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Teen suicide is a subject no parent ever wants to face—but in today’s world, it’s a crisis that cannot be ignored. In this heartrending and hope-filled "Best Of" episode, Catherine sits down with featured guest Emma Benoit, a vibrant young woman whose hidden battle with anxiety led to a suicide attempt that changed her life forever, and with expert guest Jennifer Ellers, a Christian counselor and...

Pain, pressure, people, and problems—the four most common sources of unhappiness. They're the killjoys of life. In this message, Pastor Rick examines why happiness is not based on circumstances—it's a choice.

From their foundational era in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern world. In an era shaped by many conflicts, this was not simply a war between Christianity and Islam, but an epic contest among multiple rival empires, dynasties, and cultures. Nicholas Morton's The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Mid...

Joe Dallas shares his testimony of being repeatedly molested as a boy and pursuing homosexual encounters as a teenager. After becoming a Christian, Joe struggled to reconcile the gospel with his promiscuous lifestyle, to the point of joining a pro-homosexual church in his quest for peace. Joe explains how the combination of misleading, ‘pro-gay’ theology and the conviction of the Holy Spirit prope...

H ow can post- Dobbs  laws be blame d  for  what  happened before  Dobbs  was decided ? __________ For more resources visit breakpoint.org.   

A planned hijacking is thwarted over the skies of Saudi Arabia; President Trump floats a plan for a national school choice program. And the mainstream media misses the real reason behind the growing ectopic pregnancy deaths. Segment 1 – Attempted Hijacking; School Choice Program Fox News article on attempted highjacking US Treasury press release on school choice plan Article on scholarship plan Se...

Send us Fan Mail What are successful indie authors doing differently in 2026? The publishing landscape is changing fast. Algorithms shift, AI is changing how readers discover books, advertising is becoming more complicated, and authors have more publishing options than ever. But the authors who are growing aren't necessarily waiting for everything to settle down. They're focusing on what they can...

Do you feel under attack? Tell God. Do you feel like you have no energy? Tell God. Do you feel rejected or lonely? Tell God. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to dump everything you're feeling right now onto the Lord—he wants to hear from you!

What causes believers to feel distant from God? In this conversation, Pastor Gary Thomas continues to unmask the lies that keep us striving, doubting, and disconnected. Sharing from his new book, The Life You Were Reborn to Live, Gary invites us to exchange falsehoods for the rich, soul-satisfying relationship God designed us to enjoy. Get "The Life You Were Reborn to Live" Learn how to connect wi...

Christian worldview formation  is not  limited to correcting ideas. _________ For   more resources visit  breakpoint.org.   

Is something just not working in your homeschool? Maybe the schedule feels chaotic. A curriculum isn’t clicking. Your days aren’t unfolding the way you pictured them—or you’re already wondering whether you need to scrap the plan and start over. Before you change anything, David and Leslie Nunnery want you to work through a simple framework: Believe. Think. Feel. Do. Too often, homeschool parents j...

Before we jump in: CJ and I are live on YouTube every Tuesday morning at 11am Eastern teaching the Kingdom Writers Workshop, where we're learning to partner with God in our writing instead of doing it on our own. Every session comes with a free worksheet, and the replays are yours for life. Grab yours at https://trainingauthors.com/kingdomwriters You have been working on this book for years. Not s...

Did Jesus preach the gospel before his death and resurrection? Pastor John calls us to a deeper understanding of God as Creator and King, and Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Spectators at a race often shout, "Keep going!" to motivate the athletes. That's also great advice for anyone who feels emotionally, mentally, or spiritually exhausted from running the marathon of life. Join Pastor Rick as he reminds us that God will give us the power we need to finish what he has called us to do.

 Born Again: Romanticism and Fundamentalism  (U Toronto Press, 2025) examines the deep historical roots of fundamentalism in Protestantism and the imaginative traditions of Romantic literature. It explores how the resurgence of fundamentalist thought within “born again” Christianity seeks to repress the trauma of modernity through the belief that the world must be radically transformed to align w...

There is a type of children’s book that we haven’t talked much about here in twelve years of Read-Aloud Revival. But it’s one that almost anyone who has spent time with babies knows well: board books. Board books are how so many of our kids meet stories and books for the first time. They’re often the first books babies and littles are able to really get their hands (and mouths!) on, and experience...

What causes believers to feel distant from God? In this conversation, Pastor Gary Thomas continues to unmask the lies that keep us striving, doubting, and disconnected. Sharing from his new book, The Life You Were Reborn to Live, Gary invites us to exchange falsehoods for the rich, soul-satisfying relationship God designed us to enjoy. Get "The Life You Were Reborn to Live" Learn how to connect wi...

God has revealed to us the end of the story. And it is  very good , because He is .   __________ Partner with thousands of others in supporting The Colson Center by visiting  colsoncenter.org/cornerstone .

What does it take to recognize great talent before the rest of the world sees it? In this conversation, Kurt Luidhardt sits down with legendary music executive, producer, and entrepreneur Michael Blanton, whose career has helped shape Christian music through his work with artists including Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Rich Mullins. Michael shares the stories behind Age to Age, “Friends,” “Awes...

There’s an invisible crisis happening right before our eyes—men are suffering in silence, and too often, the warning signs go unseen until it’s too late. In this raw and deeply personal episode of Christian Parent/Crazy World , host Catherine confronts the urgent mental health struggles facing the men and boys we love most. Following a heartbreaking loss in her own circle—a former student and frie...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an AI-generated book appears under your author name and readers think you wrote it? In this episode, we explore the growing problem of AI-generated books, author impersonation, intellectual property, and protecting your author brand. We’ll also discuss what happens when readers can’t tell what’s authentic and why human authorship may become more valuable as gener...

Most Christian homeschool families don't intentionally abandon their mission. They drift away from it—one small decision, pressure, activity, or expectation at a time. In this episode of the Teach Them Diligently Podcast, David and Leslie Nunnery talk about why homeschool drift happens and how to recognize when curriculum, schedules, academics, activities, fear, or other people's expectations have...

Most writing advice assumes you have a healthy body and a full tank of energy. But what if you don't? What if chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, or an autoimmune disease makes every paragraph a fight? Some authors have a bad week or a bad month, but others deal with conditions unlikely to ever go away. So how do you write with a chronic health challenge? In this week’s episode, you’ll hear from Gle...

Dr. Josh Herring joins Jenn on the Them Before Us podcast to talk about his new book, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis' Images of Gender. Simone de Beauvoir said woman is made, not born. Judith Butler picked that up and ran it all the way to "gender is just a script — write your own." C.S. Lewis saw this coming decades before either of them published a word, and he said the opposite: gen...

Open phone topics, I talk about a public comment made at the Jac Co Commission re policing. Michael Levine, Author of Authentic PR talks with me about the Cracker Barrell corporate suicide, bad political PR people, too.