Thru the Fire

It’s November, it’s thanksgiving time…why a thanksgiving perspective on life is good psychologically, socially, and even culturally. Thanksgiving and purpose are perspectives that help us achieve, face our challenges with creativity, perseverance, and resolve. Our culture today is focused more on grievance, equity of outcomes, and social control, all lethal to a healthy life, lifestyle, and culture from a “Thanksgiving/Purpose” perspective.

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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If culture is turning back on marriage or at least prolonging it, then why are shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette so popular? Dating rules and roles have changed. What are some of the positive and negative aspects of these changes?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Marriage Rates are Plummeting, Why are Reality Dating Series so Popular? Joanna Weiss, Politico.com

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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COVID fears are being ramped up again, but why? People are getting vaccinated and others are developing immunity, so what's the problem? Why are people who refuse the vaccine being treated like criminals, losing their freedoms, even their livelihoods. When navy seals, marines, and nurses are refusing the vaccine and getting fired something is wrong. What are the deeper issues? What are the more enduring solutions? Why the vaccine and mask mandates fail at every turn.

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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Marie and Greg discuss the importance and the obligation that Christians have to be the voice that challenges the seditious progressive and restrictive secularist vision and actions occurring today. Actions that seek to tear down traditional family values and silence Christians in the community must be challenged for the sake of the church, family, and culture. 

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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So many today misunderstand the public debate about marriage. No matter what your view about marriage, the public debate is about the State’s involvement in marriage, the changing of long held social mores through coercive policy/legislation, and the enforcement or lack of enforcement of basic laws that incentivize healthy families for the sake of the common good of the culture. Understanding that marriage is MORE than a relationship, it’s an institution means that the State can’t be neutral to the basics of marriage while at the same time not taking over the roles that are best played by fathers and mothers for the sake of their children. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Ryan Anderson, Marriage and Politics

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

Thru the Fire is a production of Family Vision Media, a non-profit ministry committed to helping Christian parents discern the truth in a culture of lies.

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Marriage takes effort. Good marriages don’t just happen. They are the result of intentional, consistent investment of time, thoughtfulness, love, affection, forgiveness, communication, respect, and prayer. Marie and Greg discuss 5 tools identified by the Parrots to use during times of marital strife, stress, and difficulty.

Resources Mentioned

I Love You More Workbook | Women by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott

I Love You More Workbook | Men by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott

Four Things Women Want from a Man by A.R. Bernard

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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Choosing a partner is about more than chemistry. Two uniting as one, the way scripture states, with the husband as the head of the household provides the more stable, long-lasting, more fulfilling relationship for everybody. This type of relationship invites a partnership where the woman will feel safe, valued, secure, and loved. In turn, she will respect her husband, and trust him to take of her and the children when things get bumpy. The groom, the husband, represents Christ. The 50-50 concept that's floating around today, it's a complete and utter fallacy. It's sheer nonsense. It doesn't work.

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Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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The Supreme Court has taken up the Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Case in Mississippi. Could this be the case that overturns Roe vs. Wade?

Abortion is no small matter. There are so many unhealthy and emotional outcomes that come from have an abortion.

We need to turn the issue of abortion back to the states where people can vote their conscious. It is the state’s responsibility to protect innocent lives. Ultimately, we need the issue of abortion to be back in the church instead of in the hands of 9 judges.

Consequences to do as you please and as you feel has brought tremendous heart break into our lives. And a quick medical fix is not the solution to that heart break.

Our culture is at war and in the midst of war we need to cherish life. We need to cherish each other the way God sees us and that begins with the notion of sanctity of all life.

If you are considering an abortion or have dealt with an abortion in the past, please reach out to us at http://cccc.usa.com

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

A Pro-Life Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Will Save the Lives of Countless Women and Children, by Anne Hendershott at http://spectator.org

Is Marriage Just a Sexist Institution? The Modern Revolt Against Marriage Doesn't Lead to Liberation-- Quite The Opposite, By Albert Mohler

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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Who has the ultimate authority to decide what our children learn in the classroom? The demotion of the family is an ongoing reality in our culture. Today, teachers can participate in a minor's abortion, or bring children to a sex change advocating doctor and therapist, if they believe a child is struggling with their sexual identity all without the parent's co

The take-over of the parental authority to raise up children in the virtues of a quality education demonstrates that there is a radical disagreement about what those important values and virtues actually are. The modern debate is about what those values actually entail and in teaching about the fundamental issues of our culture.

Is America fundamentally racist, sexist, and oppressive, or are we a country of freedom, justice, and equality before the law where people can come and live their best lives? That is the main responsibility of parents. We are to instill in our children value and purpose. When parents take that charge seriously, how can children not be blesse

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Another reason to support school choice

C.S. Lewis On What To Teach Your Kids

"Perhaps the next generation of students should learn that a staggering 97 percent of millennials who obtained at least a high school degree, worked full-time, and married before having children are not poor... while strengthening family structure is no silver bullet, there is much to be hopeful for if family structure among blacks and kids of all races were more stable. That is not a myth."

from: The power of the two-parent home is not a myth

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

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This past month, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that a Catholic Foster Care organization could keep helping needy children. What was their "crime?" The actions that caused them to almost be litigated out of business? The fact that they believe and teach that marriage is to be between a man and a woman for life. That's it. Yes, increasingly the moral teachings of the Bible are not merely dismissed, they are being made illegal. How did we get to the point where 9 justices are now making or remaking the fundamental moral teachings of our culture, our communities, our education, even seeking to determine the teachings in our homes and in our Churches? How indeed. The 9-0 Fulton Case may be a "victory" for now, but the work to proclaim the moral teachings of the Bible for all is going to get harder in the days to come. Time to roll up our sleeves, especially amidst the small victories of the moment.

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A Narrow Victory for Religious Liberty

Colorado Court Rules Against Baker Who Refused to Make Gender Transition Cake

Remember, there are two kinds of fire in the world: One that burns and consumes and one that burns and empowers. May God's word and God's love burn brightly in you, giving you the strength to face any fire. Until next time, little embers!

Thru the Fire is a production of Family Vision Media, a non-profit ministry committed to helping Christian parents discern the truth in a culture of lies.

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