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Gathering to watch movies is such an American pastime in our culture. As more and more Christan films top the box office, will this have a change in our society that has been shaped by Hollywood entertainment for so long?

Dr. Ted Baehr the founder and publisher of Movie Guide, the family guide to movies and entertainment. He is also the Chairman of the Christian Film and Entertainment industry, as well as a noted film critic, lecturer, and media pundit.

Box Office Hits with Christian Values

Episode Highlights:

In today’s culture, do we use discernment when selecting our entertainment?

Has Hollywood entertainment shaped what our society is today?

What role does Hollywood entertainment play in your family’s household?

Do we use entertainment as an escape from the reality of our lives?

Can Hollywood entertainment fuel the addictions in our culture today?

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Gathering to watch movies is such an American pastime in our culture. As more and more Christan films top the box office, will this have a change in our society that has been shaped by Hollywood entertainment for so long? Dr. Ted Baehr the founder and publisher of Movie Guide, the family guide to movies […]

We as parents teach our children right from wrong, we raise them in church and teach them to live a Christian life. SO why do they do what they do? Is our culture of media living indoctrinating our children and undoing what we have worked so hard to instill inside of them?

Phillip Telfer has ministered to youth and families for over 25 years. He is the President of Media Talk 101, a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching media discernment in the light of following Christ. He is also the author of Media Choices and Why Save Alexander. He is also the founder of the annual Christian Worldview Festival and Filmmaker Guild.

Living Inside a Rated Mature Life

Episode Highlights:

How to better understand what’s going on in today’s media culture.

There are 168 hours in a week, how many hours do we spend looking at a screen?

As parents, do we know exactly what those letters mean in the game rating system?

Are we aware of who and what lies on the other side of what games our children are playing?

In today’s culture do our children turn to video gaming because they do not feel accepted by their

peers?

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We as parents teach our children right from wrong, we raise them in church and teach them to live a Christian life. SO why do they do what they do? Is our culture of media living indoctrinating our children and undoing what we have worked so hard to instill inside of them? Phillip Telfer has […]

Every waking hour those temptations are largely things that are highly addictive by nature. Video games, Youtube videos, social media outlets and yes, even pornography. Screen time dependency is damaging not only to our children now but as they grow up into adults.

Nicholas Kardaras is an Ivy-League educated psychologist, an internationally renowned speaker, and one of the country's foremost addiction experts. He is the CEO and Chief Clinical Officer of Maui Recovery in Hawaii and Omega Recovery in Austin, Texas. He also the author of Glow Kids, a book on how screen addiction is highjacking our kids.

Beware of Digital Addiction

Episode Highlights:

Do you feel like you can not live without your digital devices?

Is digital technology tied to anxiety, addiction and suicide in teens?

Is this informational age that we live in dumbing down our youth?

Are digital devices being used as babysitters because of the belief that it’s educational?

Are parents blinded to the fact that use of technology can become and is an addiction?

DO parents consider time in front of the screen damaging to their children?

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Every waking hour those temptations are largely things that are highly addictive by nature. Video games, Youtube videos, social media outlets and yes, even pornography. Screen time dependency is damaging not only to our children now but as they grow up into adults. Nicholas Kardaras is an Ivy-League educated psychologist, an internationally renowned speaker, and […]

Digital Technology, especially smartphones have already twisted life up in a very insidious way of what childhood and adolescence once was, childhood innocence is virtually gone today. Physically kids are actually maturing sooner, largely because of the sexual content they are exposed to on a regular basis. Emotionally they are stunted because they have been pleasured into imbecility and not made to be responsible for much of anything anymore. Are we letting our moral standards take a backseat to fit into an immoral society?

Stephen Dalby, entrepreneur, and religious educator is the founder and CEO of Gabb Wireless. Gabb Wireless is the first cellular phone network in the world that is designed to be safe for kids by providing talk and text devices, but devices with no access to the internet, app store, social media or games.

Safe Technology for a Different World

Episode Highlights:

Knowledge and intelligence are one thing we can get from a computer, but what about wisdom?

Why is having discernment important to the mental storehouse of our children?

Why giving your child access to a world uncensored can be dangerous?

With digital technology, literally at our fingertips, how can we protect our children’s morals?

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Digital Technology, especially smartphones have already twisted life up in a very insidious way of what childhood and adolescence once was, childhood innocence is virtually gone today. Physically kids are actually maturing sooner, largely because of the sexual content they are exposed to on a regular basis. Emotionally they are stunted because they have been […]

Counterfeit comfort is anything that we turn to for comfort, though not all is bad, it should not be what comforts us. For instance, food is a blessing from God, but it was not meant to comfort us, God is meant to comfort us. God is meant to help us when we feel stress, lonely, anxious, fearful, tormented and so on. God is the one we turn to for this comfort, anything else is counterfeit.

Robia Scott began her professional career at the age of 16. She has toured with musicians such as the Pet Shop Boys and Prince. Robia started her acting career at 22, where she landed roles on Beverly Hills 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was at this point in her life where she became a born again Christian. She now travels the world as a Christian speaker sharing her message of having the freedom of Counterfeit Comforts.

Freeing Yourself From Counterfeit Comforts

Episode Highlights:

In today’s culture what pulls our children off the right course?

What are counterfeit comforts and how we recognize what they are within ourselves?

What are some ways to let go of our counterfeit comforts?

How do parents make their children their own counterfeit comfort?

When a parent does not sacrifice anything, how does it relay to the child?

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Counterfeit comfort is anything that we turn to for comfort, though not all is bad, it should not be what comforts us. For instance, food is a blessing from God, but it was not meant to comfort us, God is meant to comfort us. God is meant to help us when we feel stress, lonely, […]