Adam Griffin is joined by Yusef Emmanue to hear his story of how God met him and transformed his life! Questions Covered in This Episode: Where did you grow up? Can you tell us a little bit about your tribe? What about your family? Where did God meet you? What did you do after that? How did your father get saved? What about your brother's story? What is Twelve21 Global? How can someone be involved? Guest Bio: Yusef Emmanuel is the founder and CEO of Twelve21 Global . He grew up on the streets of...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 16
Chelsea Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by Lindsay Blanchard, who is a mother of nine, to discuss how she is discipling her family! Questions Covered in This Episode: Will you start at the beginning of motherhood for yourself and tell us about the journey you’ve been on? How old are each of your kids now? What are the questions you’re tired of hearing when y’all go out together or when people hear that you have 9 children? What helped shape your view or your theology of motherhood? How have...
May 09, 2025•33 min•Season 8Ep. 15
Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by Sissy Goff and David Thomas to discuss how their books “Lucy Learns to be Brave” and “Owen Learns He Has What it Takes” help teach our kids about anxiety and resilience. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why is anxiety so prevalent in children? Why did y’all choose to use dogs in “Lucy Learns to be Brave”? In “Lucy Learns to be Brave.” you tell the story of how fear makes Lucy start to believe things that aren’t true. Is that the approach that parent...
Apr 28, 2025•31 min•Season 8Ep. 14
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about raising kids to be Christlike singles and spouses. Questions Covered in This Episode: Would anything be different if we had some forward thinking goals for what we are raising our children to be? What are practical ways to teach boys to be Christlike husbands and fathers? Same for girls? How are you raising girls to know whether a man is a “good man”? What role does modeling play in this? What is a contented single? Why i...
Apr 21, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 13
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss how following Jesus together in marriage leads to flourishing. Questions Covered in This Episode: What does it mean for a couple to follow Jesus together? Is there a difference between what we are called to do with the church at large and what we are called to do with our spouse? How does marriage reflect the gospel? What does it mean to have Christ at the center of a marriage? What are some practical ways to grow spiritually together? How...
Apr 14, 2025•35 min•Season 8Ep. 12
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about how to learn to borrow the strength of our spouse. Questions Covered in This Episode: Finish this statement: “I love my husband, I wish I had more of his…”? Fill in these blanks. “When I am ____, I look to my spouse for _____” How can the faith of one spouse be a blessing to the other? Can you think of a time when you saw the faith of one spouse carry the other? What does it look like to share burdens in a marriage (Galat...
Apr 07, 2025•36 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Adam Griffin and Chelsea Griffin have a conversation about how to serve your spouse well. Questions Covered in This Episode: What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “I wish you just did it without being asked”? Why do you think it makes a difference to do something to serve your spouse without them asking you to do it? How does that look like Jesus? What does the Ant in the Proverbs have to do with this? Why don’t we serve like this all the time? What are some simple, everyday ways to surpr...
Mar 31, 2025•31 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss how the stories we tell ourselves have an impact on our marriage. Questions Covered in This Episode: What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “I was telling myself a different story”? Are there any persistent false narratives that tend to repeat themselves in a marriage? How does our personal history shape the stories we tell ourselves? How does making assumptions about our spouse hurt our relationship? What does it mean to take our th...
Mar 24, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant talk about why parenting as a team is important. Questions Covered in This Episode: What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “Being a team”? How does this go poorly? What about the dynamic where one parent is always the fun parent and the other one is the disciplinarian? What about when one parent is undermining the other one? How can a couple get on the same page with the way they parent? Does 50/50 parenting responsibility work? What is the ...
Mar 17, 2025•40 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about what it looks like to be a supportive spouse. Questions Covered in This Episode: What comes to mind when you think of a supportive spouse? Why do people (particularly men) have such a hard time asking for help? If you’re struggling with something, how do you communicate to your spouse that you could use some support? What would a healthy routine of checking in on your spouse look like? How can a spouse support their spous...
Mar 10, 2025•43 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss what contemptuousness looks like in a marriage vs. what compassion looks like. Questions Covered in This Episode: What are common pet peeves in a marriage? What are schmet schmeeves in a marriage? How does contempt and compassion show up in a marriage? What is contempt? How do we know when the person at fault is the person who is feeling contempt? What happens in a marriage when you try to be a judge? What are the best characteristics of a...
Mar 03, 2025•39 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about how Godly friendships can bless a marriage. Questions Covered in This Episode: How can friendships be a blessing to a Christian marriage? Why do we hear things from our friends in ways we don’t from our spouse? What would you say to someone whose spouse's friends are not a blessing? Does your family have family friends? How have you created space for friendships? How can someone practically carve out that time in their ow...
Feb 24, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Chelsea Griffin and Cassie Bryant discuss what it looks like to be a good listener in marriage. Questions Covered in This Episode: What do you think makes someone a good listener? How do you think developing as a listener blesses a family? When you think of Jesus as a listener what bible stories come to mind for you? How do you imagine a one-on-one conversation with Jesus going? Cassie, your husband has been a counselor. Did he develop pretty good listening skills and does that translate into yo...
Feb 17, 2025•35 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about how strengths and weaknesses can effect a marriage. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why would a podcast that’s all about Family Discipleship spend a season talking about Marriage? Why do I compare my best to your worst? What’s the problem with this thinking? Should couples expect to have different strengths and weaknesses? Why do you think we are tempted to compare our strengths to the weaknesses of our spouses? How do...
Feb 10, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss how seeing things differently from your spouse can actually be a gift in marriage. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why would a podcast that’s all about Family Discipleship spend a season talking about Marriage? When did the Bryant Family start? Should couples expect to see things differently? How does this play out in your marriage? Why do you think the desire to have our way is such a common struggle in marriage? How does pride play a ...
Feb 03, 2025•39 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Adam Griffin and Chelsea Griffin discuss some of the ground rules they have for their own marriage and how it helps their marriage flourish. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s going on in our lives? What resources do we have coming out? What group have we been meeting with and what have we been talking about with them? What are the “ground rules” for the Griffin marriage? Why is it important to assume the best? What about people who decide not to share their locations or passwords? How do...
Jan 27, 2025•48 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Season 8 of the Family Discipleship podcast begins on January 27th! In this episode, Adam Griffin previews what is to come in Season 8. Questions Covered in This Episode: What are we covering this season? Who is this season for? Sponsors: To learn more about our sponsors please visit our website . Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Our Sister Shows: Knowing Faith | Tiny Theologians The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church . For ad-free episodes and more content ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 min
Adam, Cassie, and Chelsea talk about different approaches Christian parents take to talking with their kids about Santa Claus. Questions that we discussed in this episode: What are the different approaches Christian parents are taking toward Santa? Is telling kids about Santa lying to them? Does Santa distract us from what we celebrate at Christmas? How do American Christmas traditions help us point our family to Christ? Is there anywhere in the bible where the celebration of the Christmas holid...
Dec 16, 2024•40 min
Adam Griffin wraps up season 7 with a monologue episode to discuss the importance and call of family discipleship. Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the solution to the “burden” of family discipleship? What do we loose when we dont emphasize family discipleship because parents are overwhelmed? What opposition do we face when we fight for family discipleship? What are we called to? What does it look like to train to lead your family spiritually? Sponsors: To learn more about our sponsors...
Dec 09, 2024•17 min•Season 7Ep. 16
Adam Griffin is joined by Jordan Raynor to have a conversation about the joy of work and the promises of eternity. Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us some about your work and your family? What kicked off all your thinking and writing about how Christians consider their work? How did Genesis 1-2 change the way you thought about being a father? What advice would you give to parents who struggle to see the significance of their daily tasks at home in God's larger plan? What encourag...
Dec 02, 2024•36 min•Season 7Ep. 15
Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by Andrew Peterson to discuss how we can use the art of storytelling and creativity to disciple in our homes. Questions Covered in This Episode: Would you share with us how being a dad has shaped creative spheres for you? What was it like to see an idea go from your mind to paper, to the imaginations of so many families, and then see it translated into an animated series? For families who already love the Wingfeather Saga, what will they find familiar in...
Nov 25, 2024•42 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by Hunter Beless to discuss how you can lead your family in memorizing scripture and why it's important. Questions Covered in This Episode: What does sharing your faith with your kids look like in your home right now? What started your passion for teaching kids to memorize scripture? You’ve got a great kids book called “Read It, See It, Say It, Sing It.” Will you walk us through how that framework helps kids to memorize scripture? Have you seen adults se...
Nov 18, 2024•47 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by JD Greear to have a conversation about what Family Discipleship looks like for the Greears! Questions Covered in This Episode: If I asked your children to describe you, what kind of things do you think they would say, and, if it’s any different, what kind of things would you hope they would say one day? As you were raising your kids, what did following Christ as a family look like for y’all? What were the rhythms of discipleship for you as a dad? What...
Nov 11, 2024•43 min•Season 7Ep. 12
Adam Griffin and Chelsea Griffin are joined by Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler of Risen Motherhood to about their new book “Gospel Mom.” Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us about your ministry changing and what that feels like right now? What inspired the new book, “Gospel Mom”? Why do you think it’s hard for parents to live like we believe we are free from guilt and fear and ready to battle with sin, instead of other parents? What are the spiritual disciplines that God has used to ...
Nov 04, 2024•52 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant are joined by Kyle Worley to discuss union with Christ. Questions Covered in This Episode: What books do you have coming out and how do people make sure they don’t miss them when they get released? Is it okay to say that being a Christian is someone who “Jesus has come to live in their heart?” Does Jesus live in them or do they live in Jesus or is it both? What part of your teaching on Union with Christ do you find that people are always respondin...
Oct 28, 2024•42 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant celebrate the 100th episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast! Questions Covered in This Episode: What is an unexpected lesson you have earned while hosting this podcast? What are the episodes you think you will go back to to hear again? Have you had any listener interactions that have had a lasting impression on you? If you could go back to the first episode, is there anything you wish you knew? Are there any dream guests or topics that you have...
Oct 21, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Adam Griffin and Cassie Bryant are joined by Rachel Gilson to discuss how we can parent without panic in an LGBT-affirming world. Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us about you, your family, and your ministry? What inspired you to write, Born Again This Way? Why do think living in an LGBT-Affirming World causes so much fear for parents? Why do think starting with what sex is, is a good place to start this conversation? Why do you think so much of our culture, including Christian cu...
Oct 14, 2024•45 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant are joined by Carl Laferton to discuss his children's books; The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross, and God’s Big Promises Bible Story Prayers: 101 Prayers for Children. Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us about you, your family, and your ministry? Where’d the inspiration for The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross book come from? What’s the story of writing it? Any advice on writing a good Christian kid’s book? You’ve got a new boo...
Oct 07, 2024•43 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss how important it is for parents to disciple their teenagers. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s going on developmentally for 15-18 year olds? What are your hopes and fears for the teen years? What is the reputation of a teenager? What are the kinds of things that teenagers love to experiment with and take risks with? How do we have great conversations with kids in this stage and maintain a healthy parent/child relationship? What’s i...
Sep 30, 2024•34 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about how to disciple young teenagers in your home. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s going on developmentally for 12-14-year-olds? What are the spiritual opportunities with this age group? What does discipling this age look like for us? What are the new and growing temptations that this stage will face in this generation? How do we have great conversations with kids in this stage and maintain a healthy parent/child rel...
Sep 23, 2024•49 min•Season 7Ep. 5
