The Disciple-Making Parent

We give away the audio book of my book The Disciple-Making Parent, absolutely free. Simply email audiobook@theapollosproject.com letting us know you heard about the offer on the podcast.

We give away the audio book of my book The Disciple-Making Parent, absolutely free. Simply email audiobook@theapollosproject.com letting us know you heard about the offer on the podcast.

How important is the local church in your life? And when you think of your church, what metaphors come to mind? Is one of the first the household of God? What does leadership in the home have to do with leadership in the church? In today's podcast, we're going to be talking with Alexander Strauch about your household, the household of God, and the overlap between the two. ----We give away the audio book of my book The Disciple-Making Parent, absolutely free. Simply email audiobook@theapollosproject.com letting us know you heard about the offer on the podcast.

Do you have teens at home? If so, how's it going? Would you say that your heart is connected to theirs? Would they say their heart is connected to yours? In today's episode of the podcast, we're going to talk with Dr. Richard Ross about two very important subjects.The first is, how do we stay connected to the heart of our teen? What tends to destroy those connections? And second, how do we give our teen a vision for the glorious reign of Christ? I think you're going to love this episode. It's going to be well worth your time.

We are raising children in the information age. We need a new unit of measurement – the exabyte. Experts predict in 2025, 463 exabytes will be created online everyday. That’s the equivalent of over 270 million DVDS. Even more amazingly, that data is all available from a device I carry in my hand.But what if all this information was not making my family more wise, but instead more foolish?In this today’s podcast we are going to talk to Brett McCracken about his book – The Wisdom Pyramid. In it McCracken lays out a vision for the living a wise life by feeding on contents that are good for our souls. With a glimpse at the food pyramid, he is going to encourage us to have large portions of those things that nourish us, and tiny amounts of those that don’t. I think you will find application for yourself and the discipleship of your children.

Christians usually take church attendance for granted. That is, until Covid struck in March of 2020. But the pandemic merely exposed some of our unclear thinking. After all, why should we go to church? With all the pressures on us as parents, why make church a priority?

Today I am sharing a sermon I just preached in my home church on Isaiah 9:1-7. It is a fascinating passage and one of the most famous incarnation passages. That’s why it is so appropriate around Christmas. I don’t want to give away all the surprises, but in this sermon Isaiah is writing from the mid 700s BC. But he writes and speaks as if he is standing in 100AD looking back on the events of Jesus. We have one coming of light. And we long for the greater fulfillment of light coming into the world.

On November 11th, 2013, Cameron Cole received a call from his wife he will never forget. Their three-year-old son Cam had died in his sleep. It has to be every parent’s worst nightmare. How do we survive? Where is God in that situation? Where can I find hope to go on? Today’s podcast is one straight for the heart. Do you know families that have lost young children? Are you one of those families? If so, you are part of a fraternity that you never signed up for. This is where Cameron and Laurne Cole found themselves in 2013. How do you go on? Has God abandoned us? How do we process the sorrow? With the pain raw, Cameron began meditating on Scriptures and truths that would sustain him in the days ahead. The result is the book Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem In Tragedy. And in today’s podcast we are going to meditate on some of those truths for those who are hurting. In addition, Cameron ends with wise pastoral advice to as to how to minister to families that are grieving.

I bet almost everyone listening to this podcast has eaten at a Chick-fil-A. What are their behind-the scenes-secrets, and how can you apply them to your home? You are in a for a treat today. In this podcast, we are going to talk to Jonas William, owner operator of the Chick-fil-A in Seekonk, MA. This recorded conversation came about because I wanted to learn from him about how Chick-fil-A restaurants are so well run. Why? Well, Scripture tells us that elders and deacons are to manage their households well. While certainly every lesson can’t directly apply, many can. Jonas became serious about his faith while a student at the University of Georgia. He is a graduate of Southeastern Seminary and served overseas for a number of years. He is married to Melissa and has three children, Luke, Noah, and Zoe. You are going to love this conversation. It is dripping with Chick-fil-A sauce goodness. Listen in, and let’s think about how we can lead our families well.

As Christians, we claim that our Bibles are God’s inspired word. Yet how did we get our Bible? God didn’t just drop those 66 books down from heaven to your local publisher. Are these ancient documents filled with error, giving us wrong information about Jesus?In today’s podcast  we are going to talk to Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, a professor at Southern Seminary about his book How We Got the Bible. There are a number of cultural myths about the Bible that simply aren’t true. But do we know why? Do our teens?Dr. Jones has put together a highly readable and beautiful book for teens (and all of us) on how we got the Bible.