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Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids

47. Parenting in politics: Part one featuring Jim Denison

Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids

Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting

4.9849 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

If you’re anything like me, there are very few things we feel less inclined to speak into than politics. 

Even so, it’s important to guide our kids well in these politically divisive days.

I recently gave a few considerations in an article I wrote on how to discuss politics with our kids:

Would the world recognize you as a Christian if all they knew was how you engaged in politics? Would your kids know Jesus better if all they heard was your political speak? The truth is our political opinions are unlikely to change minds, but quite likely to change our witness.

With all of that in mind, I am happy to introduce a two-part Pardon the Mess series to help us navigate this political culture. 

Don’t worry: under no circumstances will we be talking about specific candidates or parties but rather principles that will help guide our kids. 

In part 1, we have Jim Denison, co-founder of Denison Ministries, sharing ways we can disagree well and teach our kids to respect authority, even when we don’t agree with all of our leader’s actions. He reminds us that “winning arguments is not as important as winning souls.” 

In part 2, Texas State Representative Jeff Leach and his wife, Becky, give us an insider look at our political system and suggest ways we might support our public servants through prayer. 

I hope these podcasts equip you well in the coming weeks as we face the election and the days following. 

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0:00.0

Christian Parenting

0:02.0

This is Cynthia Yannoff and you're listening to Pardon the Mess.

0:16.0

Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is

0:20.8

teaching us along the way.

0:22.4

It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical.

0:24.8

Life is messy.

0:25.8

Don't walk the parenting road alone.

0:32.0

Hey guys, this Cynthia.

0:33.5

Welcome to Pardon the Mess.

0:34.7

Glad that you're joining us.

0:36.5

And good for you.

0:37.4

Let me just start with that.

0:38.5

Good for you for knowing that we're talking politics today and you are here anyway. I mean,

0:43.3

we're not literally talking politics per se, but we are talking about the upcoming election in terms of what's going on our country.

0:50.9

How do we handle as Christians? And Jim Denison is here to talk through so much. Jim is

0:55.5

one of the founders of our organization. His title is Chief Vision Officer of Denison Ministries.

1:00.6

And he writes a daily article with a corresponding podcast that reaches over 250,000

1:05.5

subscribers across the globe. And Jim just has this incredible way of addressing whatever's going on in

1:12.1

current events through a biblical lens. And so today we just talk about why there's such a lack of

1:16.7

unity in our country as it involves our political system. How do we engage in Christians? What do we

1:22.4

do if the wrong person ends up in office? And I use that in your quotes, whatever that means.

1:26.9

And then how do we

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