Unshaken Faith

#42 Our Biggest Discipleship Failures…and Successes

May 1, 2024

Parents Alisa and Natasha reflect on their biggest discipleship failures and successes while raising teens. They discuss the impact of family devotions, teaching evidence for faith, emphasizing character development, and fostering critical thinking. The importance of addressing challenging topics like sexuality, promoting a servant's heart, and bonding through family dinners is highlighted.

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Consistent family dinners facilitate spiritual discussions and family bonding, proving to be a significant success in nurturing open dialogue within the family.

Engaging in critical discussions about current events empowers children to develop a discerning eye towards societal norms, fostering a holistic view of important issues.

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Importance of Consistent Family Dinners

Consistent family dinners have proven to be a significant success in fostering open dialogue within the family, allowing for spiritual discussions and family bonding. Gathering around the table regularly has facilitated valuable conversations among family members, providing a platform for checking in with each other, praying together, and even reading the Bible collectively.

Successes and Failures in Raising Children with a Focus on Faith

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Teaching Evidence for Faith and Emphasizing Character Development

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Introduction

2min

Upcoming Events, Parental Guidance, and Encouragement in Discipleship

3min

Reflections on Family Devotions and Parenting Challenges

11min

Teaching Evidence for Faith and Emphasizing Character Development

3min

Family Bonding and Critical Thinking

8min

Alisa and Natasha both have kids in the teen years, and it’s a very interesting time for parents. You start to see how some of the things you did well as a parent in the younger years are bearing fruit and feel a sense of gratitude (and relief!). But you also start to see how the things that you maybe didn’t do as well are bearing some of their own less-than-desirable fruit. So, parenting teens is certainly a time for reflection. In today’s episode, Alisa and Natasha share what they feel are three of their biggest parenting failures specifically as it relates to discipleship…as well as three of their biggest successes.

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Unshaken Faith

#42 Our Biggest Discipleship Failures…and Successes

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Importance of Consistent Family Dinners

Critical Thinking on Cultural Influences

Individualized Discipleship vs. Group Focus

Challenges in Prioritizing Church Involvement

Successes and Failures in Raising Children with a Focus on Faith

Teaching Evidence for Faith and Emphasizing Character Development

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