Courageous Parenting Podcast

Many Women Desire for their Husbands to Be More Engaged in the Spiritual Leadership of their Children! Isaac & Angie discuss the reasons why men are often passive and what wives can do to encourage their husbands to lead. There is an attack on manhood today called, Toxic Masculinity, and it cripples men from being confident in their God-given roles in the marriage and family. This is an important topic as we all should desire for our sons and daughters to be confident in the way God-designed them and joyfully embrace the role He has for them in marriage one day. For show notes, scripture references, and video of this episode go to https://courageousparenting.com/episodes/ #Parenting #ChristianParenting #Marriage

We should all desire a God-centered home. Having a child-centered home may sound positive but it is very negative and can lead to problematic parenting. Tune in as we share 12 signs that you may have a child-centered home. For more resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Parenting #MomLife

We interview the CEO of AIG & the Ark Encounter, Ken Ham on how to parent your kids to face the giants ahead of them. At its core, it’s a Genesis 3 challenge parents are facing in equipping their kids. You’ve got to hear the detailed questions we must be ready to answer to our kids. In fact, we need to proactively teach our kids so many things that most parents aren’t even thinking about. When you listen to this you will be glad you know what to be prepared for.

Motherhood is hard sometimes, but hard does not equal bad. We are all striving to be the best Mama to our children, but the journey in learning how to be a biblical mother is not always clear, especially in a world that devalues the duties the role brings and indulges the fleshly desires we must turn away from. Join Angie (Mother to nine) and Abbie (Mother to ten) as they discuss a couple of the most challenging aspects of motherhood that they have experienced. A little hint, they talk about some riveting topics such as “Self-Care vs Soul-Care”, How to Find a Titus 2 Mentor and their experiences, as well as the “Gentleness Challenge” Abbie talks about in her book, “M is for Mama.” In case you are wondering, we talk in-depth about the difference between the “Gentle Parenting” movement of today and what God’s Word calls us to as Biblical Women to be gentle mothers because they are NOT the same thing.

We have found a productive path forward with Brenda of “God is Grey”, tune in to get the details and know-how to support us moving forward.

Special guests Austin and Karaline Tolpin share their short engagement story while giving wisdom about dating. It’s sure to inspire Generation Z in their approach to dating and marriage in a Biblical way. For parents of young kids, this will help you hone your vision, if they are older it will help you with practical insights now. Regardless, everyone will be inspired by their desire to obey God in their relationship. At the end, they give reflections on the first month of marriage. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

In this episode, we discuss Halloween and how it is negatively influencing kids around the world. Tune in as we share alternatives to Halloween that will protect your children and bring glory to God! For more resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Parenting #Halloween

The good news is God has a unique plan for every family, so we should never be influenced simply by what other people are doing. But we should always be influenced by what God wants us to do, especially when it comes to whether to have another child. In this episode we dive into what the Bible says, give some interesting perspectives, and share our own experience walking through our “Job Years.” You are sure to walk away with a renewed vision for raising up confident Christian kids who were born in their generation for such a time as this. For notes, scriptures and resources mentioned go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Covid19 #Uncertainty

The culture’s view of a strong or submissive woman is in opposition to the biblical view. Tune in for today’s podcast as we welcome a special guest on the show, our 14-year-old daughter, Megan and discuss this relevant topic. For more resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Parenting #biblicalwomanhood

There are very few things as important as cultivating a teachable heart in your kids as people naturally gravitate towards an independent spirit. The goal is that your kids want to learn from you forever including the teenage years when they will need you the most. In this episode, you will get insights and stories into cultivating a teachable heart in your kids. Isaac and Angie have 8 kids from 4 months to 18 years and deliver in this podcast in giving you insights to help you raise confident Christian kids in today's uncertain world. To get show notes, scripture list, and other resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/episodes/ #Parenting #ChristianParenting #Momlife

If your marriage isn't aligned, parenting will fall behind. Join us as we discuss three questions we are wrestling with right now to finish the year strong with our marriage and parenting. For more go to https://courageousparenting.com/ Every marriage will benefit from this episode and if implemented will positively impact the rest of your year creating the right momentum for the next. There's always a family culture and it's either improving because you are purposefully nurturing it or it's on a path of erosion. #Parenting #ChristianParenting #FamilyVision

Are you leaving a legacy of anger? This is a vital episode for all parents who want their kids to have self-control. Your anger is oppressive to your legacy. For notes and resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/ Join Isaac & Angie as they dig into relevant Biblical wisdom and warnings on this topic. Sometimes it takes short-term sacrifice for long-term gains. #Parenting #ChristianParenting #Angryparents

There could be ways you actually discourage your children and don’t even realize it; things you do that provoke them. It’s definitely true at times for us and until we acknowledge what it is, we can’t work on it. Get ready to be introspective, but it will be worth it. We all have to continue to grow in our leadership as parents. This episode will encourage you. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at BeCourageousMinistry.org

If you neglect your marriage while giving your best to your kids, you are failing your kids. In this episode, you will learn about the 3 different kinds of date nights that are important for every marriage. Go to https://courageousparenting.com/ Also tips on how to revitalize your marriage and lot's of date night ideas. You should want your kids to replicate your marriage, otherwise you are compromising your legacy. For show notes, scriptures, and links to the FREE Parenting Workshop and Parenting Mentor Program go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #Parenting #Marriage #ChristianMarriage

Suicide is an epidemic today and there is not enough biblical truth being shared on the topic. Children are being lead astray and placed in danger by false truths. Join in our conversation as we discuss whether Christians Who Commit Suicide Go To Heaven. For more resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Parenting #suicideawareness

It’s hard to understand the power of the gospel if our children don’t fully understand sin and its consequences. This episode will encourage you to slow down and have the needed deeper conversations with your children that lead to repentance and real forgiveness towards others too. We don’t want to launch prideful Christians who don’t share the gospel. We all want to launch children that have a significant appreciation for what Jesus did on the cross for them, and desire for others to be saved too. How you address sin in your home on an ongoing basis can make a real difference. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at BeCourageousMinistry.org

Angie is back on the show getting real about her recent birth and postpartum experience with many practical insights and encouragement.

If you want practical help influencing your children not to whine or to help others, this episode is for you. You will learn four lies that are too often embraced by parents that prevent them from handling this well. Then the Tolpins give practical insights into how to work with your children so that whining is rare and over time disappears. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at BeCourageousMinistry.org

Pastor Steve Crane is keeping his doors open to thousands of people during COVID with no spreading of the virus happening and will not close regardless of what is ahead. He will share why, but more importantly, we discuss what Jesus really meant about being a peacemaker. When you listen, you will realize how wrong so many Christians have gotten this part of the Sermon on the Mount. Get ready to be challenged and encouraged with a road map to being the kind of peacemaker God intended and the world actually needs right now. To join Angie's Young Living team go to http://courageousmom.com/oils/ For notes, scriptures and resources mentioned go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #uncertaintimes #christianparenting #christianity

If you cultivate competition within your family, you likely won't like the long-term outcome. You may not even mean to encourage it, but unfortunately, it's often reinforced unintentionally. For more resources go to https://courageousparenting.com/episodes/. The culture already embraces a competitive spirit at the cost of relationships, if you fail to proactively influence your family away from this, your legacy likely will reap the consequences.

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 all the normal health needs, especially going into the fall. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Get 5 of the 10 keys you will need to parent 6-11 year olds so that they go into their teenage years ready to reject passivity and stand for righteousness. This is a two-part episode with must-do’s that every parent will benefit from. For notes, scriptures and resources mentioned go to https://courageousparenting.com/ #ChristianParenting #Parenting #ObedientKids

Training our children in the character quality of honesty in a world that disregards the value of telling the truth. Join us for three important questions to discuss with your children to teach them what God’s word says about lying and the consequences they will reap. Let’s raise trustworthy honest men and women who will stand for truth in an age against it. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM

We begin to answer one of the most asked questions in parenting; how to raise obedient kids. Isaac & Angie discuss two vital and foundational aspects of training up obedient kids. https://courageousparenting.com/ Without these two keys, everything else you do will likely fail over-time. They speak from experience having 8 kids, from 3 months to 18 years old, and are seeing the fruit from their experience following the biblical parenting model. You will get the raw biblical truth and practical wisdom you need in this episode on parenting that's relevant no matter how old your kids are. #parenting #christianparenting #courageousparenting For more resources and to subscribe to one of the fastest growing podcasts on biblical parenting go to https://courageousparenting.com/

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 COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.