the teen years.

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Welcome to our third episode of the Parenting Biblically series.

In this episode, we chat all about the transition from 'cop' to 'coach' as a parent of the primary age range.

We cover:

• What it means to train kids diligently
• How it's easy to neglect disciplining your kids in this age bracket
• How to cultivate a close-knit relationship with your child
• How these years of parenting set the stage for your parent-child relationship in the teen years
• How to cultivate a family culture of sibling friendships

We hope that this episode is encouraging and helpful for our listeners, whether in this stage of parenting or not yet!

Helpful links:

8 Errors Parents Make (Michael Brock)

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In our part two of our Parenting Biblically series, we are talking about parenting toddlers God's way.

We tackle topics like:

• What the Bible says about discipline
• Do we smack our toddlers?
• How do we handle tantrums?
• How we navigate different discipline scenarios with our toddlers

We hope that this topic of parenting toddlers God's way is hopeful and helpful for you whether you are in this season or not yet in this season.

We are so excited to talk about parenting from a biblical standpoint in the coming weeks and hope you find these episodes enlightening and helpful.

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Welcome to episode 52, our first episode of our Parenting Biblically Series.

In this episode, Bella and Jess kick off the series with an interesting conversation about what they would do and wouldn't do in their parenting that their parents did with them.

We are so excited to talk about parenting from a biblical standpoint in the coming weeks and hope you find these episodes enlightening and helpful.

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Hey friends,

Welcome to episode 51.

In this episode we dive into what performative Christianity is on social media and in some churches today.

Jesus makes it very clear in the Gospels by rebuking the Pharisees (Matthew 6:5-8) for their self-righteous acts, so we want to lovingly call out Christians who need to check their hearts on social media.

We also call out some churches that are very performance-driven and challenge what the true reason for gathering with believers are.

This is a topic that we need to talk about, because we are done with performative Christianity online and in the church.

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50 episodes down!

We are so grateful to still be chugging along - all glory to God!

Thank you to those who have supported our podcast for these last 50 episodes.

To celebrate, we are quizzing each other on how well we know each other as sisters.

We hope you enjoy this fun and light-hearted episode!

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In episode 49, we chat about Christians and hospitality.

Why are we less hospitable these days than maybe our grandparents were?

Why do we care so much about 'protecting our peace' and not having to be inconvenienced for the sake of meeting a need?

Why do we overcomplicate hospitality, when it's actually so simple and what Jesus calls us to?

We explore all of these questions and more in this episode.

We hope that you are encouraged and challenged by today's conversation, friend!

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Scripture:

Titus 1:8

1 Peter 4:8-9

1 Timothy 5:9-10

Luke 14:12-14

Episode Chapters

00:00:00 Weekly catch-up

00:17:40 Bible verses on hospitality

00:29:50 The inconvenience of hospitality

00:34:04 Discipling through hospitality

00:42:50 Practical ways to act hospitably

00:51:32 Hospitality deepens friendships

Hey friends,

Welcome to episode 48!

We are recording our first episode together in the same room and Bella is sharing all the details about their move back to Australia.

We hope you enjoy catching up on our lives and hearing Bella's voice again after a few weeks' break :)

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