Ep 683 | How to Date, Marry, and Parent Biblically | Guest: John Mason

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today we're joined by husband, father, and co-founder of "God First, Life Second" John Mason to discuss biblical dating, marriage, modesty, and morality. We talk about his journey to salvation and how he ended up working in the church. John tells the story of how he met his wife (on Facebook!) and how they trusted God with boundaries. He shares the importance of finding time for your spouse even when surrounded by kids, and we discuss the benefits of homeschooling and prioritizing discipleship with your kids. Then we look at some of the reasons our culture has placed such an emphasis on LGBT issues and how Christians have adopted the world's model on dating and sex and ultimately compromised their beliefs. --- Today's Sponsors: My Patriot Supply — prepare yourself for anything with long-term emergency food storage. Go to PrepareWithAllie.com to save 20% on a 3-Month Emergency Food Kit. Hunter Douglas — get your free Style Gets Smarter design guide at HunterDouglas.com/ALLIE today! HealthyCell — get 20% off your first order at HealthyCell.com/ALLIE, use promo code 'ALLIE'! Donors Trust — the tax-friendly way to simplify your charitable giving, without compromising your values. Visit www.donorstrust.org/allie. --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do we dress, date, get married, parent in a way that honors the Lord in a way that is
0:08.8	counter-cultural? That is what we are discussing today with my friend John Mason. He is the co-founder
0:15.3	of God first, life second. He is the creator of I Won't Stay Silent, which is a campaign about
0:22.8	the struggle that men have with pornography. And last he's doing amazing work. He sets an incredible
0:29.2	example, especially in how he conducts himself and chooses his words on social media. This conversation
0:35.4	is going to be so encouraging for you. I'm excited for you to hear it. This episode is brought to you
0:40.1	by our friends, of course, at GoodRanchers. Go to GoodRanchers.com slash alley. That's GoodRanchers.com slash alley.
0:45.8	John, thanks so much for joining us for those who may not know, who may not follow you on Twitter.
0:59.7	Can you tell us who you are and what you do? Yes, yes. My name is John Mason. I'm a youth
1:03.9	ministry director. I've been doing that for about a year and a half. And so before that, I was
1:09.2	IT securely analyst for about 10 years professionally. Did that for a while. And now I'm doing youth ministry
1:16.2	director. Now I am a youth ministry director. And so I also have a online community ministry called
1:21.5	God first, life second, where I basically continue to put out information and truth about how we are
1:26.8	to continue the faith as millennials and also, specifically as parents as well, is very important.
1:32.8	And how we have to represent Christ. So that is what I do. Yeah. Tell me about the transition from
1:38.7	being an IT to being a ministry. How did you determine that that's what God was calling you to do?
1:45.9	Yeah. That's a very interesting story. So I had came to visit where the church is I'm working
1:51.0	at now multiple times over the years. And one time I came around 2016. And it was just a strong
1:57.6	tug on me that I need to move here. And I need to relocate. And I need to go ahead and go into
2:04.0	full time. And she of course, my first answer was no. I don't think that's I don't think that's God.
2:09.2	Because that's just how it goes. And so after a while, talk to my wife. And then we decided to
2:15.1	make the move. And when we did, we actually dealt with very, very hard consequences where we were
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