Episodes

  • A Top Ten Book for Your Family

    A Top Ten Book for Your Family
    Apr 28 2025
    We need strong families. An outside the Bible, one of the best books you’ll find to build yours up is The Theology of the Family. In this podcast, Scott Brown and Jason Dohm discuss this treasure trove of biblical wisdom. Drawing from the Reformers and Puritans, it features rich biblical gems from 56 different authors on: (1) fatherhood and motherhood; (2) marriage; (3) childbearing; (4) bringing up children; (5) abortion; (6) modest apparel; (7) advice to young people, and more. Packed with hundreds of short, powerful articles you can read, as a family, in minutes, the book’s already helped thousands of dads, moms, and children in their walk with God. And this expanded heirloom edition is one you’ll want to go to, again and again, for foundational truths and practical insights in raising your family.
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    11 mins
  • A Generational Faith - The Life Story of Bradley Pierce

    A Generational Faith - The Life Story of Bradley Pierce
    Apr 21 2025
    Raised with blue-collar roots in the Houston area, Bradley Pierce was blessed with a strong Christian family from a young age. The close-knit Pierce clan embraced the faith for generations, with his Papa and Nana hosting the family for weekly Sunday dinners after church. Realizing his sin and need of a Savior, Bradley professed Christ and was baptized at age seven. As he reached adulthood, he was led to serve God in the field of law, and for the last twenty years, elder and attorney Don Hart has been a key mentor in his life. Bradley currently serves with Don at Heritage Defense, while as leading the Foundation to Abolish Abortion and Abolish Abortion Texas as president.
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    25 mins
  • From Secularist to Puritan Heir - The Life Story of Justin Miller

    From Secularist to Puritan Heir - The Life Story of Justin Miller
    Apr 14 2025
    Raised by secularists, Justin Miller’s family life was a wreck. While in the eighth grade, his parents divorced—a trauma worse than death—and Justin’s mom looked to him to help raise his two younger siblings. Given a Bible at age 11, he read it every morning till age 23, but felt no peace. Newly married at the time, he was powerfully saved when he heard Adrian Rogers preach the true gospel on the radio. His wife came to Christ four months later, and they soon joined a church where the pastor taught through the Bible, verse by verse. As their faith grew, Justin was called to pastoral ministry. Moved by the Puritans’ legacy, Justin has given his life to sound but heart-felt teaching and currently serves as lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Puxico, Missouri.
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    21 mins
  • Loving the Church - The Life Story of Chris Law

    Loving the Church - The Life Story of Chris Law
    Apr 7 2025
    From an early age, Chris Law remembers the church being the center of family life, as his parents quietly but faithfully served their local body. This example of selfless, hardworking love shaped his childhood, and after confessing Christ at age six, Chris’s love for the church grew. Sensing a calling for pastoral ministry, he attended the Master’s College where he met his future wife Jennifer. Once married, Chris selfishly only wanted a small family, but God changed his heart as he grew in faith and reverence for the Scriptures. Chris is now the father of seven and serves as the pastor of Geneva Lakes Church in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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    23 mins
  • A Strong-Willed Son - The Life Story of Chad Roach

    A Strong-Willed Son - The Life Story of Chad Roach
    Mar 31 2025
    Strong-willed from the start, Chad Roach got more spankings in a day than all his sisters, combined, got in a whole month. This led his mom to quip that he’d turn out to be a Martin Luther or Al Capone. Entering his teens, Chad’s sin confronted him at every turn. With much anguish, he repeatedly cried out to God till he finally found peace, realizing that Christ was more than able to save him. Around this time, his dad took over his daily education, mentoring Chad in business. This mentorship—along with that of Kevin Swanson—instilled in him the desire to focus his life on three callings: entrepreneurship, non-profit work, and church ministry. While once a dishonorable son, Chad now enjoys a sweet relationship with his parents, working alongside them in various businesses.
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    23 mins
  • The Life Story of Sam Waldron - Saved by God’s Free Grace

    The Life Story of Sam Waldron - Saved by God’s Free Grace
    Mar 24 2025
    Born in Elmhood, Michigan, Sam Waldron was raised by parents who converted to Christ shortly before his birth. Though still young in the faith, they were the biggest influences on his life, regularly reading the Bible as a family and attending church together, and faithfully disciplining him for misbehavior. After confessing Christ and being baptized at age 7, Sam struggled with assurance of salvation for years until he came to understand that salvation was by God’s free grace alone. Since then, God has raised him up as a leading Reformed Baptist pastor whose passion for sound doctrine and the importance of the local church has blessed many.
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    24 mins
  • Welcome to Babylon!

    Welcome to Babylon!
    Mar 17 2025

    In this podcast, Scott Brown and Jason Dohn, joined by special guest Jeff Johnson, discuss Jeremiah’s charge to the captives in Babylon to build, dwell, and plant for the honor of God (Jer. 29:5-6), rather than fearfully bow to the evil culture that surrounded them. It’s this message of hope that will be the focus of Church & Family Life’s Build, Dwell, Plant Conference, to be held in Ridgecrest, North Carolina on April 24-26. Whether in prosperity or peril, the culture of family life should be built to flourish—with Christians seeking first God’s kingdom as they build.

    Join Us for the Build, Dwell, Plant Conference.

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    25 mins
  • Honoring Parents – The Greatest Leverage for Success

    Honoring Parents – The Greatest Leverage for Success
    Mar 10 2025

    The prevailing culture of our day encourages young people to kick against authority rather than honor their parents. Yet even without the “help” of outside influences, it’s in the heart of every child to desire their own way, and as they enter their teens years, to think they know better than their dad and mom. Such attitudes are in direct rebellion to God’s command: “‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth’” (Eph. 6:2–3).

    In this podcast, Scott Brown, Jason Dohm, and Robert Bosley explain that honoring one’s parents is square one in learning to live under authority. It’s a key testing ground for honoring God. Their advice to parents: Model honor to your children; maintain parental authority; affirm what is commendable in your kids; and do not exasperate them. Their advice to children: Recognize that God’s given you the parents you have and wholeheartedly honor them, knowing that such obedience is the greatest leverage point for your long-term success (Eph. 6:3).

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    25 mins
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