FamilyLife Today®

Conversations about money and inheritances can be uncomfortable. But wouldn't it be better to talk about it with family members while you can, rather than to leave it to the state to decide after you are gone? Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, walks through different scenarios, and gives suggestions about how to make wise money decisions. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Learn more about the Blended and Blessed Live Event...

You can tell a lot about what a person values by the choices they make with money. Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, says finances and personal values are especially complicated in blended families. Ron urges couples thinking about blending a family, to plan, plan, plan, for your financial future together. He lists practical tools to help make asset management easier. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Learn more about the...

Rob and Gina Flood talk about the communication skills they learned that turned their isolated marriage into a relationship of true oneness. Together they help couples understand how implementing these tools—first response, prayer, physical touch, mirroring, and proper timing—can take their communication from a C- to an A+. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Check out all that's available on the FamilyLife Podcast Network....

Like many couples, Rob and Gina Flood had a lot to learn about healthy communication in marriage. They realized early on that communication wasn't about winning or losing, but about building up or tearing down. Together they share five communication tools that helped transform their marriage. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Check out all that's available on the FamilyLife Podcast Network....

Some marriages are difficult right off the bat. That was the case for Rob and Gina Flood, who were surprised their honeymoon was as difficult as it was. It was only after months of frustration they realized their bad communication habits kept short circuiting healthy dialogue. Learn what they did to turn their communication, and marriage, around. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Check out all that's available on the FamilyLife...

FamilyLife Today's Bob Lepine brings a wise and seasoned perspective to what God is doing in the world amidst COVID-19. He offers us two options on how to view the current crisis: 1) the "Imagine" option, with no one or nothing governing our world and the universe simply running on it's own, and 2) the "Providence" option, with the world and everything in it governed by God. Learn the practical comfort and profound implications of this "Providence" option. Show Notes and Resources We have...

FamilyLIfe Today hosts Dave and Ann Wilson bring us six W's of hope for families during COVID-19, including: Word (reading the Bible), Worship (having a vertical perspective), Work/Play (finding a healthy balance), Words (relationships need communication), Walk (love and serve your neighborhood), and Weave (seizing the moment by coming together as a family). Show Notes and Resources We have partnered with Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, as he launches a new way to bring faith to our...

When should you talk to your son about the dangers of porn? Author Dave Willis talks to parents about raising boys who respect girls. Women are to be cherished, and that is contrary to the message porn sends. Willis recalls his past struggles with porn, and offers dads some valuable insight into broaching this topic with their sons. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The Weekend to Remember®...

With COVID-19 we're all in uncharted territory. Brian Goins, head of content at FamilyLIfe, and Ron Deal, head of FamilyLife Blended, offer us a compass for navigating this frightening new normal. Listen as Brian and Ron talk about the four points of the compass: 1) finding true north in God, 2) sorting through our anxieties so things don't go south, 3) establishing new rhythms as families, and 4) walking in love as salt and light in the world. Show Notes and Resources We have partnered...

Author Dave Willis, who is also a husband and father of four sons, talks honestly about where he feels men are missing the mark. He reminds men that selfishness is the opposite of respect, and advises men to train their sons to serve others as Christ did. He also talks about a man's struggle between career and hobbies, and shares how men often prioritize their hobbies over their family. Show Notes and Resources Download "7 areas dads unintentionally teach their sons the wrong priorities."...

Author Dave Willis recalls a time when his middle-school son came home and asked him a question that shocked him. He answered his son the best he could and encourages parents to initiate those challenging conversations about sex and girls with their sons as soon as possible, before the culture schools them in untruths. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The Weekend to Remember® https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember/ Check...

How does your daughter view herself? Vicki Courtney talks about the harm constant comparison causes, and she encourages moms to teach their daughters their true worth can only be found in Jesus. Moms can have a tremendous influence on how their girls see themselves, especially in the context of media. But they must intentionally have those hard conversations. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The Weekend to Remember®...

Mother of three Vicki Courtney reflects on how the use of technology is changing the landscape of our culture, and not always for good. Increased levels of mental illness, anxiety, depression, and suicide among our teens make it paramount for mothers to teach their daughters where their worth and identity really come from. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The Weekend to Remember®...

What does the Bible mean when it calls women "the weaker vessel"? Author Mary Kassian explains that women are more vulnerable to being abused and hurt. When women are hurt they sometimes respond in one of two ways: They either live by their emotions or they suppress their emotions, and neither option is good. Kassian gives women practical advice for engaging their emotions in a God-honoring way. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The...

Author Mary Kassian tells women that if they want to be strong in the Lord, stay away from the creeps. Creeps can be anything from bad boys to bad attitudes, and don't forget the biggest creep of all-Satan-who would love to distract you from the things of the Lord. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. The Weekend to Remember® https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember/ Check out all that's available on the FamilyLife Podcast...

When a pandemic strikes, what should Christians do? Perhaps just as importantly, what should we not do. On this special edition of FamilyLife Today, we'll hear from FamilyLife President David Robbins, along with Dave and Ann Wilson and Bob Lepine, as we discuss a Christian response to COVID-19. Show Notes and Resources Download our scripture guide for followers of Christ for responding to fear....

Award-winning author Mary Kassian, who had five brothers, grew up believing she could do anything boys could do-and the feminist movement confirmed that. But Kassian loved Jesus, and as she grew older she tells how she started to recognize that what she viewed as strength wasn't really strength at all. Kassian shares how submission to Christ affirms a woman's identity and gives her strength from within. Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at...

Directors Jon and Andy Erwin talk about their latest release, "I Still Believe," a movie based on the real-life story of chart-topping singer Jeremy Camp. Starring KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain, and Gary Sinise, "I Still Believe" is a powerful reminder that in the midst of life's storms, true hope can be found. Show Notes and Resources Watch the trailer for the I Still Believe movie. https://istillbelievemovie.com/ The Weekend to Remember®...

Jeremy Camp talks about one of the most pivotal events of his life-the death of his wife, Melissa, just 100 days after their wedding. Burdened with grief, Jeremy shares how he struggled with God and even his own faith, until a weekend alone brought spiritual breakthrough. Show Notes and Resources Watch the trailer for the I Still Believe movie. https://istillbelievemovie.com/ Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Check out all that's available on the...

Dove-Award winning recording artist Jeremy Camp reminisces about his college days where he met Melissa, the pretty girl in his Bible study. Jeremy fondly remembers their on again/off again courtship and the cancer that had them praying with fervor and grasping for the hand of God. Show Notes and Resources Watch the trailer for the I Still Believe movie. https://istillbelievemovie.com/ Find resources from this podcast at https://shop.familylife.com/. Check out all that's available on the...