The Lavish Father and His Two Sons

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The Lavish Father and His Two Sons

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Feb 9, 2024

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The well-known story of the prodigal son found in Luke 15 contains some lessons on how parents can handle prodigals. In this episode we point you to those suggestion as well as the podcast that contains the full sermon.To read the original post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/the-lavish-father-and-his-two-sons/

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Feb 9, 2024

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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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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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12 Evangelistic Questions to Deepen Conversations: Listen in as I discuss 12 questions you can use to help draw out others in our evangelistic conversations. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/twelve-questions-to-deepen-your-evangelistic-conversations/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Introduction to Family Devotions: Join me for a brief overview of the importance of the oft-neglected practice of family devotions. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/introduction-to-family-devotions/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The 12 Ways of Christmas. . . Family Discipleship: The month of December can be a wonderful time to celebrate the season and focus on Christ. Listen to twelve different ways you might bring Christ into your family's celebration. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Preventing Destructive Marital Conflict: Conflict in marriage is a common issue, but the goal is not to have a conflict-free marriage. The goal is to have healthy conflict. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.theapollosproject.com/preventing-destructive-marital-conflict/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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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
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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
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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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Discipleship Is a Process, Not a Product: It is easy to think of discipleship as a product that we want now. Instead, discipleship is a life-on-life process. To read the original post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/discipleship-is-a-process-not-a-product/ by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
5 min listen
7 People God Tells Us to Honor, pt. 2: Our culture has grown increasingly coarse and unthankful. What is missing? Honor. God calls us to honor seven different types of people. Listen to Part 2 to learn more people God calls us to honor. To read the original post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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Are You Praying Together Regularly?: There is great power when a husband and wife are praying together regularly. It doesn't have to be long and complicated. Be encouraged to start in this episode. To read the original blog post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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One Aspect of Working With a Prodigal: How are we to respond to our prodigal child? Listen in as I discuss three main things to focus on in our parenting dynamic. To read the original blog post, visit https://www.thedisciplemakingparent.com/one-aspect-of-working-with-a-prodigal/ 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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28 Communication Inhibitors: I believe you will find this list of different inhibitors convicting. When we act this way we can confess our sin. We also want to train our children in good communication. To read the original blog post, visit... by The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog
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The Lavish Father and His Two Sons

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