SUMMARY

As parents of four incredible kids, we had a lot to learn! We talk honestly about the moments we wish we had handled differently and the ways God helped us grow in patience, discipline, and even fun. The goal is not perfection—no parent gets it right every time. We all need the Holy Spirit to help us own our mistakes, ask for forgiveness, and lead our children toward Jesus.

QUESTIONS

1. What patterns from your own upbringing do you want to repeat, and what new patterns do you want to develop?
2. In what area(s) do you most need the Holy Spirit’s help right now: patience, discipline, fear, fun, or connection?
3. How can confession, repentance, and forgiveness strengthen your relationships?

READ MORE ABOUT

• Being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger in James 1:19
• Bringing children up in the training and instruction of the Lord in Ephesians 6:4
• The Lord disciplining those He loves in Hebrews 12:5–11
• Confessing sin and finding healing in James 5:16
• Love covering a multitude of sins in 1 Peter 4:8
• God’s compassion for His children in Psalm 103:13–14

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We sound the alarm on the growing cultural crisis around marriage, family, and children. Marriage is God’s design for covenant, companionship, sexuality, and family. We challenge the lies that keep people delaying marriage, avoiding commitment, fearing children, or building life around comfort instead of calling. God’s design is still good. Strong marriages, healthy families, and babies raised in faith are the keys to our future.

QUESTIONS:

1. What cultural messages have shaped the way you think about marriage?
2. Why did God design marriage to be the foundation for family?
3. What would it look like to make room for children in the way you plan your future?

READ MORE ABOUT:

• God creating man and woman in Genesis 1:27
• God’s command to be fruitful and multiply in Genesis 1:28
• “It is not good for man to be alone” in Genesis 2:18
• Leaving, cleaving, and becoming one flesh in Genesis 2:24
• Children as a heritage from the Lord in Psalm 127:3–5
• Marriage as a picture of Christ and the Church in Ephesians 5:31–33

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We share a sneak peek into Susan’s latest project, Can I Please Just Eat in Peace?—a book and Bible study coming soon! Every person struggles with something, even if they don’t realize it. But God designed us to live in freedom, and He wants to reveal the places we’ve been held captive. Your testimony matters, your pain is not a competition, and Jesus does not want you to get comfortable in chains He came to break.

QUESTIONS:

1. What chains have you become so used to carrying that they almost feel normal?
2. How has fear, trauma, addiction, or past pain shaped the way you seek comfort or control?
3. What testimony might God be inviting you to share so others can see the power of Jesus in your life?

READ MORE ABOUT:

• Overcoming by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony in Revelation 12:11
• The first temptation involving food in Genesis 3:1–7
• Jesus resisting temptation in the wilderness in Matthew 4:1–11
• Freedom in Christ in Galatians 5:1
• Jesus setting captives free in Luke 4:18–19
• Taking every thought captive in 2 Corinthians 10:5

We believe the Church cannot stay silent when it comes to hot topics and current events. We talk about how we personally discern when to speak, what to address, and how to help families stand firm. Speaking up is not about chasing controversy, pleasing people, or joining every online outrage—it is about shepherding souls with clarity, courage, and love.

QUESTIONS:

1. When the culture is being loud, where do you most need the Church to bring biblical clarity?
2. What makes it difficult for you to receive truth when it touches a personal, political, or cultural issue?
3. How can you respond to hard topics with both conviction and compassion instead of fear, silence, or outrage?

READ MORE:

• Leaders keeping watch over souls in Hebrews 13:17
• Speaking the truth in love in Ephesians 4:15
• Salt and light in the world in Matthew 5:13–16
• The enemy coming to steal, kill, and destroy in John 10:10
• God creating male and female in Genesis 1:27
• Testing everything and holding fast to what is good in 1 Thessalonians 5:21

The debate over women in ministry is loud, emotional, and often divisive—but what does the Bible really say? With humility and a desire to honor God’s Word, we look at the broader witness of Scripture, key passages often used in the debate, and the women God used throughout the Bible. This episode is not about cultural pressure or personal preference; it is about seeking truth and making room for Spirit-empowered men and women to use their gifts under biblical authority.

QUESTIONS:

1. What has most shaped your view of women in ministry: Scripture, tradition, culture, or personal experience?
2. How can you approach biblical topics with both conviction and humility?
3. What gifts has God given you, and how can you use them faithfully under biblical authority?

READ MORE:

• God pouring out His Spirit on sons and daughters in Joel 2:28–29 and Acts 2:17–18
• Deborah leading and judging Israel in Judges 4–5
• Priscilla and Aquila explaining the way of God more accurately in Acts 18:24–26
• Phoebe serving the church and carrying Paul’s letter in Romans 16:1–2
• Women praying and prophesying in 1 Corinthians 11:4–5
• The Great Commission to make disciples in Matthew 28:18–20

We pull back the curtain on the algorithm and expose how it is constantly feeding us. How do we sort through all the voices, ideas, outrage, temptation, and even once-trusted leaders who may have drifted from truth? This episode is a wake-up call to recognize the dangers, test what we allow into our hearts and minds, and break free from the loop before it consumes us.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is your algorithm currently feeding you? What does that reveal about your heart, habits, or hidden desires?
2. Are the voices you trust online aligned with God’s Word and God’s ways, or have they drifted from truth?
3. Who are the God-given friends, family, or spiritual leaders in your life helping you test what you consume with wisdom and discernment?

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• God’s Word as a lamp to our feet and light to our path in Psalm 119:105
• Testing every spirit to see whether it is from God in 1 John 4:1
• The Bereans searching the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11
• The Word of God as living and active in Hebrews 4:12
• Guarding against bitterness and offense in Hebrews 12:15
• Taking every thought captive in 2 Corinthians 10:5

We address one of the most contested cultural conversations facing Christians today: Pride Month. In a world that often separates love from truth, we talk about God’s design for identity, sexuality, marriage, and family. This episode is a call to reject hatred, resist compromise, and respond with humility, conviction, grace, and truth. Christians must love people deeply while refusing to celebrate what God calls sin.

QUESTIONS:

1. How has culture shaped the way you think about love, truth, identity, and sexuality?
2. Where are you tempted to compromise God’s Word in order to avoid tension or conflict?
3. What does it look like to speak truth with humility, love people with compassion, and still stand firmly on God’s design?

READ MORE:

• God creating male and female in Genesis 1:27
• God’s design for marriage in Genesis 2:24
• Exchanging the truth of God for a lie in Romans 1:21–27
• Removing the log from your own eye before addressing others in Matthew 7:3–5
• Speaking the truth in love in Ephesians 4:15
• Grace and truth coming through Jesus Christ in John 1:14–17

Brandon Thomas sits down with Pastor Pace Hartfield for a powerful conversation about big leaps of faith and biblical manhood. Pace shares how leaving comfort to plant One Place Church in Idaho was built on small acts of obedience. Together, they challenge men to reject harsh dominance and passive comfort, lead with surrendered strength, “win the driveway,” and courageously build the marriage, family, and legacy God has entrusted to them.

QUESTIONS:

1. What small step of obedience might God be asking you to take now to prepare you for a bigger leap of faith later?

2. Where are you most tempted to drift toward harsh control or passive comfort instead of surrendered, Spirit-led strength?

3. What would it look like for you to “win the driveway” and lead your home with greater tenderness, responsibility, and vision?

READ MORE:

· Walking by faith, not by sight in 2 Corinthians 5:7

· Remembering God’s faithfulness in Psalm 77:11–14

· Humanity created for dominion and stewardship in Genesis 1:26–28

· Men living with their wives in an understanding way in 1 Peter 3:7

· Husbands loving sacrificially like Christ in Ephesians 5:25–33

· The Holy Spirit as Comforter and Helper in John 14:16–17, 26