Gospel Shaped Home: Recent Episodes
Providence Family Discipleship Team
Gospel Shaped Home is a family discipleship resource from Providence Church in Raleigh North Carolina, equipping you and your family to be on mission with God to the end of the street and the end of the earth.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our students fall series has been on the Fear of God vs. the Fear of Man. Join Jarrick, Scott, and Ben as they discuss living in the reality between fearing God and fearing man.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our kids fall series has been on Ekklesia: Defining and Describing the Church. Join Scott, Jarrick, and Ben as they talk about the body of the church, the mission of the church, and the longevity of the church.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our students fall series has been on the Fear of God vs. the Fear of Man. Join Jarrick, Scott, and Ben as they discuss living in the reality between fearing God and fearing man.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our kids fall series has been on Ekklesia: Defining and Describing the Church. Join Scott, Jarrick, and Ben as they talk about the leaders of the church and the gathering of the church.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our students fall series has been on the Fear of God vs. the Fear of Man. Join Jarrick, Scott, and Ben as they discuss living in the reality between fearing God and fearing man.
Our one shared goal is for church and home to partner together in the discipleship of the next generation. Sometimes that means we want to better equip parents with the things we’re talking about in Providence Kids and Providence Students so parents can better continue those conversations in the home. Our kids fall series has been on Ekklesia: Defining and Describing the Church. Join Scott, Jarrick, and Ben as they talk about the foundation of the church and the birth of the church.
Pursue God’s Mission is the sixth of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve as an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. To go and make disciples of all nations is the task and calling of every believer. Join us as we think about ways to have our kids passionate about and equipped for that pursuit from an early age. Join Scott, Jarrick, and special guest Andy Owens as they discuss this truth.
Love God’s People in the fifth of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve as an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. It’s in and through the church that God's manifold wisdom is made known. What does it mean to love God’s people and how can we help our kids to love God’s people? How do we give our kids an accurate ecclesiology? Join Scott, Daniel, and Pastor of Young Adult Discipleship Sam Nelson as they discuss this truth.
Walk in God’s Ways is the fourth of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve as an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. For we are called to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him. Following Jesus isn’t just about knowing, but growing and walking and being. We want to spiritually form our kids into the image and likeness of God, not just inform them about who He is. Join Scott, Jarrick, and new Family Discipleship Pastor Ben Holden as they discuss this truth.
Listen to God’s Word is the third of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve as an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. For the Word of God is living and active. How can we call and invite our kids to listen to God’s Word and establish our homes on the authority of the Bible? Join Scott, Jarrick, and Daniel as they discuss this truth.
Trust in God’s Son is the second of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. For Jesus came to save sinners. What are ways to reinforce, remind, and teach this truth to our kids and help make our homes centered on the gospel every single day and draw our kids to saving faith in Jesus? Join Scott, Alyson Miller, our Kids Assistant Director, and Rachel Lambert, our Women’s Discipleship Director, as they discuss this truth.
Rejoicing in God’s Greatness is the first of our 6 Big Truths that we want to serve as an anchor in the discipleship of our kids. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. How do we help, model, and teach our kids to do this for God’s glory and their good? Join Scott, Jarrick, and special guest Emily Dodson, Worship Director at Providence, as they discuss this truth.
How Do You Parent as a Team? Join our family discipleship team for the seventh episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How Do You Parent as a Team? Join our family discipleship team for the seventh episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How Do You Encourage Confidence and Overcome Anxiety in Your Kids? Join our family discipleship team for the sixth episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How Do You Balance Extracurricular Activities? Join our family discipleship team for the fifth episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How Do You Talk About and Practice the Ordinances With Your Kids? Join our family discipleship team for the fourth episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
What are your thoughts on biblical dating and teenagers? Join our family discipleship team for the third episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How do you address modesty and sexuality in the midst of the summer months? Join our family discipleship team for the second episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
How do you discern what your kids should read and watch? Join our family discipleship team for the first episode in our Ask Us Anything mini-series as we answer your questions and seek to apply biblical wisdom to different areas within parenting and family discipleship that are relevant in today’s world.
Why is there so much confusion about gender in our culture? Why has something that once seemed so simple become something so complex? And most importantly, how can we love and train our children well and protect them from destructive and dangerous ideologies? Join us as special guest Joseph Backholm helps us consider these sensitive topics.
Contrary to popular belief, we should not follow our hearts because our feelings aren’t a reliable guide to truth or happiness. Join us as special guest Joseph Backholm helps us consider the deceitfulness of the heart, the authority of Scripture, worldview, and much more.
Join us as special guest Joseph Backholm helps us consider why Christians are out of step with the surrounding culture, and how surrendering to the authority of Jesus is the foundation of real joy human flourishing.
We all know that parenting toddlers is different than parenting teenagers, but how do we as parents adjust as our kids grow and mature? Join us as special guest Leon Tucker talks about key goals and concepts in different seasons of parenting.
This episode is a recording of one of the breakout sessions from our 2021 Family Milestones Celebration. Brian and Tabatha Frost share wisdom from their experience of raising three boys and how they created rhythms that pointed their boys to the Lord.
This episode is a recording of one of the breakout sessions from our 2021 Family Milestones Celebration. Daniel Savage gives practical instruction on what you can do as a parent to model and teach good spiritual disciplines to your kids.
The task of discipleship is more than just conveying information: It is to instruct the mind, inspire the heart, and influence the will. Join our family discipleship team as we unpack and flesh out the fourth and final sermon in our Raising Kids sermon series by discussing the main points of the sermon and give personal and practical application along the way.
What ingredients do all kids need when it comes to their spiritual formation? Join our family discipleship team as we unpack and flesh out the third sermon in our Raising Kids sermon series by discussing the main points of the sermon and give personal and practical application along the way.
What tools has God given us to teach the next generation in our homes and in our church? Join our family discipleship team as we unpack and flesh out the second sermon in our Raising Kids sermon series by discussing the main points of the sermon and give personal and practical application along the way.
You can’t pass on what you don’t first possess. Join our family discipleship team as we unpack and flesh out the first sermon in our Raising Kids sermon series by discussing the main points of the sermon and give personal and practical application along the way.
When we try to control with a heavy hand and lead with a flimsy example, we’re in danger of exasperating our kids. Join us as special guest Leon Tucker discusses some ways we might err as parents, and offers encouragement on how to guard against these dangers.
When we try to parent our kids without relational capital and healthy reserves of love, we’re likely to go astray. Join us as special guest Leon Tucker discusses a relational model of parenting.
Simple routines and small habits play an outsized role in the spiritual formation of our families. Discipleship happens in the context of relationship and relationships take time. And sometimes we have to establish habits that keep important things - like work or even parenting - from becoming ultimate things. Join us as we discuss work, marriage and family worship from Justin Whitmel Earley’s book, Habits of the Household.
Simple routines and small habits play an outsized role in the spiritual formation of our families. Seizing unplanned opportunities for spiritual formation is two-fold. It involves recognizing and limiting those influences that would conform us to the pattern of this world. And it also means pursuing those gracious influences that would lead to transformation into Christlikeness. Join us as we discuss screens, play, and conversation from Justin Whitmel Earley’s book, Habits of the Household.
Simple routines and small habits play an outsized role in the spiritual formation of our families. For moments of discipline to become fruitful opportunities for discipleship, we have to recognize (and interrupt!) our natural instincts with grace-empowered habits that remind us and our kids of God’s love in Christ. Join us as we discuss Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley.
Simple routines and small habits play an outsized role in the spiritual formation of our families. Mealtimes are for communion, not just consumption. But family meals are bigger than our nuclear families too. They’re also an opportunity for us as a family to turn strangers into friends. Join us as we discuss Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley.
Simple routines and small habits play an outsized role in the spiritual formation of our families. In this episode, we consider how mornings are for waking up to the reality of God’s love and evenings are for resting in His unchanging grace. Join us as we discuss Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley.
While our marriages are shaped by how we respond to defining moments, in Christ, we are never imprisoned by our past failures and wasted moments. Wherever we are in marriage, God calls us to rest ultimately in the defining moment of Christ's death in our place, His victory over the grave, and His justifying verdict over our lives. Join us as we discuss the final chapter of Dave Harvey’s book, I Still Do.
How do we endure when life’s dilemmas remain unresolved? How do we persevere in loving our spouse when trials have no clear end in sight? We find peace, not in having all the answers, but in clinging to the unchanging goodness of God. Check out the most recent episode of the podcast as we discuss chapter 11 of Dave Harvey’s book, I Still Do.
Our relationship with our kids changes over time, especially when they leave. It's never too early to think about how you can lift burdens from, not load burdens onto your adult children. This conversation is also helpful for younger couples still trying to figure out how to relate to their own parents. Join us as we discuss chapter 10 of Dave Harvey's book, I Still Do.
When the dreams and expectations we bring into marriage fail and go unmet, it can be disorienting. But if we will trust God's wisdom and work even in those moments, they can be opportunities for growth and enduring love. Join us as we discuss chapter 9 of Dave Harvey's book, I Still Do.
Sexual intimacy can be a gauge displaying the health (or lack thereof) and durability of marital intimacy. But sex, and unmet sexual expectations, can also lead to a lot of frustration and bitterness in marriage. Sex is hard to talk about, but it's too important not to. Join us as we discuss chapter 8 of Dave Harvey's book, I Still Do.
Mercy, from God to us and from us to our spouse, is essential for making marriage a haven we love to come home to. Join us as we discuss chapter 7 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
Suffering will crash your marriage at some point or another, and how you trust God and receive it as an opportunity will greatly impact the future health of your marriage. Join us as we discuss chapter 6 of Dave Harvey’s new book, I Still Do.
Suffering will crash your marriage at some point or another, and how you trust God and receive it as an opportunity will greatly impact the future health of your marriage. Join us as we discuss chapter 6 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
Meaningful membership in a healthy, Gospel-preaching church is essential for a strong and durable marriage, and to help our marriages point faithfully to the ultimate marriage. Join us as we discuss chapter 5 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
Meaningful membership in a healthy, Gospel-preaching church is essential for a strong and durable marriage, and to help our marriages point faithfully to the ultimate marriage. Join us as we discuss chapter 5 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
God graciously uses weakness in life and marriage to draw us into deeper dependence on Him and His strength. Join in as we discuss chapter 4 of Dave Harvey’s new book, I Still Do.
God graciously uses weakness in life and marriage to draw us into deeper dependence on Him and His strength. Join in as we discuss chapter 4 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
While our brokenness is more complex than our sin, we have to fight against the destructive tendency to avoid responsibility for our sin and shift the blame to others. Join us as we discuss chapter 3 of Dave Harvey’s new book, I Still Do.
While our brokenness is more complex than our sin, we have to fight against the destructive tendency to avoid responsibility for our sin and shift the blame to others. Join us as we discuss chapter 3 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
While sin in our own hearts is our most foundational problem, it's not our only problem. When we oversimplify and moralize everything, we run the risk of not loving our spouse as a whole person. Join us as we discuss chapter 2 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
While sin in our own hearts is our most foundational problem, it's not our only problem. When we oversimplify and moralize everything, we run the risk of not loving our spouse as a whole person. Join us as we discuss chapter 2 of Dave Harvey's new book, I Still Do.
An enduring marriage is cultivated and strengthened over time, especially as we respond to some of life's defining moments.
While growing up in a Christian home is a tremendous blessing, it's not without its dangers. How can parents affirm their children's profession of faith and help them cling to Christ for a lifetime?
As parents, we have massive influence in the lives of our children but the most important things we hope to see accomplished in their lives are beyond our ability to accomplish. So we must pray.
Part of raising our children "in the discipline and instruction of the Lord" means proactively equipping them with skills they'll need to grow as disciples of Jesus.
Disciple-making always takes time, and as parents, our task is to recognize and take advantage of the daily opportunities God gives us in each season of parenting.
As parents, our goal isn't behavior modification or mere information transmission. Depending on God's Spirit, and trusting the power of His Word, we pursue faith-fueled life transformation in our children's lives.
As a parent, the most important "tools" in your bag as you seek to raise your children to be followers of Christ are example and instruction.
When it comes to the discipleship of the next generation, parents are primary, but the local church also has a crucial role to play. Training the next generation to trust and treasure the Savior really is a partnership between church and home.
Discipleship is bringing all of life into conformity with Jesus' authority. It's constantly relying on His presence and power and doing everything for His glory. So, while discipleship in the home isn't less than Bible time, prayer, singing, and church engagement, it is so much more.
Oftentimes the biggest obstacle to our parenting is...ourselves! But God gives grace to help in time of need through a variety of channels.
In Genesis 1, we learn of God's authority in the context of God's goodness, and that should shape the way we represent God in our use of parental authority.
In order to faithfully represent the God of mercy to our children, we ourselves are in desperate need of His mercy. Good thing He is "rich in mercy!"
The aim of parenting is disciple-making, and we can only pursue that goal with joy and patience as we rest in God's abiding presence and power.
Real change happens when our kids come to face-to-face with the depths of their sin, and learn to cast themselves on God's rich mercy in Jesus.
Control is not the goal! God's intention is for us to be tools in His hand to produce heart and life change in our kids' lives.
Helping our children see and treasure the worth of God is the key to real and lasting change in their lives (and don't forget that the false gods we give our hearts to don't have to be made of wood and stone!).
Our children's behavior is going to be shaped by whatever controls their hearts. And God gives parents the privilege of helping their kids see that connection over and over.
If we want to communicate the glories of the gospel to our children, we have to be shaped by the gospel ourselves, which means, among other things, regularly dying to our own desires.
Gospel parenting requires that we as parents remember that all of our children's foolish thoughts, words, and actions flow from the foolishness in their hearts. With God's help, our task is to help our kids see the sin in their own hearts so that they will trust the wisdom of God.
Helping your children recognize authority as a good gift from God, and their inclination to resist it, is closely connected to helping them understand their need for the Savior.
Because our children are lost, gospel parenting doesn't stop with addressing behaviors, but seeks to deal with the spiritual sickness of sin (and the gospel is the only remedy!).
Involving and leading your kids in outreach to others is an important aspect of discipleship in the home.
Because transformation happens progressively, and often slowly, we have to be committed to long-view parenting.
All of creation and countless moments in every day life can help us remember and celebrate the gospel.
How we view ourselves, and where we look for meaning and purpose will shape our parenting, for good or bad.
The gospel is so powerful and so transformative that it affects every facet of our lives, especially life at home.
We won't be the instruments for change in our kids lives that God intends for us to be until we realize that we are incapable of changing their hearts.
Why you should help your kids learn to listen to God's Word on their own (and some practical suggestions for starting).
What can you do to cultivate a passion for the global spread of the gospel in the hearts of your kids?
How can you learn about and partner with Providence missionaries and church planters around the world? And why should you?
Parenthood is valuable ultimately because God intends to use us as a tool in His hands to reveal Himself to our children.
How can we avoid the danger of neglecting our marriage when our hands are full, especially with child-rearing?
Parenting that honors the Lord and passes on the gospel starts with a right understanding of our role as ambassadors of God, not owners of our kids.
According to God's wise and loving design, kids are nurtured and grow to know Him, in the context of a healthy, gospel-displaying marriage.
While starting the practice of family worship may be difficult, a robust confidence in the gospel of God's grace in Christ urges onward. (Discussion of the fifth chapter of Don Whitney's book, Family Worship).
Every family will face challenges when seeking to worship together, and some situations will be harder than others, but God is able to make all grace abound to us, no matter what our situation is (Discussion of the fourth chapter of Don Whitney's book, Family Worship).
Family worship can be as simple as three syllables: read, pray, sing. (Discussion of the third chapter of Don Whitney's book, Family Worship).
Though family worship may have fallen on hard times in our day, it has been practiced for centuries by families who love the Savior (Discussion of the second chapter of Don Whitney's book, Family Worship).
Family worship is a biblical concept that flows from God's call for parents to pass on the truth of the Gospel to the next generation (Discussion of the first chapter of Don Whitney's book, Family Worship).