Biblically Centered: Recent Episodes
Danika & Jonny Jordan
Following Jesus and raising kids in a Christ-centered home can be a challenge in today's culture. Each week we will have a conversation around 1 of 26 different Biblical Family Virtues from our curriculum. We talk about how to implement these virtues into your home, specifically with your children.
We have a good amount of fun along the way, but ultimately our hope is to help build a strong Biblical foundation for Christian families and their children as they develop their faith in Christ.
We pray that through the discovery of Biblical virtue, immersion in God's Word, and Christ-centered conversations your family will understand God and Biblical virtue more clearly.
Your hosts are Jonny & Danika Jordan. Find out more about Biblically Centered at www.biblicallycentered.com.
What does it mean to be full of truth? We know that God spoke everything into existence by merely speaking. And we know that Jesus is the Word made flesh. So, how are we able to communicate the truth (God's truth) to those around us? Speaking truthfully can be challenging. Even though our tongue is a small organ, it is sometimes the hardest to control. We would challenge you that if you're able to control your tongue and your words, then you can take control of the rest of your body as well (actions, attitudes, etc.). The Bible says that out of our hearts, our mouths will speak. So let's make sure what we are planting in our hearts is what we want to grow and mature and come out of our mouths.
"A person who voluntarily serves another or acts as his minister." This is why Jesus called Himself a servant. He came to voluntarily serve and act as our minister during His time on earth. He set the ultimate example of service and sacrifice. Serving in today's culture and climate, we are able to choose when, where, how, and whom we serve–we stay in charge. Jesus didn't choose when, where, how, and whom–He met needs as they came to Him.
"Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else–our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return." S. Truett Cathy
What is love? And why is that such a difficult question to answer in today's culture? We open this episode by comparing 1947's dictionary meaning and today's dictionary meaning to see how far away we've come from love centered around God.
God is love, but that love is only to be viewed and seen in light of all of His other virtues. God's primary virtue is holiness, so we cannot separate the two. God's love "is a static disposition of the will towards His people that is always unchanging."–Knowing Fatih Podcast
We are so thankful that God is more committed to Himself and His covenant than just a feeling towards us.
Love is found when we look at its corresponding object. If we love what God loves, then our love is morally good. But, if we start loving what God hates, then our love has become a twisted sin. If we suggest "love is love" apart from a corresponding object, then we have rendered it as an idol and removed it from its moral anchor: the one true and living God.
At the end of the day, do we define love, or does God?
From the very beginning God set the stage for good work. Even before the fall God designed Adam and Eve (man and woman) to work and take care of what He had created. It wasn't until after the fall that our attitude and behavior became tilted towards this stewardship. When we work, we are working for the Lord.
Laziness ultimately boils down to idolatry. So is its opposite: workaholism. Both of these vices are a form of self-worship. We can either think too low or too highly of ourselves, which therefore affects how we treat work. These vices are sinful, but they are more-so a symptom of a deeper sin issue: worship. Where our affections are set, is where our behavior will follow. So if our affections are set toward comfort, we will praise being comfortable over working for God.
It is impossible to be faithful to God and lazy. Godliness takes hard work.
We know that we have each been gifted with different abilities and talents. These unique things should be fostered and practiced so that we can use them for God. The body of Christ is made up of such a diverse group of believers, so it is imperative that we use those things to point to Christ. The purpose of our talents is not for self-gain, but ultimately for serving others and glorifying God. When we diligently develop our talents, they can open doors of opportunity to impact society and people who would otherwise not take notice of God. However, our work should be motivated by our love for God and not for the spotlight it might afford us. We can help our children identify their God-given talents by asking the following questions. What is a task that comes easily to them? What are they naturally good at? What are some of their biggest character strengths?
How do we break down our time? How do we set our priorities? How we think about this shows were our worship and idols lie. The Bible tells us to "look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time. (Ephesians 5:15-16) If we give God the adoration and reverence that He deserves, then we will give Him ultimate control over every aspect of our lives. We must live our lives in dependence on Him. When we choose wisdom, we will make the most of each day, being faithful to however many of them God grants us to live. Worship is an aspect of our faith that we can just reserve for Sundays, but we challenge you to think about how worship can be incorporated into your life every day. Especially so your children will see. Making time with God a priority will bring opposition, but is such an important decision to make. Setting your purpose for spending time with God will encourage you to seek Him more often and will help you cultivate your relationship with Him.
God made us to be relational beings. Because He is a triune God, it is only fitting that we have need for others since God Himself has never been alone. Even when the world was perfect in the Garden of Eden, Adam was given Eve to do life with. Adam needed someone when the world was in its perfect state, so how much more should we need others now that we live in the fallen world. Community helps us sanctify ourselves because people push us to change and be more Christ-like. When we're in a faith-filled community, we're able to remind each other of God's truth in any situation. We can share what God is doing in our lives, we can unite in prayer for one another, and we can serve together to make a bigger difference. As we live our lives in committed community with other believers, we model Christian holiness for our children. Some statements to remember: We belong to God. We no longer belong to the world. We belong together in the church.
Peace—it's not just about the absence of conflict, it's also about positive blessing. How can we practice this virtue and not be agitated with passion or undisturbed? Sometimes it can boil down to sacrifice. We might have to sacrifice pride or the thought of "being right" in the moment in order to create a peaceful environment. God's peace isn't a magic wand, it only comes when we exercise faith. When our eyes are fixed on God, there is a peace this world cannot rob from us. We know that we can trust God amidst any turmoil or uncertainty.
Unruffled, endurance without murmuring, constitutional fortitude–is that what comes to mind with you think of patience? It is definitely more dense of a definition then we normally default to. This episode covers how to have true patience and understanding not only with our children, but with ourselves, and other people. "it is not the patience which grimly waits for the end, but the patience which radiantly hopes for the dawn." - William Barclay. We wrap up by talking about God's patience and how it's hard for us to see what's happening beneath the surface even when we don't see progress. We are thankful that God is not slow, but that He is patient.
As we continue our third category, we are talking about attitudes and behaviors that stem from our heart. "Out of the heart the mouth speaks." We want to display the Fruit of the Spirit in how we speak and act. Gentleness gives people dignity of birth and allows them to see tenderness that comes from Christ. We discuss how gentleness surprises people, dignifies them, and ultimately gives them a picture of Christ. Since we are the closest thing to Jesus Himself that people will see, how we treat people is what they will believe we think Jesus is like. We are able to offer hope when we encourage other believers in the faith. When we encourage one another we are not just trying to make them feel better, we are also strengthening their heart for the task at hand.
Since it's the beginning of 2024, we talk about what we have coming up in the new year. From daily kid's podcasts, to an online community, to board books—we're planning on expanding our Biblical Family Virtues to make them better and more accessible for you! Is there anything else you'd like to see??
We know everyone has special memories and traditions that come with the Christmas season. In this episode we share some of our favorite things about Christmas, as well as some of our favorite memories. Listen and laugh along as we go through each of our top 5 Christmas things.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." (Romans 15:13). As Christians, we can joyfully radiate hope because we've experienced God's grace. Our hope is not just in a future event, it is based on substantial evidence found in God's Word. Biblical hope is confident. And it is confident because it isn't based on yourself, your power, your wisdom, etc. Our hope is ONLY found in God, God's power, God's wisdom, etc. We can make bold choices of faith because of the confidence and courage that only comes from a biblical hope.
We want to foster a joy in obedience in our children, not drudgery. Our role as parents is crucial for children to view God as their ultimate authority. As we give our kids structure and point them towards God they will see our parenting for what it really is, a mirror of who Christ is to them. As we parent, we have the opportunity to be owners or ambassadors. Having ownership means we are always seeing what we can get FROM our children, while being an ambassador means faithfully representing the character of the leader who has sent us. Which, in the case of our parenting, God has entrusted us with our children. How can we view our parenting as an opportunity to show God's grace?
"Self-discipline leads to a self-reliant, self-sufficient life." BUT, is that really what we want for our children? We challenge that idea in this episode. We believe it would be better to have them be "God-disciplined so they will be God-reliant, and live a God-sufficient life." As we develop humility, submission, and discipline in our children we are developing an internal reliance on God and His moral character which ultimately overshadows any other authority. As Christians, it's important we seek God's boundaries for our behavior. We are never just dealing with our children's words and actions. We are also dealing with their heart which ultimately controls their behavior. It is important that as parents we remember to correct in a way that speaks to their heart issue, not just their words or actions.
When we operate with wisdom, we use discretion and exercise our knowledge. We can either avoid evils or attempt good. Prudence is wisdom applied in practice. "Knowledge consists of knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom consists of not putting it in a fruit salad." (Miles Kington) When we use wisdom, we are living every moment as if we are physically before God. As Christians, we have confidence in knowing that wisdom is God-given. When we gain wisdom, we are gaining His thoughts. If we rely on our knowledge alone, we have misplaced our trust in ourselves and are operating out of outright arrogance. Today it seems, we have the most information available to us at this point in history, and ironically, the least amount of wisdom. We want wisdom for ourselves and our children. Listen to see how you can gain wisdom from God.
We discuss the differences between mercy and grace. Mercy is with-holding what we deserve and grace is getting what we do not deserve. Because God is holy, He is the only one who can act in complete justice in these areas. Forgiveness is the key ingredient in any relationship. As Christians, we operate in horizontal and vertical forgiveness. Horizontal forgiveness is towards and from other people, and vertical forgiveness is how we receive forgiveness from God. We also talk about the fulfillment of the New Testament and Christ in the area of forgiveness. Instead of the Mosaic Law in the Old Testament which shed blood sacrificially in the temple/tabernacle at certain times and under certain circumstances; Jesus' death has forever forgiven our sin and there is no need for continual blood sacrifice. While we don't have to ask for daily justification, we do need to seek forgiveness to restore our fellowship with God after we have sinned.
The biblical virtue of self-control is one that we want our children to practice habitually so that it comes naturally to them later in life. What are the differences between self-control and self-discipline? Well, we talk through both of those ideas and which one we ultimately want to develop in our children. Once we're able to operate in this virtue, we will become God-dependent instead of other-dependent. Self-control is not only about controlling our actions; but it's also about controlling our thoughts and attitudes too. Through exercising this virtue we are allowing the fruits of righteousness to be cultivated in our lives and in our children's lives.
We believe that God can use His Word and prayer to change us, which is the whole point. We have been justified with Christ, but now our daily sanctification is a process by which reading our Bible and praying provide us with opportunities to make sure we're reflecting God in all that we do. The Bible is written FOR us not TO us. It contains eternal, objective truth that clearly shows God's overarching plan through all of Scripture. We come to God's Word and prayer asking, "What does this show us about God and His character?" NOT "What does this say about me?" With this biblical virtue, we are saying that we are dedicating our parenting to seeking God so that our children SEE our example. If we expect them to follow God, then our actions need to follow our words.
We discuss the significance of Christ Jesus as the second person of the Godhead. His death was necessary, He alone provides a path to God and salvation, and people must accept Jesus to have eternal life. Atonement was necessary for all the sins anyone has committed. Because God is holy, He must act in judgment towards sin. If God were to overlook sin that would make Him imperfect and ultimately we would be allowed to do whatever we want. This would undercut the authority of God.
We don't have to rely on our own intuition or "feelings." As believers, we have the Holy Spirit who is able to help us distinguish one thing from another: ie truth from falsehood, virtue from vice, etc. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead and is fully God in his unique role in the Trinity. With Jesus' ascent into Heaven, He made way for the entrance of the Holy Spirit on His believers at Pentecost. This allows us to have a new way to relate to God. How amazing is the new revealed covenant between God and His people! We believe that we can be guided and given discernment from the Holy Spirit as we seek God through His Word and through prayer. The Holy Spirit's voice will always line up with the Word of God. Our faith is grace through faith and so the Holy Spirit helps us lives out our daily sanctification.
As believers, we aren't perfect and perfection isn't our goal. But, we are made holy through Christ which means we are set apart to a higher calling to do good work for Christ. Holiness is one of the essential attributes of God—if not THE essential attribute. Holiness is not implied as a law or standard outside of God Himself, but all moral law and perfection have their basis in His very nature. He is the root and ground of them all. "Holiness is a harvest. It isn't a matter of personality, upbringing, or gifting; the difference is what has been planted into the soil of one's heart and soul." Tim Chester paraphrase.
We're here to equip you with knowledge and conversations for your family to live and defend your Christian faith. As Christian parents, it's our job to lead our children to know what it looks like to follow Christ. From attending church to our family dynamics, each aspect of our lives paints a picture of what we think of God and how we think He wants us to live. The world and its culture are shifting, and we must be rooted and grounded in something concrete. No matter your background—raised in Christian culture, coming to Christ later in life, strong family unit or not—you want your children to be prepared and for their Christian foundation to be secure. Have you ever thought “I wish I had a blueprint for what it looks like to live like Christ?” We know we sure have! Besides the most important tool we have—God’s Word—we wanted a tangible, constant reference to point both ourselves and our children to throughout our week. That’s why we created Biblical Family Virtues based in God’s Word. www.biblicallycentered.com
Join us as we talk about the 15th and 16th virtues of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 15: We kindly respond with gentleness, because all people are made in God's image. Virtue 16: We demonstrate empathy to others by extending patience.In this episode we talk about attitudes and behavior. Continuing from our last episode, these virtues round out the Fruit of the Spirit. We talk about how gentleness can surprise people, dignify people, and give people a picture of Christ. We also discuss how to bear offenses without anger or revenge. "I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Ephesians 4:1-3We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide to gentleness and empathy!www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the 13th and 14th virtues of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 13: We radiate with joy and hope because we've experienced God's grace. Virtue 14: We earnestly pursue peace, letting the Spirit control our hearts and minds.In this episode we talk about taking joy in obedience of God's Word and how joy is evidence of receiving salvation. We discuss how biblical hope is confident because it is not based on ourselves, our power or our wisdom. It can only be found in God, His power, and His wisdom. We also talk about peace and that we can only know what that is if we've experienced NOT peace. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." Romans 15:13We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide to joy, hope, and peace!www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
In this episode we talk about biblical attitudes. This is the fourth category that virtues 13-16 of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues" are contained. The virtues in this category cover joy, hope, peace, gentleness, kindness, and patience.The majority of these encapsulate the Fruit of the Spirit and frequently overlap one another. They are an outward expression of what is in one's heart. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Matthew 12:34These virtues might be the only testimony some people see of your relationship with Christ. It's important in today's culture that the world SEE that we are different.Joy is something that only Christians can have with confidence, as is the same with hope. Our peace is not one that shies back, but that remains steady despite any circumstance because our confidence in in Christ working on our behalf. In recognition of God's creation, we treat all people with dignity through kindness and patience.Ultimately our behaviors (and our children's) are a result of our attitudes. "Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." Philippians 1:27Our ultimate example of a perfect attitude is Jesus. "Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously." 1 Peter 2:23We pray that "...the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy." Ephesians 4:23-24We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered attitudes!*If you would like to cultivate a biblical attitude visit, www.biblicallycentered.com to sign up for our soon-coming community!
Join us as we talk about the 12th virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 12: We live in ongoing forgiveness, showing mercy to others and ourselves. In this episode we talk about the key ingredient in any relationship: forgiveness. We talk about what it means to receive it and how to grant it to others. We receive it in our vertical relationship with God (and sometimes with others, horizontally), and we give forgiveness in our horizontal relationships with people. We talk about how God's heart is tender towards His people who are in need—and isn't that everyone!? The answer to self-condemnation isn't self-forgiveness (because we can't do that!), it's forgiveness that only comes from Christ. We wrap up this episode by talking about how we are indebted everyday to God's mercy. We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered forgiveness! Psalm 51:1-2 | Psalm 103:10-12 | 1 John 1:7-10 *Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens"www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the 11th virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 11: We speak with encouragement, guarding our mouths from unwholesome talk. "Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you." -William Arthur Ward In this episode, we talk about what it means to provide support, confidence, and hope with the words we speak. We discuss how we have encouragement in three different seasons: when facing great difficulties, when we have great opportunity ahead of us, and in our ordinary/everyday life. We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered encouragement! *Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens" www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the 10th virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 10: We seize opportunities to serve others, putting their needs above our own. Philippians 2:5-8 “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” In this episode, we talk about how Christ set the ultimate example of service and sacrifice. He didn't choose when, where, how, or whom he served. He met needs as they came to Him. Every day we have opportunities to give something to someone else: time, love, resources, etc. When we voluntarily serve others, we find joy. We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered servanthood! *Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens" www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the 9th virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues." Virtue 09: We overflow with love for others, modeling Christ’s example. Matthew 22:37 "And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to have biblical love in our relationships. God's love is an act of the will, not just an emotion. Human love can be changed in quality or in extent. God's love isn't like that. His love is a static disposition of the will towards His people that is always unchanging. We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered love! *Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens" www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
In this episode we talk about biblical relationships. This is the third category that virtues 9-12 of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues" fall under. The virtues contained in this category cover love, serving, encouragement, and forgiveness.
Building on the following two categories of authority and choices, relationships are how we interact with others once we have rightly placed God as the authority of our lives and our choices flow out of honoring Him.
God is a relational God, and because we were created in His image, we were made for relationships. It's up to us to be intentional with them. Referring back to our first category, we have to have righty oriented relationships. Our relationship with God should be our priority.
How we treat others is a reflection of how we have accepted Christ's relationships with us. How are we preparing our children to have relationships—especially with the living God?
We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered relationships!
*If you would like to have relationships with other Christian parents of young children, who are also following our 24 Biblical Family Virtues, visit www.biblicallycentered.com to sign up for our soon-coming community!!
Join us as we talk about the 8th virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
- We speak truthfully and do not mislead people with our words.
In this episode we discuss truthfulness: being full of truth. We read several Scriptures from John 1 in which the Bible tells us that the "Word was with God" and that "He became flesh and dwelt among us." We talk about how posting on social media needs to be evaluated through this biblical virtue so that we are being truthful with how we portray ourselves. We talk about how we are molded and misshapen by the words of others and that we can leave others in better or worse shape because of something we said. Even though our tongue is tiny, it's often the hardest part to control. We also list of lot of things that our words do. Some of those are: steal, lift up, conceal, and heal. We also talk about how we need to think about how our words are affecting and leaving other people. Because we belong to a speaking God, we should choose our words wisely because it's with them that we're representing Him.
*Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens"
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the sixth virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
- We practice self-control with our words and actions, and when faced with temptation.
In this episode we discuss self-control and self-discipline. Self-control being what helps us curb ungodly desires, and self-discipline being what helps us kindle holy desires. We talk about how self-control can help us be God-dependent. Self-control is an important virtue that lends itself to every area of our life. We also discuss how our problem isn't always that we do the wrong thing; it's that we don't do the right thing. We have to cultivate fruits of righteousness. We end talking about 2 Timothy 1:7, "for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."
*Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens"
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the sixth virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
- We ask God for wisdom, and are eager to do what is right.
In this episode we discuss how wisdom is God-given. Reliance on our own knowledge is really just misplaced trust and and outright arrogance. We talk about how the wisdom of the Holy Spirit leads and directs us in ways that no human would have. As our children grow, we have to understand that wisdom take discipline, time and commitment. As they are young we can give them knowledge and then pray that they apply it well—producing wisdom. We also discuss how wisdom is sometimes choosing "best" over "good."
*Want to gain critical thinking around popular culture? Read our Bible App plan called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens"
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the fourth virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
- We confess our sins, submit to correction, and accept discipline with a humble spirit.
We immediately dive in to self-sufficiency versus God-sufficiency. "Self-discipline leads to a self-reliant, self-sufficient life" VERSUS "God-disciplined so they will be God-reliant, and live a God-sufficient life."
We discuss how discipline is about developing an internal reliance on God and His moral character. We are never dealing with JUST our children's words and actions. We are also dealing with their hearts which ultimately control their behavior. We also talk about how unnatural submission is for a sinner.
We also quote Paul David Tripp from his book 'Parenting': "People who are committed to self-rule won't submit to the rules of another, and because they won't submit to the rules of another, they won't think that they are wrong or confess their wrongs, and because they don't confess their wrongs, they won't seek God's forgiveness or seek God's help."
*The Bible plan that we have published is called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens" and can be found on the Bible app!
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
In this episode we talk about biblical choices. This is the second category that virtues 5-8 of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues" fall under. The virtues contained in this category cover discipline, wisdom, self-control, and truthfulness.
With established authority, our choices can be made correctly if our hearts are aligned to the first four biblical family virtues. "A Christ-centered identify leads to Christ-honoring habits—and Christ-honoring habits reinforce a Christ-centered identity." Paul David Tripp in his book 'Parenting.'
Automatic good choices only truly come once a person has developed a relationship with Christ. Good choices can only be good if they're rooted in moral goodness, which we know ONLY comes from a good God.
Kids have to learn HOW to make choices. Parenting is practice—practice in correcting your child's attitudes and actions so they see how good choices reinforce the Christian faith.
We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered choices!
Join us as we talk about the fourth virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
04 - We attentively listen to our parents and honor their God-given authority.
We discuss how God designed an authority structure and gave parents a crucial role. We talk about how parenting might feel like a drudgery, but that we should instead view it with joy. We also contrast "ownership" and "ambassador" views of parenting that Paul David Tripp talks about in his book "Parenting." As an ambassador parent we are called to faithfully represent the message, methods, and character of Him who entrusted our children. We discuss how parenting is a life-long connected process that is full of partial conversations and unfinished moments which ultimately WILL impart wisdom to your child. It happens layer upon layer, drip by drip.
*The Bible plan that we have published is called "View Popular Culture Through a Biblical Lens" and can be found on the Bible app!
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the third virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
03 - We seek God and His absolute truth by daily reading our Bible, praying boldly, and listening to the Holy Spirit.
We discuss making the Bible, your prayer life, and the Holy Spirit seen to your children. We talk about how God's Word is meant to transform us into better reflections of Christ by showing us our sin. We discuss having a continual attitude of prayer and that it is communion with God. We end by talking about the third person of the Godhead: the Holy Spirit. We discuss how He uses the Bible to transform us from the inside out.
https://www.crossway.org/articles/infographic-you-can-read-more-of-the-bible-than-you-think/ - Crossway Bible Reading Infographic
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-seekers-bible-stories-for-kids/id1347649088 - Truth Seekers Podcast for Kids
www.biblicallycentered.com - Learn more about our upcoming Biblically Centered Community for Christian parents with young children. This is centered around our soon-coming 24 Biblical Family Virtues.
Join us as we talk about the second virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
02- We worship God for His overwhelming compassion in sending Christ to bring us to righteousness.
We discuss what it means that Jesus not only is righteous, but that one of His names is "Righteousness." We talk about how Jesus' death was necessary, how He alone provides a path to God, and that people must accept Jesus to have eternal life.
We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered righteousness!
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Join us as we talk about the first virtue of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues."
01- We revere the one true and living God and pursue holiness with our entire being.
We discuss what it means that God is holy and why we should try to strive for something that seems so out-of-reach. From the Old Testament to the end of the New Testament, the Bible continues to echo God's holiness.
We hope you enjoy this Christian parent's guide on Biblically Centered holiness!
In this episode we talk about biblical Authority. This is the category that the first 4 of our "24 Biblical Family Virtues" fall under. The first 3 of our biblical virtues are about seeing God for WHO He really is.
We discuss how to live rightly oriented to God and give Him full authority of our lives. We believe that God is our ultimate authority and the only one able to give authority. This theme is repeated all throughout the Old Testament to show how great God really is.
We also discuss consequences of not obeying God's authority and how we can have hope despite our shortcomings.
What's the difference between values and virtues? What does it mean to have Christian virtue? Why is it important for you to establish biblical family virtues for your family? Jonny and Danika Jordan of Biblically Centered discuss these questions and more in this exciting episode!
Welcome to Biblically Centered's first podcast episode! We're here to equip you with knowledge and conversations for your family to live and defend your Christian faith.