Truth N Love

A teen was murdered at a track meet in Texas recently, and his father forgave the student that killed his son right away. While we would like to think we would be able to forgive others as God has forgiven us, we know it would not be easy, especially when it comes to our children. This makes us ask, what does forgiveness look like for a Christian?

Staying on trend is not something neither of us are especially known for…or at all, but it made us wonder how different trends have played out and over again in churches and how we as Christians respond to those changes as we grow in Christ.

We had the best discussion at our Bible study last Sunday and we wanted to share it with you.

We have a lot of decisions to make throughout our days and our lives. Some decisions seem small and some seem really big. Join us today as we talk through how we each make decisions, how decisions can be manipulated to get what we want, how our decisions can affect others, and how to glorify God in it all.

Trump addressed congress this week and it left us wondering, when politics are involved, do we check human decency at the door? Do you not stand for people anymore who have sacrificed their lives, lost love ones, or are battling terminal illnesses because we don't agree with the other political party?

Our country's new leadership is off and running, JD Vance made a powerful speech in Munich, and God's design for men in leadership comes to mind. How did God establish leaders in the Bible? And how do they compare to the leaders of today?

Join us today as we talk about people like professional football players and politicians proclaiming Christ, and how we can use our own platforms to give God the glory too.

How do we deal with someone pointing out our mistakes? Iron is supposed to sharpen iron, but it's not always a painless process.

We're back from Disney! Neither of us knew what to expect on this trip, but God absolutely blessed our time together.

Join us today as we discuss the inauguration, the people President Trump has surrounded himself with to help him lead our country, and his business approach to making America great again.

AI is making its way into our normal day to day, and from interviews with people like Mark Zuckerberg, the role of AI will grow beyond what many of us can even imagine. And while it seems fun to change our faces with AI, and convenient to use it to generate words we don't think we are capable of writing or speaking, what is the artificial system doing to our reality. In a world of AI, what happens to the truth?

Hey we're back! We aren't big on New Year Resolutions, but we do have a goal as individuals and as a family this year, and that's to be intentional in all that we do! We are looking forward to all God has for us this year!

We're faced with many situations in life that garner a response. Will we speak up? Will we intervene? Will we simply meet a need? As a Christian we are held to a higher standard in our response, but many times we fail.

Join us today as we talk about what it means to be committed as a Christian. When we make a commitment to follow Christ, we are committing to doing all things for his glory, and doing all things with our whole hearts. But sometimes we fall short, we go halfway, and we continue to want the befits of a relationship with Christ without the commitment.

It's easy to get caught up in the world around us when there are so many outlets that fight for our attention, but we get to choose how to respond. The way we respond to the people and the world around us matters, and we have a good and gracious God who has the words, the peace, and the understanding we need to do just that. We only need to ask him.

It's episode 100! Join us today as we discuss confession and exorcism in the Catholic religion. Catholicism isn't the only religion with traditions, each denomination has its own rituals and ways of doing things, but at what point are these traditions taking the place or taking the focus off of a personal relationship with God? Let's talk about it!

The election is over and we are ready to move forward, but now the real work begins. Reactions to the election were high highs and low lows and plenty of feelings in between. As we move forward, we ask you and we ask ourselves to check our hearts.

Join us today as we talk about the characteristics of a leader, what it takes to lead and protect the American people, and the importance and duty to vote as a follower of Christ.

How we make decisions matters. Do make them right away? Do we consult God first? Do we just keep kicking it down the road? Or do we make the decision to do something and not follow through? However we decide, the way we make decisions reflects the walk we're walking with Jesus. And that matters. Our brothers and sisters need to see us walking with the Lord.

Cell phones are a wonderful technological tool, but has it become more than that for you? It has for us! We reach for it first thing in the morning, and it's usually the last thing we put down before we sleep. And we're not even ready to know how many times we pick it up throughout the day. Join us today as we talk about our desires to put down our phone and to be present and ready for the people, blessings, and opportunities God has right in front of us.

How should we as Christians respond when we don't agree with either presidential candidate? Join us today as we talk about reasons some Christians may not be voting in the coming election, why we think Christians should vote, and how to ask God for discernment in all of our decisions.

We're living in a world that uses the media to toss us from one news story to another, one country's war to another, one political agenda to another. They prop up people places and ideas they're supposed to, and if we're not in the word and in relationship with God, we just might fall for it. We encourage you today to do the work, discerning all things, and being bold in Christ.

We watched the debate together, without distractions! Maybe it's because we're getting older, but maybe it's because we know it matters what these candidates are saying and doing. We hope that if you do anything this election season, it would be to find out what each of these candidates stand for, and compare their values and policies with the word of God.

Election years seem to magnify the beliefs, promises, ideas, and opinions of others, especially of the political candidates. But are we also looking at their fruit? Are we also checking our own for bad spots? Join us today as we discuss discerning our political candidates, and how to continually ask God for eyes to see.

Join us as we share how God worked in us as we took our family on a summer vacation.Our vacation challenge was to ask one person if they knew Jesus. We challenge you to do the same!

Join us this week as we talk about the way we process information that comes at up during events like the Olympics and the election, and how to actively discern and seek truth in it all.

We changed our vacation plans at the last minute because we both felt a nudge to go a different way. Join us today as we talk about how to ask for discernment and respond when it feels like God is changing your plans. Whether it is for our protection, for a lesson, or for a blessing God has the best plan for our life. We need only to listen and follow him.

We're watching a series on war, but it's made us think deeper about the spiritual battles we face everyday. We have to ask ourselves, What are we fighting for? And are we even willing to fight? Join us today as we talk about our own willingness and unwillingness in the plan God has for our lives.

Are we addicted to our phones? Do we really need them as much as we think we do? Join us today as we talk about our own struggles with screen time, and how to put the devices down when it's needed.

We've all heard the phrase do as I say, not as I do. But that's confusing to the people around us. Does your walk match your talk? And if it doesn't, why not? Join us today as we talk about checking our actions so that we are not only communicating clearly, but also best receiving and representing Christ.

It's not always easy to have a good attitude going into every day and every situation. Join us today as we talk about our own attitudes, how we put them in check when they need to be, and how our attitudes impact others.

Special guests Charlie and Conrad talk about their dad, their papas, and our father in heaven.

Join us today as we talk through the situations that arise in our day to day, our work, our relationships, and politically that may require us to speak up or to be quiet, and how to listen for God's voice instead of our own. Are we speaking up or staying quiet for righteousness' sake or for our own?

Does the news consume your mind? Or do you not pay attention to it at all? Satan can use the media and our reactions to it to create chaos and division in our lives. But we can remedy that with truth. The news and media outlets don't have to be a tricky course to navigate when you ask God to show you the truth in all things.

Join us today as we talk about flavoring our conversations with Christ and the truth of his word.

Listen along as we discuss Russell Brand's recent spiritual journey and how to be discerning in all things, while checking our own hearts first.

Within our marriages, we all hold different responsibilities. Everyone is different, so those responsibilities aren't going to look the same from family to family. Join us today ask we talk about the roles we share in our marriage and how we have had to ask God to work in our hearts to make sure we are doing these tasks out of love for God and each other.

Today we talk about exorcism, a satanist saved, and spiritual warfare. It all sounds kind of scary and chaotic, right? But there is no place too dark that the love of God cannot reach.

Mark Driscoll was recently kicked out of a Christian Men's Conference for the way he handled his disagreement about a performance that opened the men's event that he felt dishonored God. Let's talk about what we can learn from this confrontation and how we can handle our own disagreements privately and publicly so that we honor God.

Do you include God in your whole life? Or do you just call on him when you need him or when it's just his turn on Sunday? Join us today as we talk about letting God's love pour out over your whole life, and about what happens when we do.

Many of us have asked for prayer or prayed for others that need it. But do we believe it? Because we should. Sometimes we think we are disqualified or disconnected from the power of prayer and God's grace because of our sin. But nothing can separate us from the love of God, let's pray like it!

The kids in our lives are watching us, and they pick up on the examples that we set. Whether we know it or not, and whether it's good or bad, they model our behavior in order to gain our approval and better understand how to act in certain situations. What kind of example are you setting for the kids in your life or in your home? Does it look like Christ?

Parenting can be hard and exhausting, but maybe we are making it harder than it has to be. Disciplining our kids is not something enjoyable to do, but when we follow God's plan for raising our children, when we do it consistently, and when we do it together with our spouse, our homes and hearts will be changed.

It's a marriage talk! Join us today as we talk about our young ideas of what we thought our marriage would be, some of the wrong turns we made, and how we work towards a better marriage that puts God first instead of ourselves.

Have you ever witnessed someone do the very thing they are so quick to call out in others? How do you handle it? How does the Bible say we should handle it?

What's stopping you from letting your walls down with people? What does being vulnerable cost you? It's uncomfortable to put ourselves in different situations, but that's where we meet and model Jesus.

We say we've found ourselves in our jobs, our titles, our passions, or our relationships, but why is it so hard to find our identity in Christ? Maybe that's why.

Marriage and money, how can we be on the same team with our finances and our goals?

What do we look for in a friend? In a partner? In our faith? Maybe instead of looking for relationships to fill needs in our life, we could look to our savior who satisfies all needs, and let the rest fall into place? What would our friendships look like if our relationship with God was our priority?

What does it mean to be in the world, but not of the world? Join us as we talk about this saying, and what that has to do with our comfort level.

We're back! Join us as we talk about 2023, our New Years Resolutions or not really resolutions, but actually calls to action, and Satan's goal every year until Christ returns.