The Family Teams Podcast

Jeremy is joined by Rory Groves, who moved his family to a homestead 12 years ago and eventually quit his software engineer job to build a family economy. They talk about the implications of the industrial revolution and how anti-family (and anti-God) it is, and how families can start to make the mindset shift to build a family economy in a modern world. There are some really fundamental, theological questions that require wrestling with, because so many Christians today give up some fundamental arguments to the secular world, and Jeremy and Rory break many of these down around topics like work, family, economy, and more. They look ahead at the next few years and what to expect with AI, and Rory gives an overview of his book Durable Trades as a way to defend your family against the likely devastation that's incoming. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:05 Rory's Journey From Programming To Farming 5:55 Did God Design Family To Work Together? 8:07 The Industrial Revolution...Disaster? 17:53 The Economic Implications of a Family-Centered Life 23:12 The Family as The Basic Economic Unit 29:36 How Important is Land? 31:01 How To Launch Into A Family Economy 35:14 The Future of AI and How Families Can Properly Defend Themselves 41:30 Family Worship Rhythms Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Life by Kevin Swanson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996171983/ The Natural Family by Allan Carlson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0747Q5XKL/ Durable Trades by Rory Groves: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1725274140/ The Grovestead Newsletter: https://www.thegrovestead.com/newsletter/ Gather and Grow: https://gatherandgrow.us/ Family Inc: https://courses.familyteams.com/familyinc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Is it pointless to try to leave a family legacy when your great grandkids probably won't even know who you are? That's what business influencer Alex Hormozi said recently. "Just help people now, don't worry about a family legacy", is essentially his argument. Reilly Pilgrim and Chris Cirullo join Jeremy to discuss whether this is the right way to think about this as Christians building Family Teams. Jeremy shows us that the Bible actually explicitly answers this question. You might be surprised to find out where! On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Hormozi Says Future Legacy Is Pointless 14:20 The Bible Explicitly Answers This Question 29:25 Getting A Story Of Your Family 36:09 Knowing Your Family Line 40:40 Should You Want To Be Famous? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: The Mission-Fit Father by Chris Cirullo: https://www.missionfit.co/book/ John Adams by David McCullough: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC0QHA/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

This month in the Family Teams Accelerator, we're going deep on The Romantic Partnership. Marriage is so much more than just romance or just partnership. We think it fundamentally has three parts to it that we've spent a long time trying to get right. In this episode, we're joined by Rhett and Angela Barbour, who are our Accelerator coaches this month, to discuss super practical ways to apply these three fundamental principles to your marriage, so you can build a true romantic partnership that creates a family that lasts generations. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 3:29 Covenant As The Foundation 14:16 Stoking Romance with Date Nights 24:32 Partnership and Organizational Leadership 35:02 How To Thoughtfully Apply This Mentioned: Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator 7 Tips For Date Night: https://familyteams.com/date Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

FREE GUIDE: 7 Tips For Leveling Up Your Date Nights: https://familyteams.com/date The world...even most of the Christian world...sees marriage wrong. Marriage is not primarily a romantic, love-based relationship. It's much more than that. It's a covenant, designed to create a God-honoring family that lasts 1000+ generations. In this episode, you'll learn 3 things we've done to build our own marriage that also seems to have worked for the dozens if not hundreds of couples we're closely connected with. To get the FULL deep dive into all of these topics (and more), join us in the Family Teams Accelerator this month! On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro and Sydney's Wedding! 2:07 Family Teams Sees Marriage Differently 4:37 Play #1: Found Your Marriage On The Bedrock of Covenant 12:35 Play #2: Date Night 17:56 Play #3: Building Your Romantic Parntership With "Co-Founder Meetings" 25:47 Join Us In The Accelerator! Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator FREE GUIDE: 7 Tips For Leveling Up Your Date Nights: https://familyteams.com/date --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Birth rates are declining rapidly across the Western and developed world. Yet...there are still families out there having 5+ children, completely defying modern trends. What encourages someone to have a large family? How do we promote the benefits and joys of having a lot of kids? What does it mean for the future of our country and our world? In today's episode, Jeremy dives into this topic with economist and author, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America, to discuss her work on the subject, specifically her book Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying The Birth Dearth. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:01 Why Write A Book About Mothers With 5+ Children 5:35 Why Women Choose To Have More Children 8:04 How Do Lawmakers React To Such A Faith-Focused Finding? 14:21 A Purpose So Strong You Can Withstand Anything 24:18 Individual vs Team Mentality in Family 31:04 Roles in Family 36:30 The Healing Power of an Infant 41:48 The Benefit of Having Older Kids Around Young Siblings Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying The Birth Dearth by Catherine Pakaluk: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684514576/ Catherine Pakaluk Website: https://pakaluk.com/ Family Plan Calendar: https://shop.familyteams.com/products/family-plan-calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Modern parenting experts are saying some pretty bizarre things. Is it truly good for children to get a sense that they're not in charge? Or does parental authority somehow limit their freedom of expression? Is the chief aim of parenting to create a "safe" environment for our kids? Should we force our kids to create their own version of good and evil? We answer these questions and more on today's podcast. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:45 How does authority interact with children? 1:41 Dr. Becky Talks Authority 11:55 Gabor Mate on 3 Modes of Parenting 20:10 The Issue With Parenting As An American 24:27 The Collapse of Parenting 31:24 Feeling-Driven Parenting 34:21 Parenting Prosperity Gospel? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Dr. Becky Reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDj6bW4u2ts/ Gabor Mate Reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DES_PqEoYv9/ Dr. Leonard Sax on Andrew Klavan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6BFgkdIcy0 Adam Lane Smith Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrSuMeck9hI Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

NEW!!! 👉 Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator This week we sit down with Accelerator Community Coaches Nate and Katelyn Sallee to get their practical insights into how they're building their family team. We focus on 5 parts of their life: communication, family devotions, work, entertainment, and hospitality. We want you to be able to hear from real families who are applying what they're learning from Family Teams, so that you have a real life example to consider as you begin to build your own family team. Nate and Katelyn are this month's community coaches inside the new Family Teams Accelerator, so if you want to learn more from them, or even ask them specific questions about what you hear in this episode, make sure to join us inside the Accelerator, where you'll be getting insanely practical coaching on how to apply all of this in your own family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro and NEW Monthly Podcast Episode Segment 2:12 Entering the Family Teams Universe and Building a Family Team 9:50 Communication as a Family Team 15:20 Family Devotionals 22:17 Family Team at Work 32:27 Entertainment as a Family Team 37:52 Hospitality as a Family Team Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F Jesus Storybook Bible: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0310708257 Dwell Differently Scripture Tattoos: https://dwelldifferently.com/ Louie Giglio Books: https://www.indescribablekids.com/books Dude Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/@dudeperfect The Master Plan of Evangelism: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800788087/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! (See below and listen to the episode!) Today we'll will give you a sneak peak into a HUGE topic at the core of what we do at family teams... How To Transform Your Family From A Nest Into A Team We break down the importance of family movie night (including two of our top 10 picks that show family teams in action), and share an important hack we learned when our kids were younger to practically build our family into a team. You'll also learn about a HUGE announcement in the Family Teams world that'll help you on the practical side more than anything else we've ever done. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:54 Huge Announcement! 3:50 The Importance of Family Movie Night 4:50 Movie Pick #1 11:21 Movie Pick #2 17:57 Do Individual Things Together 19:53 Swap Individual Sports for a Family Team Sport 27:48 Join The Family Teams Accelerator! Resources: Top 10 Family Team Movies: https://familyteams.com/movies/ Family Kick Ball Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0vWa3pqCs Family Kick Ball: https://familykickball.com/ Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy's daughter, Sydney, is getting married soon, so Jeremy starts off today's episode talking about something every daughter wants to talk to their dad about: Contraception in marriage! 😂 The whole conversation focuses on the purpose of marriage, children as a result of marriage, and what it means that most poeple in the western world today think having kids is optional. The numbers are pretty shocking (93-98% population collapse?!), but there's a Christian response to all of this that we think you should know about. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:15 Should Having Kids Be Considered Optional? 6:30 Three Purposes of Marriage 15:49 Contraception in Marriage 26:35 Is Western Society Hurtling Toward Self-Destruction? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Orthodox Priest and Catholic Apologist Discuss Marriage Clip: https://youtu.be/4v2gCF6fil0?si=lIRCDWFh5QoB1lRU&t=2809 Previous Episode on Contraception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECwOr1DIeTg --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

We live in a decidedly "therapeutic culture". There are a million questions we could ask about the implications of this, especially as it relates to fatherhood and motherhood, but the one we focus on today is, "Is embracing this therapeutic culture maladaptive for men?" Put another way, we discuss whether fathers are different enough from mothers that the question of therapy itself has to be broken down among gender lines. As always, we believe fatherhood and motherhood are the anchor points of gender. The entire REASON for gender. So, it makes sense that we talk about roles and how each member of the family could or perhaps even should approach therapy. Hit play to find out if dads should approach therapy differently. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:25 Has therapeutic culture done some kind of damage to fatherhood? 2:48 Boys vs. girls talking about their feelings (Christina Hoff Summers Clip 5:55 Gender impact on therapy 8:04 Modern and ancient world collide over therapy 11:45 Therapy in the Sopranos 18:59 Therapy to become a victim 29:15 The risk of being too extreme and not having a support network Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Tyler Graham: https://www.3mphfatherhood.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/3mphfatherhood/ Philip Dosa: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDosa/ Christina Hoff Sommers on Dad Saves America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKe8BxvjZIs Dewayne Noel on Modern Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB8ma6fmb1A Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBYHTV2D Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Our first granddaughter is 10 days old, and we have a family story to share with you, that we hope will encourage and give hope to all of you mothers out there (and the fathers who lead family teams!). The story you're about to hear absolutely shocked the nurse involved...but we thought it was totally normal. It's just one more proof point to the goodness of God's ancient plan for families, and why we think the Family Teams model works so well. This wasn't something we planned for, or even had as a goal, but our hope is that in sharing it with you, it gives you a direction and perhaps even opens your eyes for the first time to just how deeply connected you can be with the other people in your family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:44 Why Kelsey included her mom in her birth experience 7:21 How April is processing her role as matriarch (especially with the birth of her grandchildren) 15:00 The transition from mothering a teen to mothering an adult child 17:28 How moms can start laying the groundwork for an extremely close lifelong relationship with their daughters 22:16 A daughter's encouragement to other mothers and daughters 25:55 Building a family team beyond the early years 29:54 Intentional birth training Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Plan Calendar: https://shop.familyteams.com/products/family-plan-calendar Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082YHJ62F --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

It is SO strange that a new parenting trend emerges every 5-10 years. For generations, there was basically just "parenting"...passed down from one generation to another. Multi-generational wisdom, essentially...very Family Teams. But with the disintegration of generational families and the rise of hyper-individualism, parents these days are left to come up with their own methods, focusing a little on this, then a little on that. Not only is it dangerous to use an untested parenting method, MOST of them that come out these days (formerly in books, now often via social media influencers), are extremely secular and certainly not wise (the fear of God being the beginning of wisdom...). Jeremy digs into this issue, and how to root yourself in a solid Biblical understanding of fatherhood and motherhood, joined by his wife April and Donna Cheung. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:48 The rise of "parenting trends" 2:35 Why modern culture has led to so many different parenting philosophies (clip) 8:30 The risks of being a young mother in the information age 19:10 Why most parenting studies are bunk and how to weigh advice 26:44 Potential for deception, especially with secular parenting books 32:37 Don't go down the "way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaleen Doucleff, PhD Maiden, Mother, Matriarch Podcast Clip The Case Against The Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

One of the biggest reasons for the birth rate nosedive is that people no longer hear the positive arguments for having kids. All they hear is the constant societal push for "freedom" being the ultimate virtue. It's led to a culture of hyper-individualism, where having kids makes absolutely no sense, because kids necessarily infringe on your freedom. In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Tyler Graham to make the case for fatherhood from 3 different angles: 1. The Benefits for You 2. The Benefits For Your Family/Business/Marriage 3. Your Duty To Have Kids Dive in, and remember that one of the major ways you can impact your own kids and community is by constantly telling and showing everyone how great fatherhood and motherhood truly is. On this episode, we talk about: 00:00 Intro 00:31 Making the Case for Fatherhood 02:35 The Best Possible Relationship (Jordan Peterson on Parenting) 10:40 A Venture Capitalist's Take on Having Kids 18:37 Grandchildless Grief From Wrongly Engineering Society 20:41 Matt Walsh's Duty Argument For Having Kids 33:26 Reaping the Fruit of Hyper-Individualism Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Jordan Peterson Clip @nikunj on X.com How Generational Selfishness Is Destroying Our Future by Matt Walsh Do Kids Owe Their Parents Anything? on Jeremy Pryor's Podcast Tyler Graham on LinkedIn 3mph Fatherhood Newsletter Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy and April Pryor are joined by Annalisa Barraza to talk about Annalisa's book, You Are Because He Is. Annalisa has worked for Family Teams for almost 5 years, so it's a joy to have her on the show in this capacity and dive into the power of speaking blessings over our children. The book emphasizes the importance of speaking the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus over children to help shape their identity in Christ. This episode also explores the cultural challenges of identity for young women, the role of family in shaping identity, and the significance of grounding identity in Christ rather than emotions or cultural pressures. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:12 Why Write This Book: The Power of Speaking Blessings Over Our Children 5:41 The Importance of Helping Daughters Get Grounded in Their True Identity 8:04 Challenges of Modern Identity Formation (Feelings vs. Christ) 17:28 Practical Applications and Examples of Speaking Blessings Over Your Kids 22:33 Blessings as a Motherhood Tool 36:33 Conclusion and Where to Find the Book Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: You Are Because He Is by Annalisa Barraza Family Inc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The modern culture offers no wisdom when it comes to running a family. In fact, it's designed to burden and disrupt God's good design for family. In this episode, Jeremy sits down with Justin Kershaw, who's modelled much of his family life around the Family Teams principles. They discuss the 3 major levers Justin has pulled to successfully lead his family in relationships, faith, and business: - Implementing a weekly Sabbath - Integrating kids into the business - Seeing birth order as an intentional gift from God Justin Kershaw is a husband, father of 5 daughters, and entrepreneur. Make sure to check out the company he runs with his family, Sow Strong Food! (link below) On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Justin's mission, vision, and 5 daughters 7:31 Implementing a weekly Sabbath rhythm 15:10 Integrating your kids into your business 25:44 The importance of birth order (especially in larger families) 37:28 The branding of Sow Strong Foods and building up mothers Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Inc Sow Strong Food Justin Kershaw on IG --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Did Protestants miss something when it comes to contraception? What about hanging our faith on a set of very defined propositions (as opposed to actions and deep inner change)? This episode with Jeremy Pryor and Phil Cotnoir challenges a couple of oft ignored areas of growth in the Protestant church, by hearing from a couple of influential non-Christians and reacting to some fairly accurate critiques being level against the church. We can learn about family and faith from those on the borders of Christianity or Christian ideas...but we should also be able to frame the debate properly and not be overly influenced by liberal social experiments just because the culture seems to agree with them. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:27 Naval Ravikant on contraception and family 5:58 Reaction to Naval's 3 points 19:18 How should Protestants approach the conversation of kids for young married couples? 22:22 Personal preference vs. theological question 24:40 Jordan Peterson's problem with Protestantism 32:39 Should Jordan Peterson risk being categorized as a Christian? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Scott Adams and Naval Ravikant Interview Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas J. Köstenberger Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand Interview The Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined today by Jonathan Holmes to talk about why identity is such a hot topic today, and what it means for us as Christian parents of kids facing enormous cultural pressure. How do we give our kids a gospel-centric identity in Christ? Do we need to spend more time and effort building a family identity to combat peer-pressured identity formation? How can the church start to take back ground on gender, identity, and the Christian sexual ethic? These topics are hard to talk about, because so many people want to focus solely on the exceptions to the rule, and forgo talking about the general teaching, so it was a blessing to wrestle deeply with these issues with Jonathan. This conversation needs to be happening way more often, especially for those of us with children being impacted by an outside world heavily influenced by the enemy. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:38 Why is "identity" such an important topic today? 4:32 Identity in the gospel 10:06 Peers vs family in the identity-formation process 14:17 Practical tips to ground your children in a Christ-centered identity 19:30 Can family identity cure a lack of identity culturally? 30:07 Competing ideas about gender, and how the Church should respond 35:47 Family vs individual consequences of "gender identity" 41:57 The narrow sexual ethic of the Bible Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Fieldstone Counseling Grounded in Grace by Jonathan Holmes Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by his wife April, and friends Michelle Akrami and Brittany Stewart to discuss the story of Rebekah, Isaac's wife, in Genesis. How does this story of a mother and her two sons impact our view of motherhood? Did God work through her trying to do things "her way", or did God work in spite of her attempt to ensure her favorite son was blessed? Whatever the implications, we hope this episode gives you pause to think through what the meta narrative is telling us, and allows you to approach Scripture in a thoughtful and curious way to really let it sink in. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:54 First Pryor granddaughter! 2:30 Rebekah as a mother in Genesis 11:55 Moms react to Rebekah 19:39 Did Rebekah help or attempt to hinder God's plan? 40:38 What can moms take away from Rebekah? Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor The Family Plan Calendar --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

In a culture that constantly attacks manhood and faith, how do we help our boys as they transition into manhood? How does a father maintain influence in his son's life amidst the chaos of social media, friends, and sports? Today Jeremy is joined by Stephen Meeks, author of Save The Boys. Stephen helps fathers take their sons through an initiatory rite of passage so that they become men in the best sense of the word. This process is powerful enough to eliminate the "rebellious teenage years" in a family, because it fosters such connection and responsibility. Learn what we face as dads in the modern age, plus the CORE process Stephen helps dads lead their boys through, and get equipped to raise your boys into men. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:38 What is Save The Boys? 2:42 Leading Boys Into Their Teens 7:25 Why Are There Certain Age-Related Inflection Points in Our Relationships With Our Kids? 11:40 Showing Your Kids You're On Their Team 14:52 The Boy Crisis 20:15 What Fathers Need To Raise Their Boys 31:25 How To Create Your Own Man About Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Father Media Group Save The Boys by Stephen Meeks Family Inc --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Jeremy is joined by Jason Weening, husband, father of 10, homesteader, and author. Learn the wisdom that's discovered by necessity when you've got a big family that can help you navigate your own family...whether big or small! Jason talks about how to manage a family with 10 kids spanning 18 years, how to get your kids to sacrifice for the family without traumatizing them or creating resentment, how he navigates the creative process and successfully published a book, and why we need to get our kids into the game. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:48 Writing a kids book that includes family and mentorship themes 4:01 The inspiration for Jason to focus so much on family and building a large one 7:25 Building a family on mission for the Kingdom 9:34 How to manage a family with 10 kids across 18 years 12:42 Living situations with a big family (and why Jason picked homesteading) 16:30 How to get kids to sacrifice for your family without harming them 22:00 Creative process and output as a dad of 10 28:54 Living a life with mistakes and opting out of a culture of curated perfection Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Danger in the Jungle by Jason Weening Above Rubies Family Revision Family Plan Calendar heydads.ca wehelpmen.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!