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Thinking Carefully About Transgender Ideology May 25, 2023

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Can a boy be “trapped” in a girl’s body or vice versa? Are there any good reasons to detach our biological sex from our gender identity? How does transgender ideology hurt people? How do we best love those who are struggling with gender dysphoria without compromising the truth? In this episode, we present a recent talk that Brett Kunkle gave to a group of fathers at a church in Southern California. It will help you navigate today’s transgender revolution.

Adventuring With Your Kids w/ Greta Eskridge May 18, 2023

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Parents today complain of fragmented relationships with their kids. What parents yearn for--and their kids, too--is deep, heart-to-heart connections. But how can parents compete with all the other noise fighting for their kids' attention? In this episode, Brett and Erin interview Greta Eskridge about her new book, Adventuring Together. She discusses how to break free from regular routines and familiar comforts of home to experience new places and adventures--even if those adventures go awry. From simply reading a book together to going on an overnight backpacking trip, Greta suggests activities that provide unique and crucial bonding opportunities.

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BOOK—Adventuring Together: https://www.amazon.com/Adventuring-Together-Connections-Lasting-Memories/dp/0785231366

BOOK—100 Days of Adventure: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400230993

Protect Your Kids From Porn w/ Greta Eskridge May 12, 2023

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In a technological world, our kids don’t have to go looking for porn…it’s looking for them. So can we even protect our children and students from pornography? If so, how? And how do we demonstrate God’s love, grace, and forgiveness when they stumble? In this episode, Brett and Erin discuss the challenging topic of porn with Greta Eskridge.

http://www.gretaeskridge.com/blog/category/Pornography

Do You Really Love Your Kids? May 04, 2023

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The word love is over-used. It’s under-valued. It has become a subjective concept. And therefore, love has lost a lot of its significance and meaning. In this episode, Brett and Erin discuss whether love is objective or subjective and how God provides us with the rational basis for the existence of objective love. They also discuss a biblical definition of love that goes far beyond merely affirming one another and how true love often requires courage and conviction.

Do the Kids Think They’re Alright? Gen Z & the Impact of Technology Apr 27, 2023

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Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who has done a lot of work on the impact of technology and social media on our Gen Z kids. He recently wrote a Substack article entitled, “Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?” and was subtitled, “It’s hard to find members of Gen Z who think their phone-based childhood benefitted them.” In this episode, Brett and Erin comb through the article and discuss Gen Z’s perception of themselves, their struggles with mental health and the role that smartphones and social media play.

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Jonathan Haidt’s Substack article, “Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?” — https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/do-the-kids-think-theyre-alright

Jonathan Haidt’s book entitled, The Coddling of the American Mind — https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224919

How to Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking: Examples — PART 4 Apr 20, 2023

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Teaching formal logic may sound daunting or we may fear that we’ll bore them to death. So, one of the best ways to introduce our kids to logic is through real-life examples. In this episode, Brett and Erin close out their series on critical thinking by going through a number of objections to the Christian faith. They identify and discuss some common logical fallacies in many of the skeptical challenges to Christianity.

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Apologetics Study Bible for Students — https://www.amazon.com/Apologetics-Study-Bible-Students-Trade/dp/1433651173

https://womeninapologetics.com/discerning-cultures-subtle-messages-using-truth-and-logic/

How to Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking: Fallacies — PART 3 Apr 13, 2023

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A logical fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. And we need to prepare our kids to recognize faulty reasoning. In this episode, Brett and Erin continue their series on how to teach our kids how to think critically by examining some of the most common logical fallacies. In addition, they provide some very helpful resources.

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The Fallacy Detective — https://www.amazon.com/The-Fallacy-Detective-audiobook/dp/B07XLDZ43R

Learning Logic — https://apologetics-store.biola.edu/products/learning-logic?_pos=1&_sid=d44567469&_ss=r

The Defense Never Rests — https://apologetics-store.biola.edu/products/defense-never-rests-a-workbook-for-budding-apologists?variant=39288147542100

Love Your God With All Your Minds — https://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-God-All-Mind/dp/1617479004

Tactics — https://www.amazon.com/Tactics-10th-Anniversary-Discussing-Convictions/dp/0310101468

How to Think — https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Critical-Thinking-Version/dp/1938966074

How to Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking — PART TWO Apr 06, 2023

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Critical thinking is in short supply. Our kids won’t just “catch it” from an anti-intellectual culture. So parents and leaders must be intentional in teaching our kids how to think critically. In this episode, Brett & Erin discuss one of the most practical tools we can use to teach our kids how to reason well and develop critical thinking skills.

How to Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking — PART ONE Mar 31, 2023

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We have been dumbed down by the culture. Reason, rationality and careful thinking are absent from so much of life. Indeed, our educational institutions don’t even teach kids logic or critical thinking skills. So Christian parents must step up and take over this part of their children’s training. In this episode, Brett & Erin discuss the proper role of reason in the Christian life and the benefits of teaching our kids how to think critically.

God’s Design for Family Has Not Changed! Mar 23, 2023

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In her 2023 MAVEN Conference talk, Erin Kunkle discusses the undermining of the traditional nuclear family and then explains the biblical case for God’s design for the family. She discusses the implications of God’s design and lays out practical steps we can take to restore the family in a challenging culture. This talk provides the necessary Christian worldview framework for understanding how families can best flourish, even amidst the erosion of this most basic institution within Western Culture.

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