Kids Grow Through Difficulties
Parents, are you teaching your kids to count the cost of following Jesus? They need to know that followers of Jesus are expected to encounter opposition and hostility. In the beatitudes, Jesus tells us, “Blessed are those who are persecuted…
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Episode 133: “Anxiety, Stress, and Fostering Resilience” with Marv Penner
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Marv Penner The Coalition for Youth Ministry Excellence Episode 97: “Stop…
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Spiritual Soliloquy and Kids
Last year, pastor and theologian Tim Keller was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Those of you who are familiar with Keller know that he focuses much of his ministry on helping people trust God and His providence, especially in times of…
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Teens and Redemptive Suffering
Parents, what are you teaching your kids about the presence of pain and suffering in their lives? Are you preparing them to face whatever difficulties life may bring by immersing themselves in what the Scriptures teach about the formative role…
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Benefits of Suffering
As I’ve continued to look around at a world where people’s lives are being ravaged by our current pandemic, I can’t help but be reminded that for the Christian, suffering is seen as something that can be redemptive as opposed…
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Yearning for Heaven in our Suffering
One of the great Christian truths that we’ve overlooked and even forgotten in our day is this: that God does his best work in our lives when he brings us to the end of ourselves through the gift of suffering.…
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Episode 120: “Redeeming Power” with Dr. Diane Langberg
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Dr. Diane Langberg (Bio and Journey) DianeLangberg.com Diane Langberg online training…
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Dinner Table Quote 2
If you’ve ever been at a loss for how to spark dinner table conversation with your kids, I want to offer a little help. All this week I’m sharing provocative quotes that can spark conversations about the Christian faith and…
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Hurting Kids 4
This week we’re looking at some of Dr. Marv Penner’s strategies and skills for helping hurting kids. Marv has developed a set of skills based on the acronym L.O.V.E. The letter V calls us to validate what’s happening in the…
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