To hear how this message applies to our parenting and our purpose, listen to Episode 121 of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD. There’s a place I’ve always wanted to live but have only seen from afar. Other people live there. I think. At least it looks like they do. A few times I visited this place in […]
How has the Prosperity Gospel influenced Purity Culture, and what does that mean for parenting today? The connections might surprise you. They surprised me. Purity Culture, much like the prosperity gospel, promises rewards for adhering to specific behaviors, but it often leads to disappointment and shame. And all too often in the church, parents apply this same […]
There’s a topic that no one wants to talk about in the church… because so many people are struggling with it—even pastors. That topic is… SEXUAL SIN. AND THE BROKENNESS IT LEAVES BEHIND. The statistics don’t lie. The stats on porn, in particular, reveal a startling reality: Despite the prevalence of church teachings on purity and righteousness, […]
Do you know what your family’s unique purpose or identity is? Can you and your kids name your family’s core values? If you feel like a deer in headlights when asked those questions, you aren’t alone. I am right there with you. Families are at the heart of God’s plan for the world, serving as unique units designed to fulfill His […]
Many of us parents face the dilemma of sending our kids to a secular college or university that is antagonistic to our faith, antagonistic to much of what we have spent the better part of two decades teaching our kids. It is a troubling place to be. Yet, here we are. So… there I was at my daughter’s college orientation to our local state-funded university last month, and I can’t say that what happened was unexpected, […]
We are all assuming something about the nature of reality. Every one of us. Our core assumptions exist because there isn’t definitive proof for any one belief system. In Episode 116 of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD, David Richardson and I take a deep dive into the core assumptions that shape our beliefs about reality. In his first book Transparent: How to […]
Does the concept of worldview have a fatal flaw baked into the premise? Could the Christian worldview actually be leading kids away from the faith? David Richardson, author of Transparent: How to See Through the Powerful Assumptions That Control You, reveals the shocking origin of the term “worldview” in the episode 115 of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD and challenges the way it is used by […]
Philosophy Professor Peter Boghossian notoriously claimed that “faith is a cognitive sickness that’s been turned into a moral virtue.” He went on to say that every class is an opportunity to help students lose their faith. When the instructors our kids sit under in higher education come in with an agenda like that, Gen Z’s sharp exodus from the faith […]
Ryan Bomberger has been told that he should have never been born, that he doesn’t deserve to live. Repeatedly. By people with lots of letters after their names. Why? Because Ryan was conceived in rape. Less than 1% of pregnancies begin in the violent act of rape. Yet despite this extremely uncommon occurrence, the pro-choice narrative […]
The use of preferred pronouns has become ubiquitous among Gen Zers and beyond in our culture. I was just at my daughter’s student orientation to a very WOKE university, and every single student leader introduced themselves by using their name, their major, and their preferred pronouns. More on that in a future episode of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD… But I’m sure you […]