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Ep. 776 - Emerging Adults Need Transparent and Loving Guidance From Parents - Jim Burns

March 6, 2025 • Tina Griffin

The emerging adult years are ones of exploration and change, and it’s a period that greatly differentiates from the culture many parents grew up in. Jim Burns is an accomplished author, podcaster, and founder of HomeWord. He’s an excellent authority on parenting and discipleship, and he has wonderful insight into how parents can keep in touch with their adult children while maintaining their biblical values, and still show godly love even when they disagree with their children on critical issues. This new generation, Jim explains, has certain distinctions, and one of them is that they view tolerance as a form of loving others. “We have to learn to be students of their culture without agreeing with them,” he shares. He talks about the “messy middle” where we can still lead with love without affirming sin.

TAKEAWAYS

It’s okay to share your own life experiences with your kids to help prepare them for the consequences of bad life choices

Kids want to see authenticity from their parents

We can guide our children to choose the master designer of our sexuality instead of what the culture promotes

If we live with integrity, our kids will see that modeled and learn from it

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Ep. 791 - Humility Is Dated By Society’s Standards, Yet the Pillar of Christianity - Dennis Edwards

April 2, 2025 • Tina Griffin

Humility is not a form of weakness or passivity, says Dennis Edwards, but instead it’s an approach to life in which we strive to be more like Jesus. Dennis is the dean of North Park Seminary and the author of Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character. He discusses how humility is generally not pursued by Christians and how few people truly understand it. How can we cultivate a lifestyle that centers on humility and exercise it at the appropriate times? In a modern culture that tends to be so self-centered, we’ve lost our bent toward being humble and adopted so many of the problems of the rest of society. Humility may feel old or outdated, but it’s desperately needed! Humility challenges us to put others first, strive to be more like Christ, and speak appropriately, rather than out of a self-defense mechanism. TAKEAWAYS Humility puts us in a position where we are paying attention to what’s going on around us Humility should not be self-deprecating or self-loathing Society elevates self-worship and seems to minimize the importance of humility Humility feels strange to modern culture, but it was part of the First Century Christian witness that we need to reinstate 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Download the CCM App: https://bit.ly/3vc4d2x Humility Illuminated book: https://amzn.to/3qqk3rp 🔗 CONNECT WITH DENNIS EDWARDS Website: https://www.revdrdre.com/http://www.revdrdre.com 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ TUVU (sign up for free 30-day trial): https://www.tuvu.com/tina MasterPeace: https://bit.ly/counterculturemom VidAngel (get first month for $1 with code TINA): https://bit.ly/4dpg2vt 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Ep. 790 - Humility and Obedience are Evidence of a Deep Understanding of the Gospel - William Farley

April 1, 2025 • Tina Griffin

Nobody thinks they need humility, but it may be the one thing people need the most! In fact, humility is the premier Biblical virtue from which all other virtues proceed. Therefore, cultivating a sense of humility is incredibly important for the Christian. William Farley is a retired pastor and the author of Gospel Powered Humility. He explains how everything God does in our lives is to humble us. He also talks about how if Christians fail to grow in humility, they should take a second look at their walk with the Lord. Everything we do proceeds from our sense of humility, whether we are parenting, working, or cultivating relationships with those around us. Arrogance lurks behind every act of disobedience, but humility is the driving force behind obedience, William says. Humility is the least-emphasized virtue in the church, but it may be the most important. TAKEAWAYS The most important thing you can do to demonstrate humility for your kids is to love your spouse and demonstrate humility for them Humility is necessary for both conversation and sanctification Reaching toward humility is when we try to see ourselves as God sees us Nobody thinks they need humility, but we all do and many of us think we are humble, when we are not 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Answers in Genesis (get 10% off with code AIGCCM10): https://bit.ly/aigccm Gospel-Powered Humility book: https://amzn.to/3duzdsf 🔗 CONNECT WITH WILLIAM FARLEY Website: https://williampfarley.com/ 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY MasterPeace: https://bit.ly/counterculturemom ARTZA (get 20% off with code TINA): https://www.artzabox.com/#rfsn=tinahttp://www.artzabox.com/#rfsn=tina Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffinhttp://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Trail Life: https://blog.traillifeusa.com/lbbb-tinahttp://traillifeusa.com/lbbb-tina 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Ep. 789 - Men Struggle With Pride Due to a Significant Fear of Failure - Richard Simmons

March 31, 2025 • Tina Griffin

Why do men have difficulty being transparent and sharing vulnerable details about their lives? According to Richard Simmons, it comes down to problems associated with pride, which drives men to worry about being seen as a failure by those around them. Richard is a bestselling author and the founder of The Center for Executive Leadership. He has written and spoken extensively on the critical topic of pride and how it intersects primarily with the male psyche. He explains why men especially struggle with pride and humility, and how pride is, quite literally, the driving force behind so many of humanity’s problems, from wars to parenting struggles. Pride and unhealthy comparison are deadly, and make people unhappy. He encourages us to live a humble life. TAKEAWAYS Men particularly base their identities on how well they perform in the workplace Parents put a lot of pressure on their children to succeed in life, most likely because it makes them look good When you compare yourself to others, it can make you sad and discontent with your own life Pride is truly the chief cause of misery in this world 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Kerusso T-shirts (get 15% off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/4jt6cus Overcome the Fear of Failure video: https://bit.ly/3qjsqqd The Power of a Humble Life book: https://bit.ly/43luxwc 🔗 CONNECT WITH RICHARD SIMMONS Website: https://richardesimmons3.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardesimmonsiiihttp://www.facebook.com/richardesimmonsiii Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardesimmons3http://www.instagram.com/richardesimmons3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thecenterbhamhttp://www.youtube.com/@thecenterbham Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-e-simmons-3http://spotify.com/pod/show/richard-e-simmons-3 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffinhttp://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Redemption Shield (get 10% off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/3wzgeiq Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ MasterPeace: https://bit.ly/counterculturemom 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/