Every Christian knows they are to pray, study the Word, attend worship, and so on. But many Christian families don't know that God expects them to come together in the home to spend time in teaching, worship, and prayer.

This week we discuss the what, why, and how of family worship, including:

- Why Christian families should view family devotionals as a non-negotiable part of their schedule

- What Deuteronomy 6 and Proverbs 22:6 teach us about God's expectations and promises for parents
- How to find time in a busy schedule
- Practical tips and tools for developing a family worship habit in your home, including Will's brand new Family Worship Guide available at focuspress.org!

Many Christians place little importance on the physical world, including our bodies, concluding that such things don't matter because "it's all gonna burn anyway!"

That's not how God sees the matter, though. In this week's episode we discuss why it's important for Christians to strive to be healthy. Topics include:

- Why the "it's all going to burn" mindset distorts the Scriptures

- How our physical appearance confirms or detracts from the truths we seek to proclaim

- Practical tips that have helped us live more healthily

This week we take a look at Critical Race Theory (CRT) and why it does not fit with the Gospel

What CRT is and how it came to be

- The abominable fruit CRT is bearing in society

- Why this new approach to race is anti-Gospel

- What churches can do to push back on CRT and uphold healthy racial unity

Everybody has a worldview, but not everybody knows what worldview they hold. For Christians, it's imperative that we understand the world God's way, using the Bible as our guide.

But how can we do that? And how can we know if we're employing a Biblical worldview?

It's as simple as checking your pockets, actually. We explain in this episode.

Music: “Focus” by A. A. Aalto

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This week we entertain an intriguing hypothetical: if you were involved in helping plant a new congregation, what 3 non-essential practices would you change?

We give our answers in 3 categories:

- Worship and the assembly

- Fellowship and study time

- Leadership

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Music: "Focus" by A. A. Aalto

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Everybody talks about having a "church family," but do we act like we really believe it's a family?

In episode 3 of our Church Reset series, we discuss what it would look like to truly act as a family in the way God intended, including:

- Why consumer Christianity fails to produce family-like churches

- Examining the "one anothers"

- Practical ways we can build stronger fellowship

- The 3 types of fellowship, and which one we need the most

Music: “Focus” by A. A. Aalto

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How do we break out of the consumeristic church structure that rules the day?

It starts with revisiting perhaps the most widely misunderstood text in the entire Bible - the Great Commission. This week we discuss how we've gotten it wrong, and why getting it right is essential to become the church God intended us to be.

Our 4 part "Church Reset" series begins with a look at consumer Christianity.

- Why a business-like view of the church creates weak, shallow Christians

- What Jesus would do with today's church growth strategies

- How to be a true Christian rather than just a church customer

- How church leaders can stop creating customers and start creating disciples

God has established hierarchy throughout creation, in nations, churches, and the home. However, in our day of independence and individualism, we don't often take kindly to being told what to do. God created these structures in His infinite wisdom, we're going to come to terms with that word we view so negatively: "submit."

Topics include:

- Why the 4 different offices are more similar than we think

- The problem with "servant leadership"

- The privileges and burdens of leadership

- When to submit, and when to resist

Music: “Focus” by A. A. Aalto

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Cary Gillis joins the show this week to discuss the challenges and blessings of Christian singleness. Topics include:

- 2 Biblical forms of singleness, and 1 popular unbiblical form

- Principles to keep in mind when making your "list" of qualities desired in a potential spouse

- Why singles are the church's "secret weapon"

- How the church can help singles feel valued as part of the family rather than second-class citizens segregated to their own corner

Cary Gillis is the newly announced director of Latin American Missions and minister of foreign evangelism with the Forrest Park church of Christ in Valdosta, GA.