Home Is the Front Lines of Christian Living

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Home Is the Front Lines of Christian Living

FromThe Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog

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Nov 22, 2023

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The first and hardest place to live out the gospel is in the home. But often we do not think about how the Scripture applies to the home. To read the original post, visit https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/home-is-front-lines-of-christian-living/

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Nov 22, 2023

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In these short episodes of 5 to 10 minutes, Chap Bettis reads some of his most popular blog posts for your convenience. You will be equipped for family discipleship!

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Book Review: Get Outta My Face: This is a quick overview of the longer podcast with Dr. Rick Horne on his excellent book, Get Outta My Face. by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Protection Not Secrecy: Christians often confuse protection of their spouse and with secrecy. Learn the difference and how to handle the trials that come into any marriage. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/protection-not-secrecy/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Funerals, Grieving, and Discipleship: Ministering to the grieving and shut-in can be a way to train our children to serve. Listen in for a few thoughts. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/funerals-grieving-and-discipleship/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Ten Suggestions For Family Devotions: There are many ways to engage our family in the Word together. Here are ten ideas that our family has used. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/10-suggestions-on-what-to-do-for-family-devotions/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Biblical Reasons to Recover Repentance, pt. 1: Twelve truths to consider about repentance and why it needs to be recovered by today’s millennial who grew up in a Christian home and today’s parent who is raising children. Part 1. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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The Godly Quality of Active Learning: How did Jesus model active learning for us? Listen in to learn more. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/the-godly-quality-of-active-learning/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
Am I a Hypocritical Parent?: True hypocrisy is not falling short of the high commands of Christ. So what is it, and why does it matter in our parenting? Listen in to learn more. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/am-i-a-hypocritical-parent/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
Feeling Distant from God: Are you feeling distant from God? Learn how to draw near again. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/feeling-distant-from-god/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
Made to Rule and Reign: Did you know that you were made to rule and to reign? Some insights on our biblical authority. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/made-to-rule-and-reign/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
9 min listen
Training to Expect Slander: As Christians, we will be slandered for our faith. Here are some ways we can equip our children for the assault. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/training-our-children-to-expect-slander/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
8 min listen
The Power Of a Joyful Parent: Would your children describe you as joyful? Learn about the power of joy in a family. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/the-power-of-a-joyful-parent/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
7 min listen
By Wisdom a House is Built: Wisdom from Proverbs on establishing our households. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/by-wisdom-a-house-is-built/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
9 min listen
7 Benefits of Memorizing Scripture: Memorized scripture can be of real benefit to the believer! Listen in to hear about 7 ways this is true. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/7-benefits-of-memorizing-scripture/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
10 min listen
A Sentry Keeping Watch in Prayer: Learn from Mordecai's watchcare of Esther how we too can pray for our children. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/a-sentry-keeping-watch-in-prayer/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
4 min listen
Pulling the Fire Alarm: How do we know when to "pull the fire alarm" and enlist help for a conflict in our marriage? Listen to find out. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/pulling-the-fire-alarm/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
7 min listen
She's Not Perfect, But She's Perfect For Me: In this short episode, we talk about these two foundational marriage phrases. A Christian needs to understand how both relate to a godly marriage. To read the original blog post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
We're Working On That: In this episode, I discuss one helpful phrase to help gracefully manage the fallout from your child's behavior in public- "We're working on that." To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/were-working-on-that/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
4 min listen
Forced to be Kind?: I asked our adult daughter about the ways our family strove for unity. Her answer? “You forced us to be kind to one another.” Listen in as I unpack this. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/forced-to-be-kind/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
4 min listen
Handling Temptation Like Joseph: The example of Joseph in the Old Testament can teach us how to view temptation, and how to fight it. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/handling-temptation-like-joseph/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
7 min listen
Why are Christians So Judgmental?: In this audioblog, I examine this common criticism from our questioning yough. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/why-are-christians-so-judgmental/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Two Simple But Helpful Images For Your Marriage: Marriage can be difficult. But having these two images in your mind can be helpful. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/two-simple-images-for-your-marriage/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
8 min listen
Thoughts on Choosing a College: Listen in for some principles to help guide Christians in considering college options. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/thoughts-on-choosing-a-college/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Connecting Your Children with Spiritual Mentors: We want our children connected with others right? Here are two more suggestions for encouraging that. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/two-tips-for-connecting-your-children-with-spiritual-mentors/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
4 min listen
Four Practical Suggestions for Family Devotions: In this audioblog, I discuss some practical ideas to make family devotions function more smoothly. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/4-practical-suggestions-on-family-devotions/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
How Can My Children Honor Me, a Sinner?: How can I expect my children to honor me, when I'm a sinner too? I discuss this question from a concerned mother. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/how-can-i-expect-my-children-to-honor-me-since-i-am-a-sinner-too/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
6 min listen
Three Truths to Defeat the Comparison Virus: Comparison with others is a basic fact of life. What exactly would God say to us? What perspective does it take to be wise? To read the original blog post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/three-truths-to-defeat-the-comparison-virus/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
7 min listen
7 Principles to Guide Family Devotions: Listen in as I discuss seven principles that guided our family in our devotions together. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/7-principles-to-guide-family-devotions/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
8 min listen
12 Questions to Deepen Your Evangelistic Conversations: Better questions just might be a key to you sharing your faith. In this episode we give you twelve questions to put in your toolbox to help deepen the conversation. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
6 min listen
Teaching Our Family to Forgive: Forgiveness is necessary to live together, either in communities or as families. Here are some ways we taught our children to practice healthy forgiveness. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
7 min listen
Church Elders Can Help With Your Family Crisis: If your family is going through a crisis, you may overlooked an obvious resource - your church elders. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-elders-family-crisis/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
8 min listen

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Principles on Discipline from Hebrews 12: We discipline our children because God disciplines us. Discipline is an act of love as you will see when we walk through Hebrews 12. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/principles-of-discipline-from-hebrews-12/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Standing Stones to Increase Faith: Standing stones were meant to build faith in Israel. They recount God's actions when things are more quiet. They can help build faith is us as well. Learn how. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Ways to Pray for Your Children: All of us need helps and prompts to pray for our children. Here are seven that will encourage you. To read the original post, visit: https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/7-ways-to-pray-for-your-children/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Two Uncommon Ways to Pray: Are you praying for your children? I hope you are. This episode gives you two other ways you may not have thought about. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/two-uncommon-ways-a-parent-can-pray/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Proactive and Reactive Bible Intake: The Bible is powerful. We can read it proactively, like with a reading plan. But is especially powerful when we read it in reaction to a circumstance that God puts in our lives. Learn more. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Having an Effective Donut Date: Do you want to connect to the heart of your children? A donut date is one way to do that. Learn how in this episode. To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/nine-elements-of-an-effective-donut-date/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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