The Coronavirus, Anxiety, and Jesus
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:59:41+00:00It seems like every half day there's a bit of news that changes what the future feels like it's going to be. I thought we'd take a little bit of a break from the Survival
Survival Guide: God Centered Identity
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:58:35+00:00It's time to talk about one of my favorite and one of the most crucial subjects in our survival guide series. That's instilling a God-centered identity in our young men and women here on Let's
Survival Guide: Biblical Literacy
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:57:34+00:00For our children to believe and follow the Bible, they are going to need to be able to understand the Bible. Today I cover the sixth key principle in our survival guide for young people:
Survival Guide: Moral Boundaries
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:56:39+00:00One of the most important tools our children can leave our house with is a wise set of moral boundaries. That's going to be the topic of our time together today as I continue my
Ellen Martin: Hard Conversations
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:55:06+00:00You cannot have meaningful growth in your family without having hard conversations. Today I'm joined by Ellen Martin, author of A Life Shared: Meaningful Conversations with Our Kids. We talk specifically about how to leverage
Survival Guide: Spiritual Disciplines with Hunter Wheatcraft
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:51:43+00:00You may have never used the term "spiritual disciplines" when thinking about the way that you're raising your children, but I guarantee that you have been instilling them in their lives, over the course of
Survival Guide: Wise Choices
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:50:25+00:00Today on Let's Parent on Purpose, we're going to talk about how to encourage our children to walk wisely in a fool's world as I continue my Survival Guide series on the most essential things
Survival Guide: Others First
[email protected]2023-02-13T21:48:46+00:00Today I’m going to cover the concept of considering others before yourself. For something that sounds so simple to say, it can be one of the hardest practices to master in life. It’s also my
Survival Guide: Meaningful Friendships
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:00:32+00:00When your child has graduated and now they’re out of your house, sitting on their bed in their dorm room or apartment, what are the key principles that you pray are driven deep into their
How to Disciple Your Children
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:01:44+00:00The concept of discipling our children can sound very intimidating. There's no end to the volumes of books and programs that have been created to help us make disciples. But sometimes all the books and
Single Parenting With Grit and Grace
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:02:56+00:00Raising a child as a single parent has to be one of the most difficult things you can do on this earth. Whether you’re a single parent right now or whether you’re in a married
Filling Your Days With What’s Most Important
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:03:50+00:00This year I’m incorporating a new strategy to help bring accountability and focus to my days. I’m want to share it with you because if you’re like me, there are plenty of things in each
This Year: Do Less, Better
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:04:43+00:00Today I've got five questions to share with you as you go into this new year that might help you to do less, but to do it better. If you find this podcast helpful, you
Seasons of Life
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:06:03+00:00If you have any hope of parenting your family over the very long run, then you have to understand and live by some helpful rules for recovery. If you find this podcast helpful, you can
Nir Eyal: Raising Indistractable Children
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:07:11+00:00In today’s world, parents and children alike seemed to be fighting an endless battle with distraction. It seems like every month a new technology comes out that shortens our attention span. But what if the
Teaching Your Children How To Grieve with Bethany McLaughlin
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:08:09+00:00As much as we would like to shelter our children from any terrible events and tragedies happening in their life, life is going to be filled with grief and loss. My friend Bethany McLaughlin joins
How to Survive an Ostrich Attack with James Breakwell
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:09:07+00:00Sometimes you come here for help on your marriage. Sometimes you tune in because you need an encouragement on your walk with God. And, sometimes you need to know how to save your child from
Proactively Planning for Family Holiday Gatherings
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:10:02+00:00We’re entering the season filled with awe, wonder, gratitude, and dread. It’s that time of year where we get to spend time with family we love. Sometimes, we get to spend time with family who
“Our Divorce Didn’t Work Out” with Tray and Melody Lovvorn
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:10:56+00:00Plenty of marriages end in divorce. But today you are going to hear from a couple who’s divorce didn’t really work out for them. Tray and Melody Lovvorn share their story of marriage, addiction, divorce,
Samuel Thomas: Living on Mission Won’t Make Your Children Miss Out
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:12:29+00:00If we’re honest, sometimes, we are afraid that following Jesus is going to be too costly for ourselves or our children. What if my obedience to Christ turns my children off to following Jesus themselves
Dealing with Doubt
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:14:48+00:00Do you ever have doubts about your faith? Do your children? Whether it’s doubting the existence of God altogether or doubting whether you have everything particularly right in Scripture, we all go through times of
An Innovative Method for Discipling Children with James Harvey
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:15:41+00:00Today I want to share a method to unleash your children’s creativity to help them draw deeper into their discipleship and understanding of the gospel. With me this week is James Harvey, one of the
Rules for Recovery From an Injured Spirit
[email protected]2023-02-15T18:16:34+00:00This is a special podcast, today, as I am sharing something for the very first time. First, though, I want to talk about the Let’s Parent on Purpose Power Pack. I have created a slew
Teach Your Kids To Love Special Needs Children
[email protected]2023-02-15T19:00:56+00:00Today we're going to have a unique conversation with Tim Price, who is the father of a Down Syndrome child. We’re going to better learn how to train our children to love others with special
Anthony Oneal: Debt Free Degree
[email protected]2023-02-20T19:46:26+00:00Do you have a plan for getting your children through college debt free? Today’s conversation is incredibly helpful to that end. Anthony ONeal, author of the new book Debt Free Degree and speaker with Dave Ramsey’s
Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World with Eliza Huie
[email protected]2023-02-20T19:48:03+00:00Do you ever feel awkward or overwhelmed with the thought of talking to your teenagers about sex? Author and Christian counselor, Eliza Huie, joins me today as we talk through this immensely practical book that
Chick-Fil-A Can Teach Us a Lot About Parenting
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:02:29+00:00Nathan Buchanan is an operator of two Chick-Fil-A franchises in Martin County, Florida. He's also a husband and the father of five children as well as a pastor's kid and a follower of Jesus. He
Marriage on Mission with Jenny Price
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:03:59+00:00Today we are talking with my friend, Jenny Price, and an incredible, practical tool for couples to strengthen their marriage called Marriage on Mission. Jenny is a Pastor's wife, mother of five, and coach who
Spiritual Warfare in the Home
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:05:25+00:00Spiritual warfare is all around us. It exists in our everyday lives. However, we often overlook aspects of it because we are looking for the big moments of fighting instead of the small daily instances.
The Power of Addiction, The Freedom of Recovery
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:07:17+00:00Today I am joined by my good friend, Melissa Weimer. Melissa is a wife, mother, and the ministry leader of Celebrate Recovery at Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church. During this episode, Melissa shares her encouraging redemption
Picking Your Battles
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:08:29+00:00Today, we’ll be talking about discerning which battles are worth fighting with our children, teenagers, and our spouses. How do we know which battles to pick and when to let go? Together, we’ll look at
You Are Not In Control
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:09:46+00:00We're going to change things up today. We're going to do a little devotion about a big truth. Walk with me through my favorite Psalm, 127, and learn how we can apply it to our
Starting Off the School Year Well
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:11:02+00:00Today’s big question: How do you, as a parent, emotionally and spiritually set yourself up for starting the school year off well? I want to propose four truths to consider, and what we might do
Overwhelming Stress: Unstacking the Stack
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:12:12+00:00We've all been there. Life gets to be so overwhelming that we start using words like "stress" and "anxiety" to describe the way it makes us feel. What can be done about it? How do
Helping Husbands With Communication and Empathy
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:13:23+00:00Today, I’m talking to the guys. But ladies, I think you will be blessed by the conversation today, too. I hope you’ll join me as I talk about ways husbands can help their wives when
What If We Have Different Love Languages?
[email protected]2023-02-20T20:15:07+00:00What if my primary love language is not physical touch and my spouse's is? Spouses can each experience love differently, but to have a healthy marriage, it's vital to learn how to love your spouse
Messy Houses & Filling the Gaps with Grace
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:22:00+00:00We each have different bents; what's important to us many times looks different for each spouse - a clean house, an organized garage, etc. There will be plenty of trials in life that you have
Making a Blended Family Work
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:23:44+00:00One out of every three families in the United States is some form of blended family. Many have asked for wisdom on how to make their blended families work. Today I bring in the two
Your Family Can Travel The World
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:24:31+00:00What if you could figure out how to take your family around the world to experience people and culture beyond the basic tourist experience? My new friend Susan Whitehead has spent the last several years traveling
How to Influence Your Children More Than Social Media
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:27:18+00:00Whether your children have phones and iPads or not, they are massively influenced by social media because of the culture we live in. It can be scary. But you're still the parent, and you get
Falling in Love With the Process
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:28:28+00:00Goals are great, but goals alone don't change much. Until you have a process or a system, goals are just opportunities for disappointment. Today I am going to share why it's much more important to
How to Start or Stop Any Habit
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:29:37+00:00As my friend always says, "your habits are perfectly suited to give you the life you are living." If you want to change your life, change your habits. In this week's podcast, I share steps
The Surprising Power of Small Changes
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:31:26+00:00Tiny changes can work like compound interest over long periods of time. This week we begin a three part series on change, habits, and transformation. Rather than focus on radical change, we're going to learn
Creating a Summer Growth Plan
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:32:24+00:00Sometimes we overcomplicate things. My good friend and brother-in-law Brent Gibson has been using a simple spiritual growth strategy with his children for each of the last three summers. Today, we talk about being intentional
How Can We Benefit from Counseling?
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:33:22+00:00We invest in our retirement. We invest in our physical fitness. We invest in our caffeine habit. Why wouldn't we invest in our family relationships? My friend Brian Neal of True Course Counseling joins me
Ben Trueblood: Why Young Adults Quit or Stick with the Church
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:34:20+00:00Studies show 66% of teens who are active in church leave the church after high school. Ben Trueblood of LifeWay Student Ministry joins me today to discuss the missing links and how we can help our
How Your Marriage Affects Your Parenting
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:35:20+00:00My good friend Jenny Price joins me today to talk about THE most important relationship in your home! Nothing affects the development and stability of your children as much as your marriage. Ignore the health
Finding the Gospel in Avengers Endgame
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:36:23+00:00(No Spoilers!) Whatever your preconceived notions are about this episode, you're probably wrong! Student pastor and host of the We Think God is Awesome Podcast, Aaron Mamuyac, joins me for a fun look at movies
Easter Hope in the Valley of the Shadow
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:37:36+00:00Today I share why Easter gives me hope even in the darkest days of family life. I conclude with a post I wrote at 3AM on Easter Sunday five years ago, just one week after
Shame and the Fear of Man
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:38:46+00:00“The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.” – Oswald Chambers Today's topic highlights the intersection between
Parenting Different Personalities
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:40:22+00:00We don't love our children the same. We love them uniquely, because they are each unique. Because of their uniqueness, a parenting approach that works for one child could cause another one to wilt. My
Trusting God
[email protected]2023-02-22T20:41:34+00:00We all want to be great parents with thriving kids, but the truth is that only God can change a heart. I do the best I can with all the means I can, but it's