COURAGEOUS PARENTING

We believe loneliness is an epidemic right now and there are many deep reasons for it. The more digitally connected the world becomes, the lonelier people seem to be. As you listen to this episode you will likely discover areas of opportunity for yourself or your spouse to grow. If you have the four marriage conversations we encourage in this episode, it will catalyze your friendships, marriage, a...

Are you having a hard time getting things done because your kids have poor attitudes? I’m sure you try to fix this problem, but there could be things you are not realizing that keep the bad behavior persistently coming back. We teach six keys to influencing good attitudes in your kids that you can implement right now. Sometimes it just takes a small change to your approach to see big changes in yo...

If you are feeling lonely, wondering about your relationships, or just want to be refreshed during this challenging season this episode should help. We candidly discuss reasons for loneliness, how to nurture your relationships and lead your family with a Biblical response. Warning though, this episode may cause you to make some changes about how you re-enter life after quarantine.

Most decisions made in fear will be inferior decisions to what’s best. This episode will be helpful as you wrestle with whether you should have more kids or not during uncertain times and it will encourage those of you about to deliver another baby into the world who might be struggling with fear. It doesn’t matter what we think, what matters is what God’s will is for our lives. We share many of G...

Our kids learn the most from what they see us do during challenging situations. Let’s let them see our faith in God versus worries about the present. Resurrection Sunday is upon us, yet if we aren’t careful it could be overshadowed by what’s happening in the world. Let’s redeem this quarantine by filling our homes with spiritual protection, love, Biblical wisdom, and keep our focus on the Lord who...

How to manage your home is different when everyone is there 24/7! Many people are trying to figure out how to homeschool, work from home, and even lead their families spiritually. This episode dives into the realities we are all facing right now globally and how to do it well. You will get valuable homeschooling, marriage, and home management tips in this timely episode.

Proactively creating positive disruptions helps your marriage thrive. Transitions are inevitable in life, but how you handle them makes all the difference. How you make decisions can alter the course of your family legacy. Isaac and Angie share this secret for the first time that has led to an incredible marriage of twenty years through the most challenging and fruitful times alike. They will shar...

Regardless of what your children choose to do as a vocation in their future, they need to be equipped in how to take initiative and be resourceful. In this episode, we discuss many things you can do practically to equip your children. Knowledge is inferior to resourcefulness and a “get it done no matter what” attitude. Entitlement attitudes are cultivated from childhood and are destructive to thei...

If you or anyone you know has suffered a miscarriage, this episode will be insightful, equipping, and encouraging. We share about our recent loss of our 10th baby to miscarriage and explain why we announced the pregnancy right away, didn’t hide the loss from our kids, and what we named our baby. This is a raw but biblical perspective on loss, suffering, and grief. You don’t want to miss it.

If you over-protect your kids by hiding seasons of challenge from them, you may be paralyzing your child’s faith. It’s in all the moments we experience God helping us when we are weak, that fortify a strong faith that can’t be broken. If we’re honest, what we may call shielding our children from burdens and worry could be better explained as pride and a desire for our children to view us as having...

If you aren’t intentional in the right ways during ages 6-11, you will miss a vital opportunity to grow your influence into the teenage years where it matters most. In this episode we cover the other 5 tips to do with your kids which include: How to grow your relationship with them, helping them discover “Their thing”, purity issues, education, and their identity in Christ. Thanks for being part o...

While you have the most influence during the years 6-11, you want to make the largest impact you can. This is a vital season for equipping confident Christian kids who are ready for tomorrow's uncertain world. In this episode, you will get 5 things you’ll want to make sure are part of your parenting. You will get the next 5 in episode 61!

Is your marriage trending towards increasing unity, alignment, and teamwork or gradually moving apart because of an independent spirit? This is a must-listen as Isaac and Angie give personal insights into their independent nature before marriage, and tips on how to consistently grow stronger as you grow older.

This gets personal and raw quickly as Isaac and Angie make an important announcement for the first time anywhere, in this episode. They are honest about their struggles and share about one of their most challenging times in their 20 years of marriage. God DOES give us more than we can handle, otherwise, we would be able to do everything in our own strength. This episode will help you in those area...

Fear-based parenting is highly destructive to launching confident Christian kids in an uncertain world. No one wants to admit they are, but it’s so easy to increasingly parent in fear. Take a look at your parenting as you reflect on these 5 points and get valuable insights that will help you become more fruitful in your parenting approach.

The #1 key to parenting is to work on your marriage, and these four tips in this episode will help you do it whether your marriage is struggling or thriving. We share some of our struggles in our own journey and teach you the concepts we used that only made us a stronger team. If your mission isn’t aligned your marriage will struggle behind. This should be the most important focus for any family.

How you handle your past, will largely determine whether you create a new future for your family. Too often the motivation to create new change as a parent gives way to the path already paved for them from their past. That’s why good intentions to create a new legacy will likely fall flat if you don’t do this one thing we share in this episode.

Do you want your kids more focused on the meaning of Christmas? This episode will help as Isaac and Angie teach from the book of Luke about the incredible events leading up to Jesus birth. You can play this for the whole family or use it as a tool to share the scriptures yourself during Christmas.

Our oldest child, upon returning from college, answers a tough question: “How we could have been better parents?” I think you will find her response encouraging. Kelsey shares her thoughts about her generation after being at college with 15,000 other students, the impact of her homeschooling, tips for other parents, and why she chose to go to college.

Many men are failing to lead their families spiritually. The temptation of passivity is causing many men to miss the mark. Good intentions reap no reward unless acted upon but the passive man is reluctant to act for fear of failure and lack of conviction among other reasons. Join our conversation as we discuss the six main reasons why many men struggle with passivity and how to overcome it.

Allowance in combination with a lack of responsibilities during childhood will impact the character and work ethic of an individual, cultivating a heart condition of entitlement and a socialistic mindset. Tune in as we share why we don’t give allowance to our children and how to spark a culture of teamwork through teaching the biblical principle of stewardship.

Our culture has increasingly become welcoming of entitlement attitudes, provoking many to become lazy and diminish the reward of hard work and effort. They believe that they deserve the same as others even when their efforts and performance aren’t worthy of the same prize. But this isn’t God's will. Join us as we discuss keys to instilling work ethic in your kids in an entitled world. For note...

God's design for His Body is that the older Titus 2 men and women teach the younger, but sadly this call to discipleship is massively falling short in the church today. Where are the Titus 2 Men and Women? And what can the church do to change the lacking? Join Isaac and Angie as they discuss these crucial issues that massively impact the church today and future generations.

Who has your child’s heart during Christmas, Santa or Jesus? Join us as we share our Christmas traditions and discuss tips on how to keep Christ the center of it all. For more resources go to CourageousParenting.com