Tilly and Abigail discuss marital submission and settle all of your questions once and for all. But seriously, they talk about the challenge of being a Christian wife who seeks to adorn herself by being submissive to her husband (1 Pet. 3:5). Marital submission is lovely, but it is often difficult. Like climbing on the back of a tandem bike, a woman's role in marriage requires effort and coordination. They discuss the difficult marriage (as referenced in 1 Pet. 3:1-2), as well as the more typica...
Nov 17, 2020•177 hr 34 min
Tilly and Abigail are joined by Tony Reinke to talk about technology. What is technology and how do we approach it as Christians? Is it something eye distrustfully, but put up with? Or is technology a built-in part of God's world, something we as God's creatures can use with his glory in mind? Tony Reinke serves as a senior teacher at Desiring God, and hosts the popular podcast Ask Pastor John , addressing questions of theology, ethics, and Christian living. Reinke currently resides in the Phoen...
Nov 10, 2020•125 hr 38 min
Tilly and Abigail talk about home as a "safe space." In the midst of a culture that seems to have a lot of new ideas about what constitutes safety and danger, can we think of our homes as the place of retreat? Is it more dangerous to be out in the world with our guards up, or inside the four walls of our home with our guards down? What do older, wiser saints show us about the work of the home and safetyism? On Election Day, when many of us are hunkered down in our "safe space" waiting for result...
Nov 03, 2020•116 hr 5 min
Abigail and Tilly are joined by Rebekah Merkle and Rachel Jankovic from the podcast What Have You. They talk about the nitty gritty details of what it looks like to offer your home up to God as a sacrifice of praise. What does it look, smell, feel, taste, and sound like when we preach the gospel through the physical things we do in our homes? Can we do this even when things are crazy? Look for some fun stories about Abigail the fainting goat, and interesting quotes from Bekah, such as "leave Jes...
Oct 27, 2020•192 hr 20 min
Tilly and Abigail talk with Andy Naselli about the conscience. What is the conscience? What do you do when yours is calibrated differently from your friend's or your husband's? How do you care for your children's sense of right and wrong? How do you care for your own conscience, and what can you do when you realize your conscience has been misguided? Andy is the co-author of Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ and, for children, author of That Little Voice in You...
Oct 20, 2020•129 hr 25 min
Abigail and Tilly talk about being bored while home with young children. Our culture has a preferred solution: outsourced childcare. But what does the boredom actually indicate? Is it necessarily a problem? They jump off by talking about a book by Erica Komisar called Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters.
Oct 14, 2020•158 hr
Abigail and Tilly talk to Rosaria Butterfield about the radically ordinary role of the home in reaching lost and lonely people. What are some creative ways of opening our homes to real people in the age of Covid? How do we talk to unbelievers about sin? How do we edify other Christians in our homes?
Oct 06, 2020•114 hr 30 min
Tilly and Abigail talk about things we do that aren't particularly efficient but are worthwhile for other reasons. What are hobbies for and how do they contribute to the Christian home?
Sep 29, 2020•163 hr 36 min
Abigail and Tilly talk to Joe Rigney about how the material blessings of the home can be enjoyed in tandem with worshiping God, the giver of all good gifts.
Sep 22, 2020•152 hr 39 min
Abigail and Tilly talk about food, dieting, and the freedom Jesus brings to table fellowship. What does that mean for the home? What does it mean for hospitality? What does it mean for people (like Tilly) who are naturally bad cooks?
Sep 15, 2020•154 hr 9 min
Abigail and Tilly talk about women and the home, as well as gender roles as part of a created order.
Sep 06, 2020•188 hr 21 min
We are Abigail Dodds and Tilly Dillehay, and we're here to encourage you to make your homes a wartime outpost of life in Christ. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook to hear when a new episode comes out. Episode 1 will be released Monday, September 7! Keep those home fires burning!
Sep 05, 2020•3 hr 40 min
