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Parent Prompt: Self-Actualization (& Manifesting)

CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Every day our children are compelled by a host of cultural influences to look within themselves…
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Episode 66: “Mailbag Episode”

Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Kyle Hoffsmith (website) Old North Church (Kyle’s church) Jason Engle (website)…
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Parent Prompt: Responding to Authority

CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. God in his authority has delegated authority to certain roles and positions. Are we teaching our…
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Episode 180: Cultivating Wisdom and Discernment

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: CPYU Research Fellows NYMS 2024 Highlight Video Teens, Social Media and…
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The Downsides of Screen Reading

In the past, you’ve heard me mention the results of initial research regarding the difference between reading text on a printed page, versus reading text on a screen. Researchers found that there is a fundamental difference between the two, as…
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Telling Kids the Truth about Sex and Gender

I recently read a Touchstone Magazine interview with Princeton University professor Dr. Robert George, where he warns Christians about buying into the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity. He says that these categories are modern inventions. He goes on…
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Sex and Gender in the Beginning

We live in a world where conversations about sex and gender are all around us. According to the spirit of the times, each individual is sovereign over themselves, and therefore able to choose to live according to their feelings, desires,…
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