What should Christian parents desire most for their sons? In this sermon, Kevin explores God's vision for biblical manhood through Ephesians 5. Christian sons are called to lead with humility, love sacrificially, steward faithfully, and follow the example of Christ.

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What is the purpose of your life? Norm Wakefield brought this question to the 2022 Father Son Conference. Weaving personal testimony, Scripture, and a vision of what the church could look like, he builds the case that every Christian — father and son alike — is called to one thing: to live to love with Jesus. Not for him. But with him.

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In this chapter from Family Life, Kevin Swanson confronts a sobering reality: Christianity is disappearing from American homes one generation at a time, and the primary culprit is not the culture — it is the abdication of discipleship within the family itself. He traces how secular education, mass media, and parental hypocrisy have quietly displaced fathers from their God-given role as the chief disciple-makers of their children, and what it will cost the church if nothing changes.

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In this sermon from Reformation Church of Elizabeth, Pastor Kevin Swanson addresses one of the most dangerous spiritual forces affecting women today — the feminist and pro-abortion spirit. Drawing from 1 Peter 2–3 and 1 Timothy 2, he outlines God's design for daughters as gentle and God-fearing women, and calls parents, pastors, and older women in the church to raise and disciple the next generation accordingly.

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In this powerful message from the 2022 Father-Son Conference, speaker Norm Wakefield explores how a man truly comes to know God loves him — not through facts alone, but through personal experience of God's presence. Drawing from a remarkable story of a man who walked a week from Uganda to deliver a three-word message, and tracing God's "I will be with you" promise from Abraham through the New Testament, Norm shows that the soul is saved and transformed when God's love moves from head knowledge to lived reality.

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The Fifth Commandment is not just a rule for children. It is the foundation of a civilization. In this chapter from Family Life, Kevin Swansons looks at what happens when generations stop honoring one another, and what it will cost America socially, economically, and spiritually over the next several decades.

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In this sermon from Reformation Church of Elizabeth, Pastor Kevin Swanson explores Ephesians 6:1–4 and the biblical call to admonish and correct children. He traces resistance to correction back to a 19th-century shift in views on human nature, contrasting that with the Bible's teaching on the sinfulness of the heart.

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A child can graduate knowing how to parse Latin verbs and explain Plato's theory of forms, and still have no idea how to manage a household, raise children, or navigate a real business negotiation. This chapter from Kevin Swanson's audiobook makes the case that knowledge without life application isn't just incomplete, it's almost useless.

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