2016-03-02T10:06:47-08:00

Hello and welcome to Parent Like You Mean It – the podcast where we discuss the hows and whys to parenting with intentionality, instead of just letting life happen from day-to-day. I’m Jefferson Drexler, and like many of you, I love a good superhero movie. It seems like most of America does, based on the success of all the Batman, Spiderman, and most recently Ironman, Captain America, Thor movies. But why? Why is it that I am so drawn... Read more

2016-02-24T03:30:30-08:00

As you will hear in this PODCAST, I have now reached a point in my life and ministry where I am easily bemused. Bemused by a question that I more and more frequently get asked. When I am out speaking at a camp or a conference, often times a young man or woman just starting out in the ministry, or headed for his first ministry, will with furrowed brow and pen poised at the ready ask me this singularly significant... Read more

2016-02-23T03:47:04-08:00

From Certified Life Coach Dixie Diamanti, Author of Climbing Out of the Box and Fifty Ways to Meet Your Lover: Sometimes, God allows us to see into the spirit realm.  It is called Discerning of Spirits.   (1John 4)   When we were in the process of losing our house the day the house went on the auction block, I saw cars going up and down our street circling my house about an hour before it was to be auctioned.   I was very troubled in... Read more

2016-02-23T05:01:00-08:00

Dennis Prager has famously said that the world consists of only two races:  the decent and the indecent. But my dad has his own delineation between people – there are Givers and there are Takers. This doesn’t mean that if you simply accept a gift from someone, you’re a taker.  What it does mean is that if you have been blessed, you should bless someone else when you have an opportunity. Sadly, “takers” tend to develop and live a... Read more

2016-02-23T01:28:10-08:00

From Pam Rohr, author of Blended but not Broken – Hope and Encouragement for Blended Families: Do you ever feel like just throwing in the towel?  You’re tired of going around the same mountain over and over again.  You feel like you may never get the victory, may never see the change come, may never experience the freedom you are craving. I felt like giving up this weekend.  Same old problem raised its ugly head again in my blended family. ... Read more

2015-05-19T14:32:58-08:00

If you’ve been in Christian circles for any length of time, you’ve heard a sermon or talk about the fruit of the Spirit. You’ve seen it on plaques in people’s homes, you’ve heard children’s songs about this list of virtues. Galatians 5:22 says – “the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control.” Our human tendency is to take list of character qualities like that and make them into... Read more

2015-05-19T12:06:50-08:00

To purchase the entire DVD set of the Summit Lecture Series, visit summit.org. Let’s talk about God and morality. When we talk about the moral law, we have to first talk about its characteristics. What do I mean by its characteristics? Well, when we talk about the characteristics of physical objects, such as a glass of water, we recognize that it takes up space, it has a certain shape, it’s somewhat transparent, and it’s wet just to name a few of... Read more

2015-05-13T10:21:49-08:00

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME AND FAMILY PODCAST, I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW GETTING YOUR KIDS TO MEMORIZE BIBLE VERSES MAY NOT HELP THEM, AND HOW IT COULD EVEN GO FARTHER TO DESTROY THEIR LIVES. Let me be clear. I LOVE the Bible. I believe it to be God’s word, divinely inspired, and profitable for our instruction, edification, and teaching. I can’t tell you how much I have grown because of the truths the scriptures contain. I read it every... Read more

2016-02-23T03:45:49-08:00

We have an enemy. He is not happy when we are involved in changing lives for the Kingdom of God.   He is hoping we will forget and succumb to him, but we know that “Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.”   Satan roams around like a lion “seeking whom he may devour”… notice it says “seeking”… not all of us have our heads in the sand. We have to be on our... Read more

2016-02-23T05:00:30-08:00

A word of warning:  when you become someone who gives of themselves, you will find opportunities to give to people who REALLY need it. My dad has raised me to be a man who puts other people’s needs before my own and to look for opportunities to help.  Now, this is easy to do when it’s convenient:  opening a door for someone walking with crutches, giving a guy down on his luck a couple dollars, taking a meal to... Read more

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