Drew shares a story of lying to his parents and why that was a pivotal experience as a young child. He draws on that experience and from the truth in the Bible in giving sound advice on why we shouldn’t lie to others and what to do if we have. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

[Kids] “Why Lying Hurts Relationships” - Drew, Age 15

A weekly podcast with Isaac & Angie Tolpin on Biblical parenting. The raw truth on how to equip confident Christian kids during these unprecedented times.  We cover parenting topics on things such as: self-control, obedience, discipleship, purity, relationships, education, pornography, Bible-time, marriage, and family. We hold nothing back and give the Biblical truth on relevant topics parents need today. You can get extra episode footage and participate in Q&A with the Tolpins about each episode at the Be Courageous App (download it from your app store). You can also find scriptures used, notes, resources, and video of each episode at becourageousministry.org.

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If you want a more peaceful home don’t take the normal parenting short-term approach. Correcting your children’s behavior is important and it’s vital to be consistent, but if you don’t tend to their hearts while doing so, it will lead to frustration over time. It also misses an important opportunity for getting to the heart level of the issue with your children that should end by pointing them to Jesus. A biblically based approach to correcting your children. Remember, if you don’t have their heart in this season, you will likely lose it in the next. Just think about it, most Christian parents don’t have their children’s hearts in a strong enough way in today’s society, but it’s essential.  All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at courageousparenting.com.

Bad Behavior is a Symptom of a Heart Issue

We all must ask this question and be willing to be honest about it. With about 80% of the children raised in Christian homes leaving the church by age 18, we must do things differently than most Christian parents. So who is spiritually leading your family? As parents, I hope we all would want to say “We are”, but the truth is most aren’t. Not with the intentionality and frequency the bible talks about in Deuteronomy 6:6-9. While a church's influence is good and needed, if that’s where they get most of their Spiritual nourishment, then parents are failing in this area.

Isaac and Angie Tolpin dive into what the Bible says about gender roles in the family and the importance of both mom and dad having influence while respecting God’s plan for the family. They even go into what if your husband isn’t a Christian, and direction for single moms and dads too.

Who’s Spiritually Leading Your Family?

We give four tips to helping Christian parents with this universal challenge of having to handle disrespect. Whether it’s a rolling of the eyes, not following through, leaving messes, or blatant defiance it’s probably safe to say all parents have experienced these things. The good news is you have massive influence and so does your spouse towards influencing change in this area. One of the biggest challenges though is when spouses disrespect each other in front of their children, and sometimes even sarcasm can confuse children in how to relate with you. Get four practical things you can do to make a difference.  All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at courageousparenting.com.

Handling Disrespect: 4 Actionable Tips

If your marriage isn’t unified on parenting, your family will struggle or worse. Unfortunately, most houses fall in one way or another. Sometimes it’s a big tragedy, but often it's a small slow division that grows over a long period of time amongst good people who are married. Isaac and Angie Tolpin give biblically sound advice in four areas that most Christian marriages have some level of struggle with. Tune in to see where your marriage is at with these four areas and get the encouragement you need. Your marriage team makes a profound impact on generations to come. Use this episode to identify where work needs to be done and do the hard work it takes to be a stronger unified team in marriage.  All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at courageousparenting.com.

A Divided House Falls: 4 Tips To Parenting As a Team

There is an attack on the food supply that aligns with some of the nefarious goals of powerful people and organizations. It’s not a lack of trust in the Lord to take action when there are pending challenges coming, it’s wisdom. Regardless of your situation, there are things you can do. Isaac and Angie Tolpin talk about simple steps toward preserving the quality of your family's food supply regardless of the growing corruption of food. We live in a world where there are valid concerns parents should think about with lab-grown meat that has been approved in the US, GMOs, and of course the dangers of the future meat supply.

We can’t get caught off-guard but instead, do what we can do now. We believe it’s essential for children to grow up learning how to supply their own families in the future with safe food too. Watching and participating with you is the best training.
 All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at courageousparenting.com.

[Kids] “Why Lying Hurts Relationships” - Drew, Age 15

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