Episodi

  • Is Halloween and the Ballot Box the Same Spiritual Fight?

    Is Halloween and the Ballot Box the Same Spiritual Fight?
    Oct 30 2026
    Halloween still leaves some kids uneasy, and Greg and Tonya aren’t convinced the culture is just having fun. A real attack in a Nashville parking garage, an election a week away, and the way politicians dress up abortion as “reproductive health care” all start sounding like the same unseen fight. They walk through why a vote still matters, why government keeps wanting what belongs to families and the church, and why some pastors stay quiet when the stakes are this clear. Pull up a chair—this one gets honest about what it actually costs to treat faith like it’s real.

    00:00 – Banter, Dentists, and Getting Started
    01:37 – Halloween Fears and the Unseen Realm
    08:01 – A Close Call in a Nashville Garage
    09:34 – Elections, Isaiah, and Spiritual Warfare
    12:22 – Life, Abortion, and the Love in Hosea
    30:45 – Why Your Vote Actually Counts
    46:32 – Principles for the Polls and Quiet Pastors
    58:04 – Nehemiah Alliance and God’s Sovereignty
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    1 ora e 3 min
  • Should Christians Watch Horror?

    Should Christians Watch Horror?
    Oct 24 2026
    Is Horror Actually the Most Christian Genre of Film?

    You turn on the TV and it’s wall-to-wall horror movies. Your kids want to dress up and hit the streets. Meanwhile the real world feels darker than the costumes. Greg and Tonya dig into the debate that exploded between Allie Beth Stuckey, Ben Shapiro, and Matt Walsh: is horror the most Christian genre of film, or is it something we should avoid?They talk about why some horror takes the supernatural more seriously than regular TV, what we should actually be afraid of, and how Christians can stand in the middle of Halloween without celebrating darkness. From Reformation Day and a prayer gathering on the National Mall to Ouija board ads and a missionary story that makes Hollywood look tame—this is the conversation about fear, faith, and where the line really is.If you’ve ever wondered whether to participate, hide the lights, or just turn the TV off, pull up a chair.

    CHAPTERS

    0:00 - Aging, Accolades, and Who’s Actually Listening
    5:05 - Holding Onto Hope While We Wait
    10:02 - Spiritual Warfare, Elections, and Real Fear
    12:11 - Reformation Day and the Nehemiah Alliance
    16:19 - The Horror Movie Debate Starts
    20:19 - Why People Watch Horror (Shapiro Clip)
    25:37 - What Should We Actually Be Afraid Of?
    28:36 - How Christians Can Handle Halloween
    37:26 - Teaching Kids Real vs. Fake Horror
    41:42 - A Missionary Story That Puts Hollywood to Shame
    45:15 - Boundaries, Scripture, and Closing
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    50 min
  • How Do You Hold Onto a Vision When the Timeline Won’t Move?

    How Do You Hold Onto a Vision When the Timeline Won’t Move?
    Oct 16 2026
    You can see where things can go. The problem is most of the people around you still can’t. Greg and Tonya are sitting in that exact tension—trying to minister in a small town where people like the atmosphere but still drive out for a bigger church experience, while the vision they came with has taken a slower path than they expected. They talk about sharing the gospel at a volleyball game, the difference between living in the future and bringing people with you, and what it actually takes to keep the picture alive when nothing feels like it’s moving. Then Tonya has to leave for a conference, Judah’s old recording fills the gap, and Greg sits alone with the question she left him: how do you hang on to a vision God put in your heart when the timeline keeps stretching? If you’ve ever felt like you’re waiting on something that still won’t show up, this one will feel familiar. Pull up a chair and listen in.

    CHAPTERS
    00:12 Intro Banter and the Volleyball Gospel Share
    02:30 Small Town Life vs. Driving Out for Church
    05:36 Living in a Future Most People Can’t See Yet
    07:14 Gentle Among You Like a Nursing Mother
    08:29 Not Everyone Is an Evangelist—and That’s the Point
    09:53 How Do You Wait Without Losing the Vision?
    13:21 A Song from Judah When He Was Eight
    15:25 Greg’s Solo Answer: Five Ways to Hold the Vision
    26:10 It Still Comes Back to Time with Jesus
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    28 min
  • Why Are Adult Kids Cutting Off Their Parents?

    Why Are Adult Kids Cutting Off Their Parents?
    Oct 10 2026
    Greg and Tonya open with a Wall Street Journal piece on adult children deciding to cut off their parents—sometimes over politics, lifestyle differences, or advice from therapists and peers online. They push back on the idea that ordinary friction automatically equals “toxic,” and they talk through the real difference between biblical counsel that points toward repair and a therapy culture that often prioritizes feeling better right now.They share their own early-marriage story of setting clear boundaries with Greg’s mom (it wasn’t permanent, and it wasn’t easy), look at what Scripture actually says about honoring parents even when it’s hard (including 2 Timothy 3 and James on listening and anger), and name the tension between wanting to belong and being told to separate. They also talk about identity rooted in Jesus instead of self-discovery, the real enemy behind family division, and why prayer for the person you’re struggling with can change the room before anything else does.If you’ve felt the pull to step away from family—or you’re watching it happen around you—this is a grounded, practical conversation about boundaries that still leave room for relationship.

    Scriptures for further reference: 2 Timothy 3:1-5, James 1:19, James 1:21, James 1:22-25, James 1:26, Matthew 15:11, Matthew 7:24-27, Psalm 34, Psalm 91:4, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:44, 1 Peter 5:8, John 16:33, Matthew 16:18, Romans 10:17, 2 Peter 1:3




    CHAPTERS
    0:00 Welcome and the article that started the conversation
    1:00 Family estrangement, therapy culture, and online peer advice
    8:00 Biblical counseling versus modern therapy that focuses on feeling better
    12:00 Their own story: boundaries with Greg’s mom early in marriage
    15:00 When cutoffs happen—grandchildren, church families, and real harm
    19:00 Identity in Jesus, the church as counsel, and why self-discovery falls short
    21:00 2 Timothy 3, honoring parents, and last-days attitudes
    24:00 Redefined “violence,” words versus real threat, and what actually shapes us
    29:00 Parenting, generational trends, and who is supposed to inform a child’s identity
    33:00 James on quick to listen, slow to speak, and defensiveness as anger
    40:00 Therapy culture, affirmation over instruction, and owning your own reactions
    45:00 Prayer, Psalm 34, and the real enemy behind family division
    49:00 Closing prayer and practical next step
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    53 min
  • What Do You Do When God Only Says Wait?

    What Do You Do When God Only Says Wait?
    Oct 3 2026
    Tonya sat down to keep writing and found out a chunk of the book had never actually saved. Six or seven thousand words, gone, right in the middle of the part she was most proud of.Greg and Tonya start there, then end up somewhere else. The missing pages were about a desert season in Phoenix, fear around Elijah, and the older stories God used to get Tonya ready for it. A car she was asked to give away. A breakup that shoved her into a prayer journal. Five years of begging to hear something and only getting one word back: wait.It is a conversation about ownership, security, and what you lean on when the voice you are used to goes quiet. If you have ever lost work, lost a plan, or wondered whether God was still in the room, pull up a chair.
    CHAPTERS00:00:00 The Book Stopped Saving
    00:04:32 Trials, James, and Why the Book Exists
    00:07:18 The Car That Was Not Really Hers
    00:17:52 Ownership Gets Harder With Kids
    00:23:37 Five Years of Hearing Only Wait
    00:29:12 Security, a Breakup, and a Picnic Table
    00:35:30 The Anonymous Bag of Skirts
    00:41:09 A Prayer by the Bed
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    45 min
  • EpisodeWhat If God Promised You Something You Almost Missed?

    EpisodeWhat If God Promised You Something You Almost Missed?
    Sep 19 2026
    Tonya has been trying to write a book for a couple of years. Not because publishing is hard now—anybody can print one. Because the story itself keeps getting bigger than the moment that started it.It began with their youngest son. Accidents. Fear. A stretch in Phoenix that felt like a desert on the outside and in her soul. And then this quiet thing she almost walked past: a promise God had already tucked into Elijah’s name, spoken back to her when things were at their worst. God would protect him. He was there.In this episode of Ask Mom and Dad, Greg and Tonya sit with that book while it’s still unfinished. Seven chapters mapped. About eighteen thousand words in. She’s aiming for something you can actually hold—deep enough to carry the promise, not so padded it loses what God put on her heart. Along the way they talk about Amazon books, instant “experts,” AI that can catch a muddy sermon but shouldn’t write your life, and why a story still needs a living soul behind it.If you’ve ever felt a promise in the dark and didn’t know how to tell it, this one is for you.

    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Coffee, Questions, and Getting Settled
    01:31 Why Everybody Suddenly Has a Book
    07:21 The Book Tonya Can’t Rush
    14:18 Elijah, the Desert, and a Promise She Almost Missed
    18:15 Filling It Out Without Losing the Thread
    20:19 Tools Can Help—They Can’t Live the Story
    32:52 Why a Book Doesn’t Make You an Expert
    38:37 Trusting the One Who Holds the Whole Thing Together
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    47 min
  • What If Church Isn’t Somewhere You Go—It’s a House He’s Building in You?

    What If Church Isn’t Somewhere You Go—It’s a House He’s Building in You?
    Aug 28 2026
    Greg and Tonya keep meeting the same kind of faith: know the commandments, work hard, make it to Sunday, want the life God blesses.Just not always God in the center of it.This episode is about that gap. The fear of God is not a short list that makes you a good person. Jesus made it personal—love Him with everything, then treat the person in front of you like they already belong. They sit with Psalm 127 and the anxious toil we dress up as responsibility. They sit with Ephesians 2, where the wall that said “you don’t belong here” comes down, and strangers become members of the household of God.That’s the turn. You don’t visit the temple anymore. You’re being built into it. Jesus is the one holding the load. The gathering is the house coming alive in one room. And the people you pass in the grocery store are not on the other side of a wall He already tore down.If He’s building the house in you, you don’t have to protect it. You can invite people home.Come sit with Greg and Tonya.
    CHAPTERS
    00:00:11 – Ask Mom and Dad
    00:06:34 – Sacred, Secular, and Muddy Water
    00:10:48 – Fear of God Isn’t a Checklist
    00:15:14 – Anxious Toil and the Gift of Rest
    00:17:12 – Belonging Without Being the Center
    00:21:45 – The Wall Came Down
    00:27:40 – When the Temple Starts Talking
    00:32:00 – He Carries the Load. You Have a Role.
    00:39:59 – Living It Around Your Own Table
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    42 min
  • How Far Will You Go to Make Room For Someone?

    How Far Will You Go to Make Room For Someone?
    Aug 14 2026
    We just got back from England, where churches stand on nearly every corner… and yet so many people have never actually encountered Jesus.Greg and Tonya talk about the difference between “here’s a place to sit” and “come sit with me.” They dig into why the word “religion” itself can become a wall, what people really mean when they say “I’m not religious,” and how genuine relationship—not more programs or prettier buildings—creates the kind of access that changes everything.From a widower who just wanted to die, to a woman with tattoos talking about angels in the park, to the quiet work of preparing the ground so the seed can actually take root… this conversation gets honest about the barriers we don’t always see and the comfort zones we have to leave if we want others to feel at ease enough to meet Jesus.Pull up a chair. This one’s worth listening all the way through.

    CHAPTERS
    00:00:00 – Opening Banter and the Real Question
    00:02:46 – England: Churches Everywhere, Understanding Nowhere
    00:05:06 – Jesus as a Person, Not Just a Feeling
    00:14:57 – Visible Access vs. Meaningful Access
    00:26:47 – “Places to Sit” or “Come Sit With Me”?
    00:27:21 – When the Word “Religion” Becomes the Barrier
    00:38:27 – Preparing the Ground and Leaving Comfort Zones
    00:49:34 – Listening for Stories and Lowering the Walls
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    54 min