Making Biblical Family Life Practical

Only one out of five American families has more than two kids. If you're in that 20%, you've probably been asked why - or if you're in the 80%, you might have posed the question yourself! We have eight kids, and we've been asked - this episode, we talk about why a couple of average Baptists decided having a big family wasn't a bad idea after all!

 

A recent study reported that parents experience 23 "pangs of guilt" every week about their parenting decisions. Surely we're not all ruining our children, destroying the planet, and failing in every regard. So what can we do about nagging guilt feelings as Mom or Dad? This episode we talk about real guilt, false guilt, and how to deal with both kinds Biblically!

"THE 'GUILTY TRUTH': New Research Reveals Top Reasons for Parental Guilt", PR Newswire (by Farm Rich), 9/13/17

 

 

This episode, we open up about several of the big releases in the theaters right now - and share some principles we use for evaluating entertainment through a Biblical lens for our family! Join us as we look at Darkest Hour, Murder on the Orient Express, The Greatest Showman, and The Last Jedi, with a different approach for thumbs-up or -down.

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Murder on the Orient Express

The Greatest Showman

Darkest Hour

For a holiday in the church calendar, it's amazing how many opinions and practices and scruples Christians have about celebrating Christ's birth! This week we start from a friend's question about Christmas trees and look at the underlying issues of Christian liberty, conscience, grace, and the gospel. Join us for this timely and practical look at Christmas and convictions!

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We all have to deal with it - there are days when the kids drive us crazy, or even, just one kid pushes us a little too far. What do you do when the anger rises? How do you deal with mad feelings? Is it okay to express our frustration ... or should we bury it instead? This episode, we're talking about anger and what we do with this powerful emotion ...

 

Pollsters tell us that Americans are planning to spend $862 each this Christmas. Well, maybe your family doesn't have a $1700 gift budget ... or maybe yours does, but you want to give presents with lasting value. How do you go about that? This episode we talk about things we do to make gift-giving both meaningful and affordable!

Gallup News - "Consumers Remain In Good Holiday Shopping Mood," 11/17/17

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Are you a frightened parent? It's one thing to be prudent, because there are real dangers that threaten our kids ... but when our caution becomes fear, it can interfere with our children's healthy development to competent adults ... and psychologists say that anxiety is a hallmark of the Millennial adult. This episode, we look at some ways that loving parents might accidentally make things worse when they operate in fear, not faith!

It's been a hot discussion in homeschooling for decades - what should we teach our kids about finding a mate? What's really the Biblical model? After following one philosophy for several years and then realizing some of the assumptions really weren't playing out in reality, we delved back into the Scriptures and found some surprising things people didn't talk about. Join us for our quick tour of what we found the Bible really says about finding a mate!

Examples We Referenced

The Executive VP Goes Cousin Shopping - Genesis 24

Hello, and Where Did I Get This Scar? - Genesis 2

A Funny Thing Happened After the Service - Judges 21

Principles

Honoring parents (Ephesians 6:2)

Flee sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18)

Leaving and cleaving (Genesis 2:24)

Providing for one's own (1 Timothy 5:8)

Treating younger women as sisters, in purity (1 Timothy 5:2)

Resources We Mentioned

Our workshop on "Dating, Courtship, and All That"

MoreThanFriends.io - the app with 42% less awkwardness

Special Thanks to our Network Sponsor!

We'd like to thank our Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network sponsor Sony and their new movie, The Star, the Story of the First Christmas - Coming in Theaters November 17th!

Visit TheStarMovie.com to learn more.

Are you in ministry, or do think you might be called into some kind of Christian service, but have mixed feelings and doubts about the role of your kids? How do you do Kingdom work with little ones in tow? Is it even possible? We'd suggest that not only is it possible, sometimes having your family along enhances your ministry.  This episode we look at ways to approach ministry, from Saturday volunteering up to full-time vocational service, when you've got children along.

Special Thanks to our Network Sponsor!

We'd like to thank our Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network sponsor Sony and their new movie, The Star, the Story of the First Christmas - Coming in Theaters November 17th!

Visit TheStarMovie.com to learn more.

Sometimes you have a student who struggles - but just in one area! How do you understand and help a student who's "twice exceptional" - who's both gifted and special needs at the same time?

Resources We Recommend

We have several resources on our website - CLICK HERE to check them out!

Home School Foundation

Special Needs Homeschooling

Homeschooling When Learning Isn't Easy by Heather Laurie