Episode 83: Prioritizing Family Devotion and Family Worship
Link to the Allen Family devotional plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkczpIXCtNJXrExjFTJPCF7ynwwFHLtR8LtRaaYbqeI/edit?tab=t.0
The Christ Centered Life
Pastor Derek Allen and his wife, Lindsay, discuss what it means to live The Christ Centered Life--a life where Jesus is at the center of everything.
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Episode 82: Family Fun or Immoral Debauchery? Mardi Gras
What are Christians to do with Mardi Gras? Is it just another way to have good, clean family fun, or is it a celebration of immorality and debauchery? Listen in as Derek and Lindsay talk about it on this episode of The C2 Life.
Episode 81: Protecting Kids and Teens in a Device Driven World
Links from this Episode Discounted Bark Phone: https://www.bark.us/?ref=CQ2DH9J * * Screen Time Health Impacts: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/screen-time-side-effects-in-kids-and-teens * * California's New Social Media Law
Episode 80: Why we are losing the pro-life/abortion debate
Recent state-wide initiatives have pointed in one direction. Pro-life legislation has failed. Pro-abortion legislation has succeeded. One major political party has made abortion a central part of its platform, and the other major political party has shown
Episode 79: The World is on Fire! A Christ Centered Headline Review
In this episode, Lindsay and Derek read and quickly respond to Yahoo News, Associated Press, Fox News, and NPR headlines. What is a Christ Centered response to news about Israel and Hezbollah, attempted assassinations of Trump, haircuts in space, and more
Episode 78: Why can't we cope? A Christ-Centered discussion about therapy and counseling.
We can't deal! At least, it seems we can't. But why can't we? In this episode, Lindsay and Derek talk with Brent Vance who is an LPCS (Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor) and the Missions and Children's Pastor at FBTC. Brent helps us unpack a Chri
Episode 77: Toxic Masculinity or Perpetual Boyhood?
God designed men to be the pastors, protectors, and providers for their families and, in many ways, for the entire culture. Modern culture works against that design, and one of the hot-button phrases is "toxic masculinity." In this episode, Derek and Lind
Episode 76: The Christian Response the Current Political Situation
Saturday, July 13, 2024, at 6:11 pm, an assassin's bullet narrowly missed Donald Trump. Although it was unexpected, it also wasn't that surprising. How must followers of Christ respond in a political climate so filled with cruelty and volatility that an e
Episode 75: Four Lies Parents Believe About Dating
When it comes to dating, everyone is confused. Teenagers are learning as they go, and parents aren't sure what part they play. In this episode, Derek and Lindsay introduce foundational ideas about dating by exposing four lies parents often believe about d
Episode 74: Transgenderism Part 5, Theology and Transgenderism
This is the final episode of a five-part series on transgenderism. In this episode, Derek and Lindsay discuss the key passages and theological ideas pertinent to the transgender discussion.
Episode 73: Transgenderism Part 4--It Isn't Working
Despite all of the cultural pressure to conform to the transgender revolution, one thing is increasingly clear. It isn't working. Those in the transgender community aren't finding peace. Our culture is not growing more stable. The obvious logical inconsis
Episode 72: Transgenderism Part 3-Education, Government, and the Church
In this third episode of a multipart series, Derek and Lindsay discuss three major fronts in the ideological battle over transgenderism--education, government, and the church.