Examining a Hurried Lifestyle
With Tim Kimmel Learn the seven characteristics that indicate your family lives a hurried lifestyle. Little House on the Freeway author Tim Kimmel tells you what to look for and how to make time for rest.
Getting Back to the Basics of Christmas
With Barbara Rainey Today Barbara Rainey opens the Scriptures to John 3:16 and tells what this particular passage holds for us this Christmas season.
For God So Loved the World: Insights in John 3:16
With Barbara Rainey Join us as Barbara Rainey delves into God's Word and reveals what's really at the core of John 3:16.
Serving a God of Justice
With Gary Haugen What can you do to rescue victims of oppression around the globe? Author Gary Haugen, president of International Justice Mission, tells listeners how every person can join in the fight to rescue those trapped in the bondage of slavery.
Upholding Justice
With Gary Haugen More than a million children are taken into captivity every year. Today on the broadcast, Gary Haugen tells listeners what one man can do to help uphold justice and free those held in slavery.
Developing a Heart for the Oppressed
With Gary Haugen Crimes of oppression and slavery are happening all over the world. On today's broadcast, Dennis Rainey talks with Gary Haugen, author of Terrify No More about these crimes, and about what Gary is doing to free those trapped in slavery.
Children: God's Image Bearers
With Wess Stafford What does God's love for us look like? On today's broadcast, Dennis Rainey talks with Compassion International President, Wess Stafford, about God's heart for His precious children.
Abuse: Satan's Tactic to Destroy Children
With Wess Stafford A life full of secrecy and abuse can be Satan's tactic for destroying a child. Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International, tells listeners how God took the broken pieces of his own youth and used it for good instead.
In Defense of the Orphan
With Dennis Rainey Is anyone defending the cause of the world's 143 million orphans? Today's broadcast features FamilyLife President Dennis Rainey as he speaks to BIOLA University students about his passionate defense of suffering orphans, and how compassionate activism works, right from God's own Word.
Responding to the Cry of the Orphan
With Bob Coy Is the Church doing anything to help the world's 143 million orphans? Today's broadcast features pastor Bob Coy of Calvary Chapel in Orlando, Fla. discussing his commitment to justice and compassion for suffering orphans, and his biblical model of compassionate activism and how it works, straight from God's own Word.
Meeting the Needs of the Orphan
With Kay Warren What is the Church going to do about the world's 143 million orphans? Today's broadcast features speaker Kay Warren as she discusses her passionate pleas for action on the issue of the suffering orphans, her call to Christians for justice, and her biblical model of how compassionate activism works, straight from the Shepherd.
Aiding the Orphan: Transforming a Culture
With Benedict and Kathleen Schwartz What do a small-town Maryland couple, a farm in Zambia, and 200 orphan children have in common? Lots, if you're Benedict Schwartz or his wife, Kathleen. Founders of All Kids Can Learn International, the Schwartzes explain how they are setting up children's villages in Africa to care for the physical and spiritual needs of orphans, and how churches and businesses can help by sponsoring a village, too.
Hope for Orphans Goals
With Paul Pennington and Jason Weber The plight of the orphan is on the heart of God-and it's on Paul Pennington's heart, too. Along with Jason Weber, Pennington, director of Hope for Orphans, fills listeners in on "If You Were Mine" conferences coming up over the next few months.
More Recipes for Successful Family Fun
With Kurt and Olivia Bruner If family devotions make you yawn, it's time to cook up some fun! FamilyLife's Just Add Family recipe tin makes family devotions a quick and easy treat, and authors Kurt and Olivia Bruner will tell you how. Family fun is cooking at meal times, bed times, or anytime at all... just add family!
Rousing Recipes for Fun Family Devotions
With Kurt and Olivia Bruner Building a strong spiritual heritage can start with simple recipe cards! Kurt and Olivia Bruner (parents of four!) tell parents how to whip up fun family devotions with FamilyLife's Just Add Family resource. Grab a card and go for new ideas to make family times fun, appealing, and fruitful.
Finding Freedom in Christ
With Mike Cleveland Find out what to do if you see the tell-tale signs of pornography addiction in your spouse. Mike and Jody Cleveland, founders of the ministry Setting Captives Free, discuss signs every wife should be aware of, and explain how a couple can rebuild trust in their marriage after pornography is discovered.
Shedding Light on the Darkness
With Mike Cleveland Jody's suspicions became a reality when she discovered her husband's pornography. With a new baby, Jody confronted Mike and the healing began. Today, the couple tells how they eventually found a biblical solution and freedom from Mike's habitual sin.
On the Brink of Destruction
With Mike Cleveland Mike's secret sin-pornography-soon became an addiction he couldn't break. Mike, now a pastor, explains how what seemed like a harmless pastime soon became an obsession so strong, only God could set him free.
A Prodigal Comes Home
With Rob Parsons When your prodigal comes home, loving him the way God does will help parents keep their perspective. You've prayed for years that your prodigal would come to his senses and come home. When he comes home dirty, addicted, and broke, you may not be so sure you want him back. Rob Parsons, author of Bringing Home the Prodigals, gives parents good advice for loving their children the way God does when their prayers are finally answered.
How to Create a Prodigal
With Rob Parsons Prodigal-proof your child by focusing on grace instead of worrying about hair styles, fashion, and body art. On today's broadcast, Rob Parsons discusses the tragedy of parents who make prodigals out of children who really aren't, and helps listeners exhibit God's grace in the face of issues that really aren't that important, like hair styles and body art.
A Saint's Eye View of Worldliness and Self Control
With Jerry Bridges The sins of worldliness and lack of self-control keep Christians down. Dennis Rainey joins forces with author Jerry Bridges about Scripture's command that we be in the world, but not of it.
Ordinary, Yet Tragic, Sins of the Church
With Jerry Bridges If all sin is ungodliness, why does the church tolerate gossip, slander, and pride? On today's broadcast, Jerry Bridges, author of Respectable Sins, brings this issue into the light.
What is Sin?
With Jerry Bridges Ungodliness is ultimately at the core of our sin. Author Jerry Bridges talks today with Dennis Rainey about what makes a sin a sin.
Taking the High Road
With Susie Larson Pettiness, bitterness, and gossip can weigh a woman down, but there's freedom in Christ. Susie Larson, author of The Uncommon Woman, talks with Dennis Rainey about Satan's attempt to keep us tied up emotionally, and about the freedom to be found in Christ.
Taking Every Thought Captive
With Susie Larson Women, throw off the insecurity, because you are precious to Jesus! Author Susie Larson talks with Dennis Rainey about how important it is that a woman's words and actions reflect who she is in Christ.
Engaging Your Husband Through Submission
With Cindy Easley Tune in for some helpful advice for bringing out the best in your husband! Dennis Rainey gets some tips on submission from Cindy Easley, author of What's Submission Got to Do With It?
Implementing Submission
With Cindy Easley Submission can be hard to swallow, but God's design for wives helps a marriage to thrive. Today on the broadcast, Cindy Easley talks frankly about the real workings of submission, and why it really is that important in a Christian marriage.
Following His Lead
With Cindy Easley Wives, learn what submission is, and how it encourages your husbands to lead well. Author Cindy Easley talks with Dennis Rainey about why submission is difficult, but important.
Grief's Toll on a Family
With Dennis Apple Death affects more than just a marriage: it hurts an entire family. Pastor Dennis Apple, author of Life After the Death of My Son, remembers the adjustments his whole family had to make after the tragic death of his son Denny in 1991.
Will Our Marriage Survive?
With Dennis Apple A son's death and the heartache that followed nearly drove Dennis Apple's marriage apart. Today, Dennis recalls the unbearable grief that accompanied his son's death, and the resurrection of his marriage with time, love, and commitment.