Do you find yourself wishing you could walk and talk with Jesus? Wouldn't life be easier if we had that face to face relationship with Him?  Did you know that Jesus told his disciples - people who did have a face to face relationship with him - that it was better that He was going to leave them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit? In this episode Coat and Phylicia discuss the role and power of the Holy spirit and how to help your child understand and build a relationship with Him.

Do you find yourself wishing you could walk and talk with Jesus? Wouldn't life be easier if we had that face to face relationship with Him? Did you know that Jesus told his disciples - people who did have a face to face relationship with him - that it was better that He was going to leave them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit? In this episode Coat and Phylicia discuss the role and power of the Holy spirit and how to help your child understand and build a relationship with Him.

What's the Holy Spirits Role in My Childs Life

How do you teach the concept of the Trinity to children when even adults have difficulty understanding it? Is an egg or three leaf clover the best solution or do anaologies like that lead you down dangerous paths?

How do you teach the concept of the Trinity to children when even adults have difficulty understanding it? Is an egg or three leaf clover the best solution or do anaologies like that lead you down dangerous paths?

How to Teach the Trinity to Your Kids

Ryan and Phylicia kick off season 3 of the Cross Formed Kids podcast talking about how to talk to your kids about one of the most foundational theological topic: The Bible.

Ryan and Phylicia kick off season 3 of the Cross Formed Kids podcast talking about how to talk to your kids about one of the most foundational theological topic: The Bible.

How to Talk to Kids About the Bible

In this episode Coat and Phylicia have a fun discussion about Classical education, including why it is an important discipleship tool.

In this episode Coat and Phylicia have a fun discussion about Classical education, including why it is an important discipleship tool.

A Case for Classical Education

In this episode Phylicia and Ryan talk about how to raise kids who know how to relate well to non-Christians. 

In this episode Phylicia and Ryan talk about how to raise kids who know how to relate well to non-Christians.

Raising Neighborly Kids

Coat and Phylicia discuss whether it is ok to keep our kids in “big church.” How can we think about this as parents seeking to raise Christian kids?

Coat and Phylicia discuss whether it is ok to keep our kids in “big church.” How can we think about this as parents seeking to raise Christian kids?

Little People in Big Church

In this episode, Coat and Phylicia discuss the challenges related to remaining consistent in discipling our kids.

In this episode, Coat and Phylicia discuss the challenges related to remaining consistent in discipling our kids.

The Challenge of Consistency

Coat and Phylicia Discuss how we can break patterns of generational sin and how we can go about parenting as first generation Christians. 

Coat and Phylicia Discuss how we can break patterns of generational sin and how we can go about parenting as first generation Christians.

Generational Realities in Family Discipleship

Most people either love to hate it or hate how much they love it. In this episode Coat and Phylicia take a balanced approach and discuss how we can navigate technology to ensure that our kids are not negatively impacted by it.

Technology and Family Discipleship

How can we practically structure our days and weeks and months so that we faithfully disciple our kids?

How can we practically structure our days and weeks and months so that we faithfully disciple our kids?

Time Management for Family Discipleship

Raising Cross Formed Kids is a collaboration between two parents in the thick of raising kids. Our passion is to equip parents to become the primary disciple-makers in the lives of their kids. After all, raising Christian kids is always a miracle, but it's never an accident.

The Bible is more important than our theological preferences, but does our theology impact our parenting? Are there specific pitfalls to watch out for, depending on where we fall on the theological spectrum?

How Your Theology Impacts Your Parenting

In this episode Phylicia and Coat discuss how we can raise kids who know what to do with their feelings.

Little People, Big Feelings

In this episode, Phylicia and Coat discuss strategies for managing our emotions in the context of discipline and disciplining our kids.

All The Feels

In this episode Phylicia and Coat discuss parenting and stress. Parenting can be stressful. How do we manage stress in parenting? How can we be sure our stress doesn’t negatively impact our kids?

In this episode Phylicia and Coat discuss parenting and stress. Parenting can be stressful. How do we manage stress in parenting? How can we be sure our stress doesn’t negatively impact our kids?

Stress in Parenting

In this episode Coat and Phylicia discuss the doctrine of sin and how our understanding of it informs our parenting.

In this episode Coat and Phylicia discuss the doctrine of sin and how our understanding of it informs our parenting.

Little sinners and Big sinners

Ryan and Phylicia discuss ways to turn the tables on the subject that society has deemed awkward and uncomfortable and instead make "The Talk" an ongoing conversation with your children where you are their go-to source for information.   This conversation is more important now than ever because your children ARE curious and WILL learn this information from someone. If that someone isn't you, then you don't know whether or not (or how badly) their view on their body and sexuality is being twisted.

Ryan and Phylicia discuss ways to turn the tables on the subject that society has deemed awkward and uncomfortable and instead make "The Talk" an ongoing conversation with your children where you are their go-to source for information. This conversation is more important now than ever because your children ARE curious and WILL learn this information from someone. If that someone isn't you, then you don't know whether or not (or how badly) their view on their body and sexuality is being twisted.

Strategies for the Sex Talk with Your Kids

Ryan and Phylicia Talk about the beauty of family and the importance of raising kids as an aspect of stewarding God's creation. 

Ryan and Phylicia Talk about the beauty of family and the importance of raising kids as an aspect of stewarding God's creation.

Family Discipleship as Creation Care

Phylicia and Ryan discuss how to teach kids to hold to and defend the faith without fear or self-righteousness.

Apologetics and Family Discipleship

Time is limited, so with that in mind, what exactly should I focus on teaching my kids in order to foster a faith that lasts?    Additional Reading:  https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf103.iv.iii.iv.html 

Time is limited, so with that in mind, what exactly should I focus on teaching my kids in order to foster a faith that lasts? Additional Reading:  <a href="https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf103.iv.iii.iv.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf103.iv.iii.iv.html</a>

Sorting Through Catechisms and Covenants

When it comes to raising Christian kids, what is the role of the family and what is the role of the local church?   Ryan and Phylicia discuss the roles of parents and local churches in raising Christian kids. What should parents be doing? How can churches best contribute? Where in Scripture do we the mandate for family discipleship?

When it comes to raising Christian kids, what is the role of the family and what is the role of the local church? Ryan and Phylicia discuss the roles of parents and local churches in raising Christian kids. What should parents be doing? How can churches best contribute? Where in Scripture do we the mandate for family discipleship?

The Roles of the Local Church and the Family

Raising Cross Formed Kids

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