The Family Discipleship Podcast

On the twenty sixth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant) talk about Father’s Day and fatherhood with Bryan Loritts. Questions we asked Bryan about in this episode: As it pertains to your book on fatherhood, The Dad Difference, can you tell us why you wrote it? What was the heart behind this project?One of things you say very early on in the book is that “For better or for worse, right or wrong, by his absence or presence, Dad’s shadow looms large over our lives.” Can you unpack that for us some?Why do dads make such a difference?What kind of cultural shift will it take for men to think rightly about work outside the home and about the labor of love to lead their family?Your book is built around four things to give our kids; relationship, integrity, teaching, and experiences. Can you sum those up for us briefly to catch the drift of the vision you’re casting?You write about how “coddling moms and passive dads” over value their child’s happiness. How do you advise parents to love and lead their children well without making their kids feel like they are the center of the universe?What is the difference in the home of a parent struggling with pride that will not admit fault and what does that do to a family and then what does humility foster in a family?You do such a great job equipping parents with the things you write in this book. Could you take a second to encourage the discouraged parent? What do you say to the mom or dad who read what you wrote and they feel like they fall so desperately short of the picture you’re painting?How do we invest now in raising men to lead well one day?Are there any passages of scripture about fatherhood that stick out to you? Where do you root your parenting in the word?Some of our favorite quotes from Bryan in this episode:“Every man is either going to be a tailwind or a headwind in the lives of their children. Either by my presence or absence. By my activity or my passivity.”“Dads make such a difference because that’s the way God intended. I think the most profound word in the English language is “dad.” I am handing to my kids their paradigm of what the Heavenly Father looks like.”“Men, typically we are wired towards significance and we typically battle trying to find significance in other things. For a lot of us it’s success on the job, it’s money, so we are providing a certain kind of lifestyle, in a certain neighborhood with a certain house, and we vacation a certain way. What that inevitably does is run counter to the greatest means of provision that your child needs. That’s not just your resources, it’s your actual presence.”“We can be so busy buying things for our kids that those things serve as surrogates for our presence in their lives.”“The idolatry of the family is horrible. Our kids aren’t made to bear the crushing weight of deity.”“I’m following Jesus Christ today because I saw authenticity in my dad’s walk with the Lord and how that bled out into his relationship with others.”“Before we’d get disciplined, my dad would read us a proverb. He constantly wanted to thread things back to the word of God and that helped me to see that my sin didn’t just break a rule, it broke the heart of God.”“Looking at the typical American. If you were to reduce the parental aspiration for our kids down to one word it would be “happy.” That is not going to cut it as a biblical view of what we should pursue for our children.”“When I am constantly trying to orchestrate and micromanage my kids’ lives so that there is always comfort, there’s always enjoyment, there’s always happiness. At the same time what I am depleting them of is strength and resiliency.”Resources mentioned in this episode:The Dad Difference“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twenty fifth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant) talk about heaven with Joni Eareckson Tada. Questions we talked about in this episode: You have done so much to help churches serve people with disabilities. Can you share with us the vision of Joni and friends and all that your organization does?How can a church lead well in this area, even if they don’t have a lot of resources?What led to wanting to write to kids about heaven?Why do you think there are so many cultural misconceptions about heaven? Which misconceptions affect kids in particular??Why do you think it’s important for parents to talk with kids about the afterlife?How has your theology of eternal life impacted the way you see life and God?How do you help kids see that the best thing about heaven is Jesus?How can parents have good conversations with their kids about someone’s death?Are there any passages of scripture about heaven that you have a particular love for?Some of our favorite quotes from Joni in this episode:“I love thinking about heaven. I love investing in heaven. Every little thing I do down here on earth. Everything I do has a direct bearing on my capacity for service and worship and joy in heaven. I don’t want to waste my suffering. I don’t want to waste my afflictions. I want to build things that will last for eternity. And I want to stretch my heart’s capacity for service and worship and joy for eternity.”“I want moms and dads to build within the hearts of their children a love and a zeal and a passion for, not just heaven, but Jesus.”“I want to help children get past the myths of me-centeredness in heaven.”“I think our thoughts about heaven are lazy. We tend to buy into the world’s fables about heaven…It’s all about ‘I’m gonna be happy forever.’ That is true, but it’s so much more.”“It is a parent’s job to connect the heartfelt expressions of children and immediately connect that to God. Draw a direct line from their little hearts and connect it directly to their Lord Jesus.”Resources mentioned in this episode:The Joni BookThe Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twenty fourth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant) talk about motherhood with author, podcaster, and mother, Emily Jensen from Risen Motherhood. Questions we talked about in this episode: One of the reasons we wanted to talk with you on our Mother’s Day episode is that a few years ago you wrote an absolutely beautiful book, Risen Motherhood. For those who have not read the book, can you tell us what it is about and why you wrote it? You also have a really fantastic podcast by the same name, Risen Motherhood. What led to the idea to minister to moms as you do? Which of the chapters that you wrote is most precious to you? Does any one of them stand out? What are the words that you feel like you find yourself needing to hear over and over again as a mom yourself? How has being a mom shaped your view of God’s love? What are the common struggles and challenges that you think Christian moms are facing in this generation? Would you mind giving us a glimpse into what that has looked like for you and your husband? What are the truths in God’s word that you really cling to as a mother? If you got to sit down with a brand new mom and give her some gospel wisdom as she is just getting started on this journey, what could you say that would really encourage her? Do you have any words of challenge or words of encouragement that you wish dads out there could hear and believe for their family?Some of our favorite quotes from Emily in this episode:“A lot of our questions in motherhood come down to matters of conscience and matters of freedom that take a lot of wisdom and discernment and prayer as we do life with other people. It’s not something that has a cookie cutter answer.” - Emily Jensen“It’s so tough and I see it more and more every year. There is so much pressure to be everything and to do everything well...It’s just crippling. It’s so good that the gospel answers that pressure.” - Emily Jensen“Where are there some older women who can fill these gaps and teach us these things we don’t know? Hopefully the church.” - Emily JensenResources mentioned in this episode:Risen Motherhood bookRisen Motherhood podcast“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twenty third episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant) talk about family discipleship with Ray Ortlund. Questions we talked about in this episode: If we asked your kids and wife about you, what kind of man would they describe? This is a podcast about spiritual leadership. When you started growing your family, who did you look to in order to teach you about or be an example for leading the spiritual life of your home?Your family has accomplished A LOT for the kingdom of God. How does that sit with you, how does it make you feel to see your family making significant contributions and leading so well? Can you think of a time that things did not go “according to plan” in the Ortlund home? What would you say to the parent who is really discouraged right now in the spiritual leadership of their home? How can you encourage our listeners? What role has the church played in coming alongside your family as you’ve discipled them?You recently put out a book addressing pornography, The Death of Porn. It’s written like a father to a son. Why is this an issue that was of particular importance to you and talk to us about how it intersects with a Christian home?  Is there any scripture that you or your family can point to that has been a guide to you in how you’ve led your home or how you think about your hopes for your kids and the generations after them? Some of our favorite quotes from Ray in this episode:“Like every family we are a convergence of flaws and God’s grace. Great things happen when those two things get together.” - Ray Ortlund“I had the advantage of having a fantastic dad. My dad was the greatest man I’ve ever known.” - Ray Ortlund“There is no formula. This is not an assembly line. Our family is all an ongoing miracle of grace.” - Ray Ortlund“What can we do that would make it easier for our kids to believe in God?” - Ray Ortlund “What parent is not discouraged? We all hit a wall. We all fail. Our kids let us down too. I’m so thankful for those three words in Romans chapter six, “newness of life.” I see so much hope there. We are not stuck with the reality we are experiencing right now.” - Ray Ortlund Resources mentioned in this episode:The Death of Porn“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twenty first episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Chelsea Griffin) talk about an important topic with their friend, Aszia Pearson. Questions we talked about in this episode: Why does a podcast about spiritual leadership spend an episode talking about pornography?What age families should be thinking about this? Where are you seeing issues with pornography in church families? What are the dangers and the damage done by exposure to pornography for kids? How can families who’ve never talked about sex, think about talking about pornography? How should we help our kids think about devices, movies, and things their friends might show them? What do you say to the parent who is struggling themselves with pornography? Are there any helpful resources for families to help them have this conversation? What scriptures come to mind for you when you think about addressing this topic with your family? How do you set yourself up for success in a conversation of this importance with your family? How can parents approach this well? What if we catch our sons or daughters looking at it, how do we approach the conversation with the appropriate weight and grace? Sometimes in a church we create a purity culture that makes sex seem dirty. How do we talk about pornography with our kids without making sex something the Lord hasn’t made it?  Any thoughts about what Aszia is saying there and about purity culture in a church?  That’s a lot about why and how to have the talk, but what about preventing exposure? What do you guys think we can do to keep our kids away from it? How can we make conversations about this more normal and comfortable even for our kids to initiate? How can churches navigate sensitive topics like this with families and for kids whose families are not talking about this? Some of our favorite quotes from this episode:“Ultimately we want to see our kids be freed up by the gospel of Christ. Pornography in its very nature is addictive and it runs opposed to the God of the universe who’s made people in his image. Where we objectify people, or comidify people, that is offensive to the holy God that we serve who made us.” - Chelsea Griffin“God created us with special dignity. Where we fail to dignify people by lusting after them in our hearts – exploiting, objectifying – these things are offensive to God. When we do things that are an offense to God it hurts our ability to draw near to him.” - Chelsea Griffin“Kids aren’t just getting exposed to things they’re not ready for, they’re getting exposed to things that no eye should see and no ear should hear. And that’s a problem because the eye is never satisfied with seeing and the ear is never satisfied with hearing. Even though for most people that initial exposure has some cocktail of arousal and interest, as well as shame and terror.” - Aszia Pearson“We believe God designed people for one, long-term, monogamous, sexual relationship and not only is pornography offensive to that it is detrimental to it.” - Adam Griffin “If you believe that something would be harmful for your kid to watch then you should consider it harmful for yourself.” - Adam Griffin“It’s important to start with God’s good design for sex and his hopes for us. God gives us good gifts and we sometimes pervert those things and we twist those things thinking that we have a better idea of what to do with creation than God himself does. We have to resubmit ourselves to his authority.” - Chelsea Griffin“We have to be ready to give things up. I would rather not have a phone if it is dragging me into something addictive and destructive, that is searing my soul. I would rather not be in a group text with the right color texts than have something in my pocket that tempts me and lures me in.” - Chelsea Griffin  “The same way we don’t look through our neighbors window and watch them have sex, we don’t look through our screens and watch people have sex.” - Chelsea Griffin“Can a man carry fire close to his chest and not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27“The right tone is not one of fear or alarm.” - Cassie BryantResources mentioned in this episode:Pure HopeGood Picture, Bad PictureGod Made All of Me“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twenty-first episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant) talk about Good Friday and Easter. Questions we talked about in this episode: Y’all have Easter traditions in your house growing up?First things first, let’s talk about the bunny. At your house are there bunnies laying eggs and baskets of candy? Do we shame the parents who like chocolate bunnies? Talk to me about explaining to our kids the difference between cultural Easter and celebrating the resurrection?How are y’all teaching kids about Good Friday?Is the gospel more than Easter weekend? How can parents and church workers maximize Easter creatively to teach about Jesus? Where do we see Easter as an evangelistic opportunity inside and outside our homes? What comforts do the truths of Easter bring to our hearts? Can you think of a way to make Easter into a milestone for a Christian family? Resources mentioned in this episode:“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the twentieth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin and Chelsea Griffin) talk about a new book, The Intentional Father, with author Jon Tyson. Questions we asked Jon in this episode: In your book on fatherhood you share a lot about the personal anecdotes and stories that came from your time with you and your son. You talk about meeting every morning. That is a serious commitment to discipling your son. What did that time look like?What wisdom or pastoring can you give to the man who is raising multiple sons or has sons of very different age or maturity levels?I know the book focuses on the work you did with your son entering into manhood, can you give us a window into what family discipleship looked like for your daughter?It’s a beautiful story. Now looking back, is there anything you wish you could’ve done differently?What role did your wife play in the “primal path”?A lot of the book is idyllic. Things seemed to have worked out great. Were there any rough spots? Any difficult resistance?I’ve heard you talk about a long conversation you had with your son about a moral dilemma revolving around being hypothetically cornered by a friend’s parents, I thought it was a brilliant question, would you be willing to share that with us?It seems like a lot of the work you did in discipling your son was very formalized. You had trips planned. Meetings regularly. Resources you read together. Was there any aspect of your interactions with him that happened more informally? Anything that just came up that you weren’t expecting or prepared for that played an important role in your discipleship?Before we let you go, would you mind sharing with us, what are the prayers you have for your kids right now? If our listeners want to pray for the Tysons, what can they ask God for on your behalf?Some of our favorite quotes from Jon Tyson this episode:“I wrote this book as a father out of love for my son. I wrote it as a pastor because I see so many young men with father wounds trying to make sense of their lives and searching for healing and largely I want to speak into the toxic masculinity of our society and present better Christian men for the renewal of the world. I want to address the things that people are not talking about.” - Jon Tyson“Your son is gonna have every morning available for something. If you were sending your son off for two-a-day football no one would blink. They’d just say, “That’s good.” Mormon kids spend an hour every day in high school studying the Old Testament and New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants. They don’t blink. Christians are the only ones who perceive the idea of spending time with your children and helping them follow Jesus and get ready for adult life to be weird. People push back and say, “That’s so much time!” I’m like, “If your son got up an hour every morning to do his homework you would clap for him.” When you get up to prepare him all of the sudden it’s a radical idea.” - Jon Tyson“Parenting is hard and it’s getting harder and harder in our world today. The issues are so complex. First hand experience of what kids are going through feels so much more distant.” - Jon Tyson“Do what you can, not what you can’t. The most important thing is consistency. But you can do more than you think!” - Jon Tyson“Intentionality is about understanding the kid that God has given you, the kid that is in front of you. A lot of parents do a lot of damage because they just project general wisdom into their kids’ lives rather than asking “What do they need at this particular stage?’” - Jon Tyson“I established a relationship by entering into their world.” - Jon Tyson“Most of American family Christianity is failing our children. 70% of kids are walking away from faith when they get to college. If you had anything else with a 70% failure rate, don’t you think you’d redesign it?” - Jon Tyson“I know parents want to get this right. I assume the best in parents. I’m not here bringing a word of condemnation. I’m trying to bring a word of inspiration.” - Jon Tyson“Parents, your kids may not be giving you feedback that makes it feel like they love what you’re doing, but trust me, they ache for your intentionality and your investment in their life.” - Jon Tyson“If my dad loves me this much, how much more must God love me?”Resources mentioned in this episode:The Intentional Father “Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the nineteenth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant) talk about Family Discipleship Milestones. Questions we asked in this episode: What are some examples of family discipleship milestones? How do you think our culture is thinking about manhood and womanhood and adulthood and how is it different from what we want for our kids?  What are some of the harder and tougher things that can be milestones? What are some scriptural examples of God giving his people physical reminders of his faithfulness? Can you think of physical things or places that remind you of God’s faithfulness?Do y’all have any milestones you’ve already marked or any you are looking forward to? How can churches help make and mark milestones?  Can you think of family traditions, adventures, or heirlooms that could help parents remind their kids about Christ? Some of our favorite quotes from this episode:“For our good we create reminders of God’s faithfulness. We don’t want to fall out of love with Jesus and we don’t want to fall into sin. We have to stay reminded all the time. God knows that and that’s why the scriptures repeat again and again “Don’t forget, don’t forget, don’t forget!”” - Chelsea Griffin“The opposite of manhood is not womanhood, it’s boyhood. The bible says that when I became a man I put childish ways away. As our boys go from boyhood to manhood I want them to learn to serve others, I want them to have the courage to protect others, and I want them to put others first as they put themselves last. I want them to have the courage to follow God in a culture that does not respect that.” - Chelsea Griffin   “Not all milestones are celebratory. It can be the loss of a family pet. Their first funeral. It can be failing a class or making a huge mistake at school. It is taking anything that your kid will likely look back on and remember, and wanting to make sure that in their memory of that time they remember you walking with them and they remember you pointing them to truth and how to think about that difficult thing in light of the gospel.” - Cassie Bryant  “God seems keenly aware that we are a forgetful people and so he gives his people a lot of reminders. Our eyes need to see things to remind us that God seeks to dwell with his people.” - Chelsea Griffin“There’s something so special about going on a pilgrimage, going on a trip that has a spiritual meaning behind it.” - Adam Griffin“If you do not plan family discipleship milestones, they will not happen. There are really sweet things that come from a family sitting down and planning out how we are going to point out the goodness of God.” - Adam GriffinResources mentioned in this episode:Every Moment Holy Light Their Way“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the eighteenth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant) talk about Habits of the Household with author, husband, lawyer, and father Justin Whitmel Earley. You can follow Justin here on instagram and you can connect with him on his website here https://www.justinwhitmelearley.com/. Questions we asked Justin in this episode: For those who have not read the book, can you tell us a little about it and why you wrote it? Can you explain habits of the household as liturgies? Can you speak a little bit to why parents need to develop better habits in discipline instead of just going with our instincts? How does the gospel impact what you say to your kids in moments of discipline? Can you explain what you mean in that chapter on discipline when you say parents should “insist on apologies as confession”? Is there any example from you and Lauren’s home that could help remind our listeners that you are not perfect at this either? What can you say to encourage the family that has tried and tried and tried to form new habits and they feel like they keep failing? When a mom or a dad gets to the end of the book, what do you hope they walk away with? What do you hope they feel? How do you hope to shape their view of God? Before we let you go, would you mind sharing with us, what are the prayers you have for your kids right now? If our listeners want to pray for you, what can they ask God for on your behalf?Some of our favorite quotes from Justin Earley in this episode:“The ordinary stuff is the extraordinary stuff. The normal domestic moment Is the place of incredible spiritual formation and that to me is incredibly exciting as you think about parenting. You are in a world of thick spiritual formation where bedtimes, mealtimes, car rides, how you pass a plate at dinner, how you pray, everything you share, is the training ground for hearts to learn to love God and love their neighbor.”   “Lord, help me remember that I am more like them than I think and help me to respond with the grace and truth that you give me.”“I ask my kids, “Do you know that I love you no matter what you do?”” “It is a given of life that we will sin against each other, but what is not a given is whether or not we will reconcile. Practicing small acts that lead us into confession, repentance, and reconciliation – that’s really the difference between a house that’s being formed in the image of the story of the bible and a house that just knows it but doesn’t act like it.”“None of our habits will change God’s love for us. That’s good news. But what’s even better news is that God’s love will change our habits.” “God is the truest and most loving parent that any of us have. Most of parenting is not how we are shaping our kids but rather how God is shaping us and our kids.” Resources mentioned in this episode:The Common RuleHabits of the Household“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the seventeenth episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant) talk about family discipleship moments. Moments are taking advantage of everyday opportunities to foster conversations about God and godliness. Questions we asked in this episode: Why is it important to be able to leverage opportunities in everyday life to talk about the gospel? What are some examples of family discipleship moments? How are our everyday interactions with our kids working towards our goals of discipling our family?  How can making a mistake and repenting be a great family discipleship moment? What is a scripture you might use to address the following moments…When your child is angryWhen your child is sadWhen your child is celebratingWhen you messed up and want to apologizeWhen you see something beautifulWhen your kids aren’t getting alongDo y’all have any phrases that you like to come back to in family discipleship moments? Does your church do any equipping for families by creating or using the same language/phrasing repeatedly?  Can you think of a “light bulb” moment for our kids that came from an unplanned spiritual conversation? Some of our favorite quotes from this episode:“Jesus did this. We see Jesus in his incarnational ministry all the time pointing out everyday things that seem mundane or unimportant and use them to teach gospel truth. We have the same opportunity as we do life with our kids. We see things everyday that remind us of what’s true about God and what’s true about us.”  - Chelsea Griffin“It’s such a great example to show our kids our need for Christ. We never outgrow our need for him, we only grow more aware of it.” - Cassie Bryant“Most of my parenting failures come out of me relying on my own strength or operating in what I think is best and not what God says is best. When I fail, it is such a great opportunity to show my family my need for Christ.” - Cassie Bryant Resources mentioned in this episode:“Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty—including parents working hard for their children’s future. Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, to learn how. HOPE International fights physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.”To keep up with the Family Discipleship Podcast, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter. To read more about family discipleship, check out the book Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Adam Griffin and Matt Chandler. The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church.  Follow Us:Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteEditing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.