Biblical Principles Applied > Parenting

As God-designed men and warriors, we need to know how the idea that gender is a social construct is corrupting the very children singing this weekend and next about Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. If we do nothing, many will reject God’s gender design and bring enormous pain into their lives. Mary, the mother of Jesus is a striking example of all that God designed a woman to be. This episode makes some suggestions about defeating transgender ideology in the public arena of ideas and then takes a close look at Mary, a paragon of godly womanhood that our daughters need to admire

Our agenda, therefore, for raising up the next generation must include intentionally countering the dominant misguided worldviews of the culture and helping them see the much more captivating, inviting, and logical worldviews of Scripture. This episode examines four aspects of a biblical approach to the “world” that we need to take with our loved ones walking beside us.

Throughout history it has been a man’s responsibility to stand in the doorway of his home, spear or shotgun in hand to protect (SHAMAR) his wife and kids from marauding gangs who might steal their food, rape their wife, or harm their children. In the 21st century, men have the same protective responsibility; but the enemies to be resisted are not ravaging pirates or plundering thieves, but IDEAS that want to take our loved ones captive, ravage their faith, and ruin their lives. This episode begins a series to equip men to protect their loved ones from strands of ungodly thinking in the fabric of today’s culture and guide them, instead, into biblical worldviews.