Foundation Worldview Podcast

Today's question asks, "our kids' ministry only has one hour each week for a lesson. Do you have any ideas on how we can present truth in a quick way?" In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz provides tips for effectively presenting truth in a short amount of time in a kids' ministry setting, emphasizing the importance of focusing on one main point and repeating it throughout the time. Elizabeth also suggests rethinking child discipleship within the church and gradually implementing changes to prioritize equipping parents. She encourages churches to think creatively about how to engage children during worship and offers resources on foundationworldview.com for age-appropriate sermon notes.

Today's question says, "I'm wondering how to handle demon possession when reading the Bible to my kids ages six and three. I catch myself skipping over those passages because I don't want to scare them. I don't want to sanitize scripture, but I'm not sure at what age kids are ready to handle this content."

Exploring the decision-making process of when to keep or remove children from challenging environments, emphasizing the importance of individual circumstances, seeking wisdom, and considering the child's well-being and development.

Today's question says, "When raising emotional kids, how do you teach your children how to not only recognize their emotions, but practically manage them in a biblical way, upholding the biblical virtue of self-control?"

Today's question says, "should I let my children watch shows and movies  with magic, witches and sorcerers when the Bible says to avoid these  things?"

Today's question says "in this post-Christian nation, is it realistic to tell our children to be sexually abstinent? I know that is the biblical position, but the statistics are what they are regarding premarital sex. Would a good fallback position be abstinence unless you are with someone you deeply love and are looking to marry? I know it might sound a defeatist, but I'm worried about Christians making decisions and not being safe and all the potentially terrible consequences that might follow."

How do we talk with our gets about alternate worldviews? How do we prepare them for ideas that compete with our biblical worldview? Elizabeth Urbanowicz shares practical advice on how to engage with your child when they are exposed to worldviews that are contrary to a biblical worldview.

How do we help parents be equipped to disciple the children in their care? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz, speaks to parents and church ministry leaders about how we can help parents see the need to be the primary disciple makers to their children, and how this can be modeled for other parents.

Trying to incorporate family discipleship or family worship in your home? Today's question says, "how would you recommend family discipleship with an age difference between kids?" In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz provides insights and strategies on how to best approach family discipleship in a home with children who vary in age.

Today's question says, "do you have any advice for parenting a two-year-old and how to engage her? She can't sit still and does not listen. I have a hard time even taking her to the grocery store or department store because all she wants to do is run and hide in between the close racks." In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz shares advice and insight on how to train a 2-year-old child to meet your expectations.