COURAGEOUS PARENTING

We all want obedient and respectful kids but the usual behavior modification approach just doesn’t work very well long term. It’s like pulling weeds but leaving the roots. You’ve got to get to the root of the issue which is your kids' heart. Do you have your kids' hearts? Is your focus to get their obedience or to focus on the heart of the issue? Let’s point our kids to Jesus in the midst...

Tune in so that you are more equipped to help your family’s health as the hospitals may not be able to help you. There’s a perfect storm happening in the hospitals all over the world right now with so many doctors and nurses quitting due to the vaccine mandate (rightfully so), more patients due to Covid fear-mongering and the unfortunate situations of people needing serious care due to covid and a...

Unchecked selfishness will prevent your marriage from thriving. It’s vital that each spouse recognizes the battle we all have to be too self-focused. If we don’t recognize the ongoing battle, we won’t work on it. Isaac and Angie share their tips for a thriving marriage as they just celebrated their twenty-second wedding anniversary. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are...

If the vaccinations work, why are the vaccinated getting so angry at the unvaxed? If natural immunity is twenty-seven times more effective than the vaccine, then why are people who have already gotten Covid losing their jobs unless they get vaccinated? Isaac & Angie answer and wrestle with these issues in this episode. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at...

We aren’t a guest show, but sometimes we make an exception for worthy discussions. This is a must-listen as Isaac interviews Andrew Yeghnazar as they discuss the fastest growing church in Iran, Biblical perspectives on the current Afghanistan situation, and how we can be a part of God’s solution as Muslims relocate. It will stir up courage in you to reject passivity and raise up courageous Christi...

Regardless of where your kids go to school, make sure you add these eight things to their education. I’m sure you would agree the world has drastically changed over just the last two years. As we look at the trends, these eight things are vital for your kids to thrive as believers in an increasingly uncertain future.

It's vital to think clearly about how you provide for your family. How solvent is it during these uncertain times? It's forced vaccinations now, but there will be more challenges coming. Isaac takes you through his process for discovering your own best work path that aligns with how God made you. In addition, he gives numerous examples to stimulate your thinking about what you could pursue...

PLEASE SHARE AS IT WILL LIKELY GET CENSORED. So many have messaged us asking for advice regarding the Covid Vaccinations. We’ve received so many stories of people facing losing their careers unless they get the jab. We’ve purposefully stayed away from this topic, but now feel compelled since people are being forced to vaccinate or else lose access to things or even lose their careers. Here’s our c...

There’s enormous pressure on your kids to be worldly. It will seep in regardless of your protective measures. In fact, it’s better for them to deal with some of it while they are in your home so you can equip them while experiencing it. We give four tips to help your kids stand strong and reject the anti-biblical messages such as pro-choice, gender, marriage, sex… Tune in to get insights to help y...

We aren’t to fear the world or be worried about tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take logical steps to be prepared for greater uncertain times. If you couldn’t buy anything for three months, how would your family do? We believe it’s prudent to have things in place so you don’t get forced into reliance on the government for your basic needs.

There are greater costs today for your family if you are a reactive decision-maker. Here are four proactive decisions to make right now that you will likely be thankful you made just six months from now. We must prepare today for what the future will require for our families to thrive.

There is no perfect place to live until we are in heaven, but no community is safe from this growing challenge that could prevent your kids from launching with a Biblical worldview. This episode was prompted by a conversation Isaac’s young barber had with him this week. Tune in to be better prepared for the battle for your kids' hearts.

Parenting is a long game and we need strong endurance to do it well. We all get frustrated and discouraged in our parenting at times. Tune into this episode to get encouraged and practical help that will reinvigorate your motivation and energy for Biblical parenting.

Get an inside look into Angie’s birth and postpartum experience so far, just four weeks after giving birth naturally to the Tolpin’s 9th child. You will be encouraged and get practical insights to help you or another pregnant woman around you as Angie comes back on the show for the first time since having Zander.

You are your kids' most important teacher of Biblical truth. This is an area that can’t be delegated if you want a different and better outcome than most Christian families. Every other leader that teaches the Bible to your kids is helpful, but not if it’s at the expense of your inaction in this area. It’s never too late or too early to do this. Tune in to get practical wisdom and motivation t...

Just think about what the world may be like during the year you launch your kids from your home. How well someone responds to change, challenges and relationship conflicts matters more than ever. Emotional resilience is a critical skill you will want to include in your process of equipping your kids. Tune into this episode to get practical insights and biblical truth on how to do this.

We are all passive at times that we shouldn’t be and over time it can have negative consequences in your kids lives. Isaac challenges us to think about these six areas to make sure we aren’t passive; education, purity, peers, family boundaries, spiritual growth, and creating memorable experiences. It’s so important to think about this introspectively so we can be aware of where courage is needed.

Dad’s can make a huge difference in their wives' pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences. So much so that if their support is missing it can limit so many things in their marriage and legacy. Isaac shares candid stories and practical tips for Dads to help their wives during these important seasons. It’s an interesting look inside Isaac and Angie’s life and marriage with intimate details t...

Every Dad should tune into this and wives too! Isaac reveals his five tips to making the best possible decisions and leading your family through the changes well. It’s more important than ever to be proactive decision makers otherwise your family will likely be forced to react to unfriendly circumstances. Help your family thrive through change from the tips in this episode.

It’s not easy to prevent “people pleasing” from altering our parenting decisions, but it’s vital if you want to launch confident Christian kids into a further uncertain world. If you’re really honest with yourself you’ll likely see areas you cave to pressure by others to make inferior choices. Multiple inferior decisions made for the sake of pleasing others over time will likely accumulate into in...

There’s a lot you can do to cultivate a stronger Biblical community right where you are or even if you move somewhere new! As you may know, the Tolpin’s moved to a new state seven months ago despite having a strong Biblical community right where they were. They give an update on building a new community in Idaho and share six keys that will help you right now! There’s a lot of change happening aro...

If you want your vacation to have a permanent impact for good change on your family it’s vital to do what’s in this episode just before you get home. These strategies yielded incredible growth in the Tolpin family and will help you too.

Don’t miss the incredible impact your vacation can have on the lives of your kids. But it takes being purposeful about a few things that prevent selfishness from growing stronger during your trip. Get lots of practical tips so that you thrive on your vacation but more importantly your family grows stronger together.

The communication you have with your family before your vacation makes a huge difference in the attitudes and behavior of your kids while on your trip. It takes some thoughtfulness on what your family needs to hear and sometimes that’s what we fail to spend time on. You will get ideas that will help in this episode.

Have you thought about the idea that there could be limits on what you even think about attempting as a family due to not realizing the potential of your team at home? We believe it’s important to do things that require your family to help on purpose. In this episode, we give you practical ideas/projects to do based on the different age levels of your kids. Let’s keep doing things that require mor...