Backseat Bible Nuggets

Have you heard of the Israelites? Maybe you don’t know them by their name, but I bet you know and love a lot of Bible stories about the Israelites or Jewish people that God chose to love and care for throughout the Bible.  ... We love to focus on how awesome and cool God is in each of those stories! His power and might that is shown. And that’s a great thing to learn from those stories.  But there...

Q: What is heaven? A: Heaven is thought of as the place where people go after they die. But, it’s not just any ole place. It’s a place beyond what we can imagine, better than anything we’ve ever known. A place of perfect happiness and bliss – also known as paradise. Many people think of heaven like a fairy-tale land, and maybe it will feel like that, but in heaven it won’t be make-believe, it’ll a...

Our neighborhood gang has been playing with walkie-talkies a lot recently. And they’ve been having A LOT of fun! My kids can turn on their walkie-talkie and talk to their friends 2 or 3 houses down the street! While they are SUPER fun, they do require a few things that we’ve had trouble with before. For example, you have to have batteries. Lots of batteries. And you have to make sure it’s turned o...

The goal of this episode is to teach kids that diversity is something to be celebrated, war is a result of sin, but that it won't always be this way! God's forever kingdom will unite every nation, tribe, people and language. (Revelation 7:9-10)  All differences and disagreements we have now, will be wiped away when we unite over the fact that Jesus is Lord in heaven. With the situation i...

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22 You might be wondering, what is a fruit of the Spirit? Does it mean if I have a relationship with God that I’ll start sprouting fruit out of my body? Well, while that might be nice whenever you needed a snack, no, it does NOT mean you’ll turn in to a fruit tree...

Raise your hand if you like to be disciplined. Raise your hand if you love rules and following them each day. Okay, me neither. No one LIKES discipline and correction, but this is God's way of training us. Proverbs 3:11 says, “My son, do not hate the Lord’s training. Do not object when he corrects you. The Lord trains those he loves. He is like a father who trains the son he is pleased with.”...

You’ve probably seen pictures of a medieval knight. They’re usually wearing all of that silver or metal body armor from head to toe. It’s a funny looking suit to someone who doesn’t understand what it’s for or why a knight would wear this. The knight’s armor was protection for them as they went out in to battle. They also usually carried a sword with them as well. So they had protection AND someth...

Did you know that what we spend most of our time talking about actually shows us what's in our heart? Matthew 12:34b tells us that “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”  So, what is your most favorite thing to talk about?  What does your family spend the most time talking about? Let’s think of our heart like a bucket. What happens when we fill up a bucket to the top? It overflo...

Faith is a big complex topic, but let's begin to boil it down to the basics for our kids today. Hebrews 11:1 says, “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” We have basic faith that the sun will come up or that we will be able to find food when we are hungry, but what about faith in Jesus?  When we have faith in Jesus it means that we believe Him to be who H...

Jesus was teaching that the good soil, that has lots of rich nutrients for the seed to sprout and eventually grow in to a full plant, is the best soil. This is the kind of soil that we want in our heart. Whenever we do things like read the Bible, talk about the truths of God, and worship Him these are little seeds that we plant in our heart. And I pray that the Lord makes each of our hearts that a...

What makes you strong?  Well, I really should tell you that there’s 2 different ways that you can be strong. You can be strong with your muscles. And someone can also be strong in the Lord. And rather than flexing their muscles to show that strength you’ll be able to tell when someone is strong in the Lord by watching how they act or listening closely to the things they say. If their attitude and...

Jesus came in to this world as a little baby. Needing all the things that little babies need. He needed to be fed, he needed to be rocked to sleep, he even needed someone to change his dirty diaper! And we can understand that because this is what all babies need, right?! No big deal. But wait a second, this was God himself, who came as a baby. This wasn’t just any baby! So doesn’t that kinda chang...

Jesus being born is a special story everyone. For me and for you! The story of Jesus being born, the life he lived, and then eventually the death that he died on the cross was all for you. He came to this world for you! This was such great news for every single person that even a big group of angels shows up praising God saying “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his fa...

Do you ever think about all the things that seem unfortunate about the Christmas story? Like Mary having to travel on a donkey when pregnant. Or not being able to find a place to stay in Bethlehem. Or birthing baby Jesus in a barn?! The Christmas story looks VERY different from our modern day birth plans, doesn't it?  But when I believe that God is sovereign (check out the Sovereign episode f...

Christmas is a time to celebrate Jesus being born! This is a BIG deal and I’m so excited to tell you why! I get excited about any birthday party…the cake, the candles, the gifts, the FUN! But I’m REALLY excited about a birthday for Jesus! When Jesus was born, it showed us how much God wanted to be with us. He could have stayed in heaven doing other things, but He loved us so much that He didn’t wa...

Raise your hand if you've already failed at doing the advent study that you had such high hopes for this year! Me too! Don't worry if you are feeling overwhelmed during this Christmas season. You're not alone.  I want to encourage you to use this podcast as an easy button when life is crazy busy yet your heart still desires to lead your children to the Lord. I'm right there wit...

Think for a second about the most useless part of your body. Go ahead, point to something on your body that you think isn’t really that important. Like why is it even there? Are you pointing? Okay, well I’m pointing to my baby toe. Now, you should know something about my baby toe. It’s tiny. Like almost not even there. So it surely doesn’t serve much of a purpose, right? Well, actually our baby to...

It’s Thanksgiving week and you know what that means?! Lots and lots of yummy food is coming your way. Thanksgiving is known for its feast of wonderful food! And in the end, I hope and pray your belly is full and happy after your Thanksgiving meal. Even if you’re a picky eater and only eat dinner rolls the whole time….every family has a picky eater, right?! Anyway, we can satisfy our stomachs with...

There are so many things that can be earned in life. Think about it…maybe you do chores to earn allowance money. Maybe, at this time of year, you are trying to be on your best behavior to earn your gifts for Christmas. Maybe you recently played your hardest to earn a trophy or championship for your sports team. Or maybe you’ve even earned a free haircut like I did the other day by going to the sam...

One of the foundational purposes for Backseat Bible Nuggets is to get kids and adults talking about simple spiritual conversations. The most powerful influence in the spiritual development of a child is seeing and hearing about God’s character throughout their day.  What better way to do that than to share YOUR story with them?  Believers are called in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) to ma...

Have you ever dreamed about being a bird before? I’ve always wondered how it would feel to fly around soaring high in the sky and then swooping down. I’ve been jealous of a birds view before because they can fly up and see everything! And when they have somewhere to go they don’t have to stick just to the roads, they can fly in whatever direction they want to. No road rules! But you know what woul...

“Blessed are those who make peace, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 Our world today desperately needs peacemakers. When we are peacemakers that means that we bring calmness to a situation. It’s like breathing a big deep breath in to a situation.  When we are not peacemakers, we let our emotions rule. It’s like whatever we feel at the moment spills over to everyone around us. T...

What are you going to be for Halloween this year? Have you decided yet? In case you’re still undecided, let me point you towards a Bible verse that tells us to be aliens. Wait, what?! That’s right, 1 Peter 2:11 says, “Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.”  That verse has a lot of big words, but let’s focus on t...

This week, we asked some of our listeners “Who is God?” ……  Wow! That was amazing to hear from y’all! And everything you said was right on. God is ALL of those things! Isn’t that so cool? And guess what? There’s even more ways to describe God.  But it sounds to me like many of you are on your way to understanding many different parts of who God is. I heard some of you say that God is love which is...

Do you think God laughs? Someone asked me this yesterday and it made me think…what do you think? Do YOU think that God laughs? Do you think that Jesus laughed when He lived on Earth?  I do! I think that God laughs a LOT actually and I bet Jesus laughed a ton as He lived His life. How could He not?! There’s too many funny things in life to NOT laugh! And think of how much you love to laugh. Everyon...