The Family Discipleship Podcast Training the Church

I’m a new father (my daughter is 9mo) and I LOVE the Family Discipleship Podcast. I know you didn’t share the 1 star “boring” review to be reassured, but I just could not believe that someone would come away from one of your episodes thinking that. These are all such important and relevant topics discussed from spirit-filled people in the trenches. I know the Lord is blessing your work because I leave each episode feeling more in love with Jesus and more excited to be a dad.

Several months ago, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary in Mexico, and God was so gracious to plant Adam and Chelsea right beside us at the pool. They shared about the podcast as we chatted about our kids, churches, and schools. I snuck a peek at some recent episodes and realized they’d recently interviewed one of my college roommates - what a surreal connection! When we returned home, we started at the beginning with season 1, catching an episode or 2 a week on days when we carpool together to and from work. What an unexpected gift this has been to our parenting journey, helping us to really lean in to the ways we can bring intention to discipling our children. Our kids are 2 and 6, and these messages have felt so well-timed for our current season, with an eye towards those to come. We get a lot of things wrong, but leaning into the wisdom here is one thing we’re getting right. So grateful for this resource, and for God’s generosity in sharing it with us in a most unexpected way. Keep the content coming!

I’ll be honest, I’ve been listening for a while now, but I’m just now getting around to leaving a review. As a dad, and even as a husband, I have been encouraged and challenged in potentially equal doses throughout this journey of listening. The most recent punch to the gut was the obedience episode that didn’t address discipline practices, but only addressed obedience, even though I was looking for someone to tell me exactly how to discipline my child. Tremendous and convicting lesson on what we’re looking for from our children. I know I’ll have all three of your voices ringing in my mind as I consider the long-term motivation behind the way I’m discipling my children to obedience. It’s not about trying to scare or bribe them toward obedience, but that is what I am bent toward in my flesh. Thanks for beating me down when I need it (shout out Holy Spirit…and Cassie) and for encouraging me when I need it (shout out Holy Spirit, again).