If you’re a parent who wants to “like the people you love” even more, this episode is for you! Christi Davis talks through some of the challenges of raising children in today’s world, learning to trust that miracles can happen as your children learn to uncover their potential.
As the church continues to grow at unprecedented rates today, the Lord continues to call many to assist in the work - and they are faithfully answering that call.
In this episode we'll talk about Acts 6-9. We'll focus on the story of Saul. Saul was a hater and persecutor of believers of Jesus Christ, causing damage and destruction to the church as a whole and to individual lives of members. Eventually he is visited by Jesus Christ who rebukes him and commands him to repent. Saul heeds the call and is eventually healed by Ananias, a faithful disciple. The story of Saul invites introspection to the idea of forgiveness. Did he deserve forgiveness? How would others react to his changed ways? We'll discuss the commandment to forgive and review how forgiveness can improve our spirituality and increase our mental and emotional health.
Today we’re studying Acts 6:10 together, so grab your scriptures and let’s dive in!
After returning to the faith she was brought up in, Katie shares her experience going through a divorce and being a single mom in the church
Listen to Big Picture to get the quick context for this week’s reading, Acts 6-9!
In this episode, Stephanie and Niels Poulsen share their incredible story of faith and trusting in the Lord while weathering challenging storms in their lives, including Stephanie's diagnosis and difficult battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Throughout their story, Stephanie and Niels reveal the divine guidance that has led them both before and during their marriage, and how their faith in God has played a monumental role in their life together.
Heather speaks with Dan Groody at the University of Notre Dame about his book "A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ" and how Christianity teaches an ethics of love for the refugee and migrant.
Over the years, much of the work that we’ve done at Faith Matters has tried to take into account much of the wisdom and research that’s been done in the field of faith and adult development. It’s also been important to us to share and discuss some of the existing models, including Brian McLaren’s four-stage framework, and the “creation, fall, atonement” framework that our amazing friend Jared Halverson has spoken about at Restore and on this podcast.
Brant Hansen is an author, nationally syndicated radio host, and advocate for healing children through CURE International. He’s won national “personality of the year” awards for his work on his offbeat and quirky radio show, which airs on more than 200 stations. His podcast with his friend and radio producer, Sherri Lynn (“The Brant and Sherri Oddcast”) has been downloaded more than 10 million times. Brant's first book, Unoffendable, has prompted a national discussion on the idea of forgiveness, and our culture’s embrace of self-righteous anger. Brant and his wife Carolyn have been married 30 years and have two grown children. Highlights