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Christian Parent, Crazy World

The Christian Parent, Crazy World podcast with Catherine Segars equips moms and dads to be godly parents in a world that often opposes their faith. As a passionate apologist and seasoned communicator, Catherine unpacks the tough cultural issues facing families today, offering insightful, biblically grounded guidance. Each episode helps parents understand the challenges of our times and respond with wisdom, confidence, and grace.

Topics covered on this podcast include:

What to Do If Your Child Walks Away from the Faith

Can Our Words Change the Future?

Why Are So Many Kids Falling Away from The Faith?

13 Ways To Be a Better Parent This Year

5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know About Gen Z

What Critical Foundation Do Many Parents Miss When Discipling Their Kids?

How To Teach Your Kids the Christian Worldview

Hope and Strategy for Parents of Prodigal Children

Want to read some of Catherine’s most popular Christian parenting articles? Check them out here: https://www.crosswalk.com/author/catherine-segars/

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Latest Episodes:

How to Swim Upstream in a Downstream Culture - Episode 18 Nov 15, 2021

Show notes

If we are going to swim God’s direction in this downstream culture, people will think that we are odd. They will have all kinds of choice words to describe us. We need to have this expectation in life, and we need to give our kids this expectation as well. If our children stay true to God’s Word and God’s standard, our culture will not celebrate them. In fact, our culture will accuse and may even cancel them. Other Christians may accuse and cancel them. But that’s ok. We stand in good company when we are accused and canceled for our faith.
This episode is the first in a series on being a counter-cultural Christian. In order to do that, we need to (1) stay grounded in the Word, and (2) draw inspiration from those who swam upstream before us. In this first installment, Catherine gives some practical tips and lots of Biblical inspiration to help us swim upstream in our downstream culture.
PODCASTS REFERENCED:
CPCW 4-part Worldview series – you can find all the episodes at https://www.lifeaudio.com/christian-parent-crazy-world/episodes
Episode 6: Why You Should Teach Your Kids About Other Worldviews
Episode 7: What Other Worldviews Are Competing for Your Kids’ Faith
Episode 8: What Sets the Christian Worldview Apart from Other Worldviews
Episode 9: How Does the Christian Worldview Create a World We All Want To Live In?
Episode 4: Is Christianity Just a Religion of Do’s and Don’ts
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:
Hebrews 4:12
Proverbs 14:12
RESOURCES FOR SCRIPTURE SONGS:
Catherine Segars’ Website: Resources : https://catherinesegars.com/resources
Esther Mui: Scripture Songs for Worship: http://www.scripturesongsforworship.com/
Seeds Family Worship: https://bit.ly/2YOHnrp
The Corner Room: https://bit.ly/3CckdJ2
Sherri Youngward: http://www.sherriyoungward.com/
King Things: https://bit.ly/3qzp5Wy
The Bigsby Show - Books of the Bible Song: https://bit.ly/3kAQWC0
The Bigsby Show - 12 Disciples Song - https://bit.ly/2YOI9EP
ASL Page on Handspeak (motions to aid in Scripture memory): https://www.handspeak.com/word/
ARTICLES REFERENCED:
“Factose Intolerance,” by Cheryl Lowe, Memoria Press: https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/factose-intolerance
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catherinesegars/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motherhoodfaithandculture/
Episode Image Credit: Getty/PeterHermesFurian

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How to Discover Your Purpose in Life - Episode 17 Oct 25, 2021

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Do you know that you have a purpose in life? Like beyond parenting. Beyond what you do for a living, even, perhaps. Beyond paying the bills and doing the chores and feeding the kids. You have a purpose in life. Something that God created you to do before you were ever born. God has a very specific part for you to play in the grand story He is writing throughout all of history
In this podcast, I’m going to talk about how to discover why you were born. I will give you the Five P’s of finding your purpose.
Discovering your purpose in life really does tie into your parenting in a big way. Because when your kids see you living your purpose in life, they are going to be inspired to live out theirs.
The majority of people live and die without ever discovering their purpose in life, the reason God created them. Isn’t that sad. But what is even more sad is that the majority of Christians, the majority of people who know the God who created them with a purpose to fulfill for His Kingdom, they never discover that purpose is either. They never realize why they were put on this earth. How sad is that? It is tragic, really.
The 5 P’s to Your Purpose:
People who fulfill their God-given purpose in life are people of prayer.
They are people who plant themselves in Christ’s body, in the church.
They are people who allow God to prune them without losing their faith.
They are people who persevere.
And all the while, they never stop praising God.
The question is not “Do I have a purpose?” Scripture is clear—you do.
The question is, then, “Will I discover God’s purpose for my life?” And then, “Will I fulfill God’s purpose for my life?”
Or…
“Will I usurp God’s purpose for my life with my own?”
I encourage you to fulfill your purpose by praying, planting, allowing God to prune, the persevere, all the while praising God. And as you do this, you will be modeling for your kids how to fulfill their purpose in life too.
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:
Jeremiah 1:5
Isaiah 49:1-2
Psalm 139:13-17
Ephesians 2:10
Isaiah 46:10-11
Proverbs 25:2
Psalm 92:12-13
John 15:1-2
Psalm 144:1
OTHER SOURCES REFERENCED:
John Bevere Devotional
“Jobs Are Hard” video
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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How to Help Your Kids Develop Their Spiritual Gifts – Episode 16 Oct 04, 2021

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The more your kids understand their God-given purpose in life, the more likely they are to stay grounded in their faith into adulthood. As parents, we have this incredibly unique position in our kid’s lives. We are literally front row center for most of the first two decades. We are, hands down, the most important influence on our kids during their formative years. We have not just the ability, but the responsibility to uncover those spiritual gifts in our kids’ lives, and to cultivate them. You could say that we are the chief gardener in their lives. How well those little seeds do is, in a large part, up to us.
“God gave you your kids for a reason, your specific kids. That’s because you hold the key to unlocking who God created them to be.”
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Tips for Cultivating Your Child’s Spiritual Gifts:
1. What do you see in your child’s life that isn’t like your other kids, or other peoples’ children? When you see a gift – feed it. Call it out and encourage it. Water that gift and watch it grow.
2. Don’t compare your parenting or your kids to other kids. God specifically chose you to parent your children. What your kids need is quite simple: they need you. And God will meet all the needs you have as you parent them.
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Pass the Baton (blog): https://catherinesegars.com/2020/12/11/pass-the-baton/
Blogcasts at CatherineSegars.com: https://catherinesegars.com/category/blogcast/
The Mere Mother Blogcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PXxZ9O
Evangeline’s Faith Testimony in Episode 14: https://bit.ly/3BjI5xM
Sing to Me (blog post): https://catherinesegars.com/2020/03/07/sing-to-me/
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Scripture Mentioned in This Week's Episode:
Jesus at the Temple: Luke 2:41-52; Philippians 4:19
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What Should I Expect When I Battle in Prayer? – Episode 15 Sep 13, 2021

Show notes

When you step out with God in prayer, you need to expect opposition from the enemy. That’s because prayer changes history. Your history, your child’s history, human history.
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Resources:
Read my article on this topic on Crosswalk.com
God Is Good, But This Isn’t: Blogcast Recording | Article.
Take Heart: 100 Devotions to Seeing God When Life's Not Okay
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Scriptures to Pray When You Go to Battle in Prayer:
Jeremiah 24:7
John 8:31-32
2 Corinthians 3:16-17
2 Peter 3:9
Exodus 23:25-26
Galatians 3:29
Matthew 6:10
Romans 8:28
Whatever happens in this life, it won’t happen because I didn’t pray with faith. Whatever doesn’t happen in this life, it won’t fail to happen because I didn’t pray with faith. Because I didn’t fight, because I didn’t take the authority that God has given me, those keys, and use them to speak forth what I believe is His will here on earth.
HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE when it comes to prayer. Our faith in prayer must not be in a certain outcome—now we may be praying for a particular outcome. Our faith must be in God regardless of the outcome.
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How to Battle for Your Kids in Prayer – Episode 14 Aug 30, 2021

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Get close to God. Seek His face. Declare who He is. Exclaim His goodness. Ask for direction. Request what you need. And command His will to be done here on earth in your life as it is in heaven. Pray some bold prayers.
Scriptures referenced:
James 1:5
Philippians 4:6-7
Psalm 37:4
Psalm 144:1-2
Article referenced:
Is God Still Speaking to Us in Dreams, Even Today?
Read my article on this topic on Crosswalk.com
Teaching referenced:
8 Steps to Find Redemption after Loss
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4 Types of Prayer Every Believer Should Know - Episode 13 Aug 16, 2021

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I love apologetics, explaining the faith and equipping parents to help their children stand strong in the faith. But there comes a time in life when we need to stop explaining and start exercising – we’ve got to start walking out all that we know.
In this episode, we will cover:
1. The four types of prayers we should be praying when we are in a battle for one of our kids
2. The greatest impediments that keep us from being effective in our prayers.
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The Four Types of Prayers:
1. Declarative Prayer
2. Exclamatory Prayer
3. Interrogative Prayer
4. Imperative Prayer
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Scriptures referenced:
James 1:5
Phil. 4:6-7
Matthew 16:19
Matthew 18:18
Luke 10:19
Mark 11:23
John 14:12
2 Chronicles 16:9
Matthew 13:58
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Read my article on this topic on Crosswalk.com
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Books referenced:
Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth by Dutch Sheets, pg. 23 & 29.
Confronting the Powers by C. Peter Wagner, pg. 242.
The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson
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Ep. 12: What to Do If Your Child Walks Away from the Faith Aug 02, 2021

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We spend a lot of time worrying that our children will leave the faith in college. But statistics show that children are more likely to leave the faith before they leave the nest.
In this episode, Catherine covers:
1. What is to blame when your child walks away from the faith (and what NOT to blame).
2. A battleplan for going to war for your child’s faith
Articles and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Read Catherine's accompanying article on Crosswalk: https://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/what-to-do-if-your-child-has-walked-away-from-the-faith.html
Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church And What You Can Do To Stop It by Ken Ham, Britt Beemer, and Todd Hillard (pgs. 31-32)
Fasting: Opening the Door to a Deeper, More Intimate, More Powerful Relationship with God by Jentzen Franklin.
Praying Circles Around Your Children by Mark Batterson.
House of Miracles by Brandon Lake.
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Scripture Referenced in this Episode:
The Good Shepherd & the lost sheep: Luke 15:3-7
1 Peter 5:8 “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
The Armor of God: Ephesians 6:10-20
Exodus 17:8-16: Israel’s battle with Amalekites.
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Quotes on prayer:
J. Edwin Orr “History is silent on revivals that did not begin with prayer.”
The Great Oswald Chambers called prayer "the greater work."
W. Clement Stone: “Prayer is man’s greatest power.”
Watchman Nee: “Our prayers lay the track down through Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.”
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Ep. 11: What Does It Mean to Speak the Truth In Love? Jul 06, 2021

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We have all heard at some point to “speak the truth in love." But how exactly do we do that? Where in scripture are we instructed to do so? In this episode, we are going to break down this popular saying and discuss how to humbly lead others to the truth.
Our goal should not just be to speak the truth, but that our expression of truth is effective and genuine.
Resources Mentioned:
Article: The Danger of Speaking Truth without Love by Catherine Segars
Scripture Referenced:
Paul’s admonition to speak the truth in love: 1 Corinthians 13
Zacchaeus’ story: Luke 19
The woman at the well: John 4
The woman caught in adultery: John 8
"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 NIV)
Paul’s admonition not to judge the world: (1 Corinthians 5:12).
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Episode Image Credit: Canva

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Ep. 10: 6 Guidelines for Discussing Sensitive Topics with Your Kids Jun 21, 2021

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Our social and political landscape is incredibly contentious. We need guidelines to help us and our kids navigate these treacherous waters. In this episode, we discuss how to talk about sensitive topics with our kids, telling them the truth – which is often offensive -- but with love. How do we do that? I’ve got 6 guidelines.
Read the article that goes with this episode.
GUIDELINES:
1. Listen. Really listen.
2. Respect other people’s beliefs. Don’t ridicule
3. Don’t assume a motive. Challenge methods, not motives.
4. Be more concerned about people than your position.
5. Speak in love while never denying truth.
6. Recognize that what people need most is not an argument, it is an experience with God.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (Matt. 7:12)
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Resources and Articles Mentioned in This Episode:
The “love” chapter: 1 Corinthians 13
The Danger of Speaking Truth without Love
C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity" Broadcast
C.S. Lewis' conversion from atheism to Christianity
C.S. Lewis quote on his encounter with God at Oxford
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Ep. 9: How Does the Christian Worldview Create a World We All Want to Live In? Jun 07, 2021

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This episode is the culmination of all the hard work we have done in the last three episodes! We are going to look at why the other worldviews we’ve looked at begin to fall apart because they don’t accurately explain and represent reality.
Resources and Articles Mentioned in This Episode:
1. Eric Metaxas interview with John Smirak
2. John Smirak article: Is the Woke Cult Just a Spastic Reaction to Darwinism?
3. Christian Headlines article on Richard Dawkins, Atheist Richard Dawkins Says Its 'Wise and Sensible' to Abort Babies with Down Syndrome, Serious Disabilities
4. Five Worldview Comparison Chart from Xenos.org
5. Postmodernists deny that there "are objective, or absolute, moral values.”
6. William Wilberforce’s Christian faith and crusade to end the slave trade.
7. The testimony of John Newton
8. Martin Luther Kings’ 'I Have a Dream' Speech“
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