The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog

Religion & Spirituality

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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!

Episodes

  • Needs and Personal Calling

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog shares a secret learned from missionary friends. The discussion focuses on needs and personal calling, offering insights for parents and pastors.

  • Five Reasons to Make Dinner an Event

    This episode from The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses why dinner should be treated as an event. It highlights the importance of family meals and their positive impact.

  • Filling Your Home with Music

    This episode discusses the power of music to transform a home's atmosphere and enhance focus on spiritual matters. It offers practical advice for incorporating music into daily life.

  • Hospitality: A Value and a Duty

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses hospitality, highlighting its promotion in the Scriptures as an expression of love and duty. It encourages listeners to reflect on their practice of this habit.

  • Greeting One Another: The Most Basic Expression of Love

    This episode discusses the practice of greeting one another, highlighting it as a fundamental expression of love and a scriptural command beneficial for personal spiritual growth and the church community.

  • Our Hearts Are Still Connected

    This episode discusses the deep and lasting emotional bond between parents and their children, even after the children have grown into adults.

  • Godly Repentance

    This episode discusses repentance and correction as essential elements of the Christian faith. It aims to help families, particularly parents, grow in the area of godly repentance.

  • Greater Love and Greater Discernment

    This episode applies Paul's prayer in Philippians 1 to parents and church leaders, focusing on developing greater love and discernment. The content is derived from the original blog post on The Disciple-Making Parent website.

  • Forgiveness In the Family

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses the importance of forgiveness as a fundamental principle of faith and provides guidance on how to teach it to children.

  • Is Gentle Parenting Biblical?

    This AudioBlog, hosted by The Disciple-Making Parent, discusses whether gentle parenting aligns with a biblical worldview. It encourages fathers to ground their parenting strategies in established biblical truths.

  • When You and Your Spouse Don't Agree

    This episode discusses how parents can handle regular disagreements about parenting decisions and work towards becoming more unified.

  • Positions and Interests

    This episode discusses navigating conflicts using the concept of positions and interests, offering valuable insight to help listeners manage disagreements in a godly manner.

  • Leading Well In the Storms

    This episode discusses how every family faces trials and storms. It focuses on the importance of leading well through these difficult times and offers guidance from The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog.

  • Levels of Communication for Family Discipleship

    This episode discusses five levels of communication, explaining that understanding these levels can foster greater self-awareness and help create a more unified family environment.

  • Wisdom and Justice

    This episode discusses how wisdom leads to justice, while a lack of wisdom can result in feelings of injustice. It is presented as a life lesson in leadership.

  • Completing the Work

    This episode reflects on Jesus' words on his final night, offering insights for listeners to consider when thinking about their own work.

  • Creating Structure In An Unstructured Week

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog offers suggestions for creating structure during an unstructured week. It addresses the difficulties of time planning when self-directed structure is required.

  • Levels of Delegation: What Smart Leaders Understand

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses levels of delegation, drawing on the host's experiences to help listeners avoid common errors in delegating tasks within leadership roles.

  • Building Backbone As a Leader

    This episode discusses how courage is essential for good leadership, enabling effective household management. The content is based on an article from The Disciple-Making Parent.

  • Teaching Substitutionary Atonement

    This episode explores the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, providing guidance on how to teach this concept to children using the crucifixion narrative from Luke 23.

  • Living and Praying the Holiday Tension

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses managing the stress that can accompany holidays with older children, providing actionable strategies for parents.

  • A Growth Cycle For Those Who Lead

    This episode discusses the importance of continuous growth for effective leaders, outlining a practical growth cycle. The original blog post is available at the provided URL.

  • Oobleck and the Qualities of a Good Leader

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses leadership qualities using the analogy of Oobleck, a non-Newtonian fluid, inspired by Dr. Seuss. The podcast explores the surprising connections between these topics.

  • What Is Leadership In the Home?

    This AudioBlog episode discusses the concept of leadership within the home, specifically addressing what godly leadership entails for men.

  • How Do I Lead When I Don't Know Where I'm Going?

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses the difficulties of leadership, especially when a husband is unsure of the path forward. It provides actionable advice on what actions to take and what to avoid in such situati…

  • Dads, Manage Your Household Well

    This episode explores the biblical direction for men to manage their households well. It examines the intentions behind Paul’s instruction and its application to all fathers.

  • The Lavish Father and His Two Sons

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses lessons for parents from the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. It references a podcast with the full sermon and an original blog post for further information.

  • Magic Phrases We Used With Our Young Children

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog shares useful phrases that were employed to help establish good practices with young children.

  • Honoring Grandparents In An Age of Unhonor

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses the importance of honoring grandparents, addressing both the blessings and struggles relationships can bring, and focusing on God's biblical command for children to show them r…

  • Filling a Bucket and Lighting It On Fire

    This episode addresses the issue of Christian youth losing their spiritual hunger and explores strategies to cultivate a desire for the word, framed by the metaphor of filling a bucket and lighting it on fire.

  • Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude

    This episode explores techniques for building a sense of gratitude in parents and helping them cultivate that same attitude in their children.

  • Ways Your Church Is Changing You, Part 2

    This audioblog post, the second part of a series, discusses five ways the local church positively influences individuals. The original post can be found at the provided URL.

  • Ways Your Church Is Changing You, Part 1

    This episode explores how the church, referred to as the bride of Christ, positively impacts individuals. It encourages listeners to appreciate their church community despite its flaws.

  • What Is a Family Pastor?

    This episode discusses the new term 'Family Pastor,' questioning whether it represents a novel role or simply a new name for an old job. It invites listeners to contemplate the meaning and implications of this title.

  • Your Spouse Is Not Your Rock

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  • Should I Make My Teen Go To Church?

    This episode discusses the question of whether parents should require their teenagers to go to church. The content aims to provide a deep and biblical perspective on this issue.

  • Seven Ways to Pray For Your Children

    The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog episode focuses on seven distinct methods for parents to pray for their children, acknowledging that while prayer can be a struggle, it is essential work.

  • Helping Our Children Handle Suffering

    This episode discusses preparing children for potential suffering, acknowledging Jesus's words that disciples may experience hardship. It emphasizes adopting a biblical perspective on this challenging topic.

  • Aaron and His Sons

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog, titled "Aaron and His Sons," examines the temptation of passivity in men and how Aaron's potential passivity may have influenced his children. The content is based on a blog post from t…

  • Why You Should Have a Family Ministry Strategy

    This episode discusses the importance of churches having a strategy to equip families, exploring what such a strategy might involve.

  • Pastor All the Sheep

    This episode features a talk given at a pastor's retreat, offering advice to pastors on managing their family life.

  • The Bridegroom, Song of Solomon, and Middle Age

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog examines the Song of Solomon, drawing parallels between its themes and the love of Christ for believers. It encourages listeners to consider this perspective on divine love.

  • Advice to Guys Who Want to Date My Daughter

    This episode encourages young men to take a more active role in dating. Fathers of young men will also find this advice helpful.

  • Complimentarian Thoughts For My Daughter

    This episode features a father sharing his perspective on gender roles with his daughter, based on his interpretation of biblical design for men and women. The content is based on a blog post from The Disciple-Making Parent.

  • Valentine's Day and Christian Dads

    This episode discusses the financial aspects of Valentine's Day gifts for daughters. The host reflects on how spending money, even if disliked, might hold significant meaning for a daughter.

  • 8 Thoughts on Protecting the Purity of Your Daughter

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog focuses on the important role fathers have in protecting their daughter's purity, outlining eight specific goals to aim for.

  • Teens and Sexuality

    This episode discusses the Christian perspective on marriage between a man and woman, offering guidance on explaining this view to teenagers amidst growing societal challenges.

  • What Narrative Are We Telling Our Children?

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog questions the common advice given to children about purity and saving themselves for marriage. It explores alternative narratives parents might consider.

  • Dads, Don't and Do Defend Your Wife

    This episode of The Disciple-Making Parent AudioBlog discusses how dads can defend their wives against disrespectful children, prompting listeners to consider the timing and approach.

  • The Power of the Red Plate

    This episode introduces the 'Red Plate' concept as a practical tool for families to cultivate an atmosphere of encouragement, countering a home environment that might be overly focused on correction.