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Episodes from COURAGEOUS PARENTING
Biblical Community For Parents: How to Build It So You Don't Parent Alone
Are you becoming more intentional as a parent but struggling to find a strong biblical community? Perhaps you're not meant to find it — you're meant to cultivate it.In this episode, Isaac and Angie share four practical tips for building biblical community right where you are, and show you how to use the new Courageous Parenting book as a tool to do it alongside other families.Churches often struggle to teach biblical parenting — but you could be the catalyst for change in your own community. You weren't meant to parent alone, and there are families arou...
"When Parenting Feels Hopeless: 3 Mistakes Discouraging Christian Parents"
Do you ever feel like your parenting just isn't working — no matter how hard you try?For Christian parents today, conviction erodes quietly. Consistency breaks down across the areas that matter most: discipline, discipleship, screen time, peer and family influences, reaching your kids' hearts, and handling bad attitudes. And the pressure of an increasingly hostile culture only makes it harder.In this episode, Isaac and Angie Tolpin identify the 3 core mistakes fueling discouragement in Christian parents right now — and give practical wisdom and personal stories on how to overcome them. They also share content from thei...
Prevent Division in Family, Age-Integrated Church, & Culture Wars
Humility about your parenting is the beginning of a catalyst to new growth and fruitfulness in your mission at home. When you model humility, long term you will see it help your family stay united despite conflict or disagreements. They must see it while they are young to be it in their own relationship when they get older. Isaac and Angie just returned from giving 12 messages at two conferences to parents over the last couple of weeks and while none of those messages were about Church, they made small comments within some of them about the importance of biblical...
Family Relationships, Warning to Fathers, & Courageous Parenting
A candid conversation from the Tolpins hotel room after giving six messages at the Teach Them Diligently Conference packed full of practical wisdom. Isaac gives an unprecedented times warning to fathers he calls the three W’s. Angie pours into a topic that struck a deep chord with women putting many in tears during one of her sessions. Get fresh wisdom on being Courageous Parents that you can apply today. What does it mean when you hear Christian parenting? It can mean all kinds of things that don’t align with scripture today; Courageous parenting is all about biblical pare...
Courageous Parenting: The Younger Years
The younger years of parenting can reveal disunity and disagreements on specific issues within a marriage; and not only that, all first time parents are learning and growing and constantly experiencing the realities of being sanctified as they wrestle with the decisions they need to make. Isaac and Angie share biblical truths that warn us about where we should and should not be getting parenting advice while also sharing part of their personal story of the first 5 years of parenting and trying to navigate hard decisions and be biblical in the midst of opposing advice and experiences. Some decisions...
Discipline is an Opportunity for Discipleship
All parents have had to deal with the reality that their children are sinners. After all, all humans sin. But the perspective we have when they sin makes all the difference. Within the Christian community over the years we have seen and heard discipline and discipleship taught as if they were different aspects of parenting, but we share our biblical reasoning, with scripture, on why we believe discipline is actually just another aspect of discipleship, and why this is so crucial in our parenting. Everything we do as parents is essentially an opportunity for discipleship, because discipleship according to...
How to Use the Bible in Parenting
You may have heard the term, The Bible is the guide book or instruction manual for life. But understanding the scriptures and applying them to every day experiences, circumstances, and using them to disciple children in the way they should go is not always super clear or cookie cutter. Join Isaac and Angie for this clear and encouraging episode on how to utilize the Bible in these five foundational areas of parenting: decision making, discipleship, encouraging family members in walking in Christ, influencing convictions and beliefs, and discipline. There are so many decisions we have to make as parents...
Encouraging a Strong Identity in Christ in Your Child
What are you doing differently than most Christians to influence your children to have a strong identity in Christ? It’s vital to have concrete answers on this as over 75% of children raised in Christian homes are leaving the church by age 18. Get the practical insights you need to encourage a strong faith in your children and have your spouse listen to this too to fuel the marriage discussion that all marriages should be having. This Courageous Parenting podcast episode’s topic is from chapter 7 of the new book coming soon; “Christian Parenting” 31 Keys to Equipping Children for Unprecedented Times. I...
Your Children Must Mature Faster Than Most, Here’s Why
Don’t buy into “Let kids be kids” or the warnings of “Don’t let children grow up too fast”. As Christian parents you do want your children to mature faster than the people around them in the right ways. We believe it’s important that Christian children are ready to lead in righteousness versus falling to waywardness. When they mature faster, it’s easier for them to lead. We cover eight benefits to helping your children mature faster and give you practice examples in how to do it with personal stories. Why more responsibility earlier is vital, the positive impact...
Spiritual Spring Cleaning in the Hearts of Your Home
Are you worried about one of your children, maybe a teenager, or are you feeling like there are subtle sins impacting the atmosphere of your home? Today’s podcast episode is for you! We are talking about matters of the heart; frankly, what God cares about most–repentance and reconciliation with Him! With Resurrection Sunday a week away and being in the midst of Holy Week, we are looking at the concept of spring cleaning and the metaphorical symbolism of cleaning out our hearts and minds through repentance. In addition, if you have struggled with remembering that first love you...
Christian Parenting on UFO’s, Aliens, & the Nephilim
Don’t let others and the media be the first to teach your children about UFO’s, Aliens, and the Nephilim mentioned in the bible. When you’re first to give biblical perspectives to your children, you are staying in a strong source of wisdom as one of their most important teachers. It’s vital to stay in that seat during these unprecedented times. The United States Government are in process of releasing all files related to UFOs and Aliens. We believe it’s important to be proactive parents versus reactive. This means paying attention to the likely conversations they will...
Don’t Let AI Steal Your Child’s Mind
AI is creating seismic societal shifts and can’t be ignored by Christian parents. If you stick your head in the sand and do nothing to prepare your children for a vastly different future, you’re hurting their ability to thrive in it. Everyone is already using AI in one form or another, it’s unavoidable. Instead of fearing it, teach your children how to use it responsibly and be ready to not get swayed by its power to influence away from biblical perspectives down the road. We give you concrete things to do with their children, biblical perspectives, and sh...