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Guests: Allen Parr, host of The Beat, and Jordan Sekulow, Executive Director for the American Center for Law and Justice
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Allen Parr and Jordan Sekulow join nearly a dozen other outstanding speakers, authors, and apologists, at the 2024 Biblical Worldview Conference held at Prestonwood Baptist Church September 22-24. To register visit prestonwoodworldview.org and don’t forget that the parent code for $10 off your registration is PCAParent24.
To watch and listen to Allen Parr, visit his YouTube page The Beat.
To connect with and learn more about the work of Jordan Sekulow, visit the website for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Dan Panetti, PCA Director of Parent Engagement & Ministry (interviewed by PCA sophomore Sevyn Trogdon)
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Parents, we are celebrating 20 years of Biblical worldview training and transformation with this year’s Biblical Worldview Conference! From humble beginnings, the BWC has grown into the world’s largest and leading Biblical worldview conference for students. In this episode you’ll learn more about how the conference began and some interesting behind-the-scenes stories. But more than just the history and significance of BWC, this podcast will hopefully inspire you to attend this year’s conference in person or via the live stream option. To learn more about this year’s BWC and to register, check out the Biblical Worldview Conference - dates this year are September 22nd - 24th. And don’t forget that the parent code for $10 off your registration is PCAParent24.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Megan Rogers, PCA Senior Director of Development & Stewardship, and Kenzie Venus, Director of Development Events
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
North Texas Giving Day (NTGD) has begun! From now until September 19, you can give to the PCA Fund that helps provide that margin of excellence funding specific projects that make our school even better! Funds designated for the North Campus will be used for North Campus projects and funds designated for the Plano Campus will be used for Plano Campus projects. The goals for the two campuses are as follows:
North Campus - goal of $80K, with a stretch goal of $100KPlano Campus - goal of $553K, with a stretch goal of $700KTo donate, visit the NTGD/PCA page and make a donation - make sure you put what campus you’re on and what grades your children are in.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Maddie McDonald (PCA Plano senior), Kellen O’Brien (PCA Plano junior), Naomi Livings (PCA Plano sophomore), Madison Kirby-Birdwell (PCA Plano freshman), and Ryan Newsome, PCA Plano Spiritual Development Director
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Both the North and Plano campuses took their US students on retreat to Sky Ranch this past week. We had the opportunity to sit down with students from the Plano campus at their retreat as well as with the new Director of Spiritual Development Ryan Newsome to record some comments about why they felt a spiritual retreat was an important component of the PCA DNA and why, as students, they felt like this time away from school and with their classmates was essential to building community and meaningful relationships.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Stephen Bryant (PCA dad, coach, SLi Director), Mike Thornberry (PCA North dad), Aaron Ulmer (PCA alumni, Class of 2007), Chris Housewright (PCA dad)
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
The Forge is the latest movie from the incredible Christian movie producers the Kendrick Brothers (Alex, Stephen, and Shannon), who brought Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Courageous, and War Room to the big screens. This new movie is about the process of making a man - and it’s a powerful story of prayer, forgiveness, redemption, and salvation!
The Forge opens in theaters across the country on Friday, August 23, 2024.
In the movie, Joshua Moore (older man, business owner) asks a younger Isaiah some important questions that cause Isaiah to pause and evaluate his life and future - here are those questions:
5 years from now, where do you want to be?What ways do you want to grow in the next year?What kind of man do you want to be?What do you want people to think when they see you coming?The Forge isn’t a “self-help” movie about making better decisions - Isaiah surrenders his life to Christ and as he begins to follow Jesus, his life and decisions are radically changed! The Forge also highlights the importance of walking in community - surrounded by others to hold us accountable and encourage us on our journey!
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guest: Dr. Mike Goddard, PCA Superintendent
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
This year’s theme comes out of the Book of Joshua, specifically Joshua 1:9, which reads:
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
As Joshua was standing at the precipice of something new, exciting, and definitely nerve-racking, God reminded him to be strong and courageous. What new adventure lies in front of you and your family this year - what is God doing in and through your life that you’ll need to rely on Him and His strength to make it through?
Remember that great trials and tribulations produce great faith in a great God. J.K. Gressett is credited with saying, “God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.”
The Book of Joshua begins with this charge to “be strong and courageous” and ends with Joshua reminding the nation of Israel that “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Parents, you have a choice to make this year - whom will you serve - the gods of our age (convenience, comfort, competition) or the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Jillian Bryant, Plano US Dean of Students, and Erin Williams, Plano US Counselor
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
PCA’s New “Internet Enabled Device” Policy
Basically, PCA is going to be a “cell phone free” environmentMuch of the rationale for this decision is encapsulated in the research presented in Jonathan Haidt’s latest book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental IllnessHaidt writes about four foundational harms from a phone-based childhood:Social deprivationSleep deprivationAttention fragmentationAddictionHaidt also gives four foundational reforms:No smartphones before high schoolNo social media before age 16Phone-free schoolsBring unstructured “play” back for childrenIf you would like to review more of Haidt’s research, check out The Anxious Generation Research Website that goes beyond the book.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Jillian Bryant, Plano US Dean of Students, and Erin Williams, Plano US Counselor
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Dress code
Greater emphasis on enforcement and understandingModesty
Five Lies book by Rosaria Butterfield:A godly woman is a modest woman.A modest woman does not bring attention to herself but instead gives glory to God.In Modesty: More than a Change of Clothes, Martha Peace and Kent Keller define modesty as “an inner beauty of the heart motivated by a love for God that seeks His glory through purity and humility; it often reveals itself in words, actions, expressions, and clothes.”Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Julie West, Senior Food Services Director, and Vinny Tellini, Executive Chef, with Sage Dining Services
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Both Chef Julie West and Chef Vinny Tellini are “seasoned” veterans making the dining experience for PCA students something wonderful! Sage desires to be part of the PCA community - a meal is a chance to connect with others and Sage does a great job of making the food service at PCA special, unique, healthy, and delicious!
Sage takes into account the variety of allergies that students might be sensitive to as well as what are the favorites for the students. The menus are planned with great care taking into consideration what is best for the students and what the students will enjoy. As a parent, you can see what is available for your students on the Touch of Sage app - you can see the weekly menu, you can rate specific menu items, you can filter based on allergies, and you can contact Chef Julie or Chef Vinny to share your thoughts, compliments, or concerns.
If you would like to email Chef Julie West directly, her email address is [email protected]. Parents, you are also always welcome to purchase a lunch pass and go eat with your child. Please see Susan at the LS front desk or Sarah at the MS/US front desk for more information.
Remember when your child says that they “don’t like” something - make sure you encourage them to try it first before they decide that they don’t like it!
At this time, the Sage dining experience is only available at the Plano campus, but consideration is being given to adding Sage dining to the North campus when time and space permit.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Anna May, Sharayah Colter, Marchelle Michel
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Some Resource Recommendations for Parents:
Godly people! You need to get plugged into a solid, Christ-centered, Bible-teaching church and “LifeGroup” filled with individuals who are doing life looking to know God and make Him known - and do life together with them!God’s Word! Before you dive into other outstanding resources, you need to dive into God’s Word - there is only one book that is living and active. Jeremiah 6:16 reminds us to ask for the ancient paths - the way of the Lord is well worn by the travels of believers before us - walk in those ways!JC Ryle - great author - some of his works include Thoughts for Young Men and Holiness.The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt - written by a professed atheist, Haidt’s research into the negative effects of screen time on our kids is a valuable read for parents today.Atomic Habits by James Clear. How to make those small, 1% changes that over time become powerful habits in your life.Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster - great resource for spiritual growth and maturity.Marriage on the Rock by Jimmy EvansAl Mohler’s The Briefing podcast.Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria Butterfield.The Indwelling Life of Christ by Major Ian ThomasAgain, parents, we are working on a Resource Page - so if you have some suggestions or recommendations, please email me at [email protected] - love to hear from you!
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Anna May, Sharayah Colter, Marchelle Michel
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Parents, we are creating a RESOURCE PAGE to help direct you to outstanding resources - and I’d love to get your favorite resources listed on there as well. Please email me at [email protected] to share your favorite books, videos, CDs, podcasts, etc…stayed tuned for more information.
While we mentioned dozens of resources in this podcast, here are a few highlights:
The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls by MJ Thomas
Adventures in Odyssey Audio
Chronicles of Naria by CS Lewis book set
The Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen Taylor
The Priest with Dirty Clothes by RC Sproul
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guest: Russ Crosson, chief mission officer and senior partner of Blue Trust (Ron Blue Institute), and author of Your Life…Well Spent: The Eternal Rewards of Investing Yourself and Your Money in Your Family
If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.
Russ - I manage my money to have more LIFE, not just more money!
Russ - you need to know the difference between PROSPERITY (wealth/money/material possessions) and POSTERITY (children/legacy/generations to come).
The Principle of Time Replacement: How to Add Posterity Time to Our Schedules
“Time-saving” devices - we spend more time working in pursuit of more money or to buy more possessions that require time to use and maintain. As a result, the typical full-time employee’s work week has expanded from forty to nearly fifty-seven hours.When you make spending decisions, ask, “How will this expense affect our entire family?”Principle of Replacement - the addition of new time commitments to my schedule usually involves a trade-off between work and posterity timeOnly say yes if the activity can replace something else that’s already in your schedule that doesn’t detract from your posterity timeA New Understanding of Work
#5 - Only change vocations to better fulfill your purpose and maximize your time flexibility - not to make more money
#7 - If you’re in a career that is currently generating sufficient income, carefully evaluate additional time spent to earn more income, especially if your children are young.
Remember, your children’s first ten years are the most criticalA Good Name is Better Than Riches: Building Our Posterity’s Social Capital
Must take the time to train our childrenMore money doesn’t mean better lives…or better childrenSpecial shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Jane Matthews, Julie Hildebrand, and Gabe Boyd
For video of this podcast, check out PCA’s YouTube page.
In this episode, we look at the latest Inside Out 2 movie which adds additional emotions to young Riley as she turns 13 and enters puberty. In addition to Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust, Riley now gets Anxiety, Envy, Ennui (Boredom in French), and Embarrassment.
As with the first Inside Out movie, this film is filled with excellent content for meaningful conversations with your children. The situations are powerful and the changes and challenges that Riley faces are moving.
We hope that our discussion helps you, as a Christian parent, engage with mediums like mainstream movies in a significant way with your family. Our discussions of Inside Out 1 and 2 are not an endorsement of the movies, their content or message, but a realization of the powerful influence of movies in our culture and an opportunity to present you with insights about how to utilize these resources to equip your family from a Biblical worldview.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Jane Matthews, Julie Hildebrand, and Gabe Boyd
For video of this podcast, check out PCA’s YouTube page.
We started our discussion with the first Inside Out, which was released in 2015. This movie from Pixar looks at the various emotions that make up our personality - for the movie, they chose Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust.
From a parenting perspective, the movie is filled with excellent content for meaningful conversations with your children. The situations are powerful and the changes and challenges that Riley faces are moving.
We hope that our discussion helps you, as a Christian parent, engage with mediums like mainstream movies in a significant way with your family. Our discussion of Inside Out is not an endorsement of the movie, its content or message, but a realization of the powerful influence of movies in our culture and an opportunity to present you with insights about how to utilize these resources to equip your family from a Biblical worldview.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Holly Hamilton, Sandy Leydig, and Joel Gordon
For video of this podcast, check out PCA’s YouTube page.
Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul
By George Barna
Section ONE - The Importance of Children
Section TWO - The Four Principles of a Disciple
Section THREE - Families and Churches in Partnership
Section Three - Families and Churches in Partnership
Working together, parents and their faith community can be a dynamic and potent force for the kingdom of God, leading to transformed lives among the young people in the church’s families.
Chapter 8 - Parents Must Manage Media Exposure
Exposure to media is the MOST significant shaper of a person’s worldviewParents consciously fill the role of media gatekeeperLarge doses of media consumption change the configuration and capacity of the brain - for the worseAcceptance of parental authority dropsFour M’s of Media ManagementMonitor media useMinimize media useMoralize media contentModel media standardsChapter 9 - Where is the Local Church?
Churches, like most service-based organizations, are responsive to the expressed needs and desires of their user base. Face it, parents do not clamor for real discipleship experiences for their children, and churches have not done much to push back on that blind spot.The most effective churches provide:Teach parents to understand and own the role of spiritual mentor to their childOffer support and assistance needed for parents to fight the spiritual war that surrounds their childrenGood churches look to PARTNER with parents…A WORD about Christian schools…Public schools are no friend to ChristA Bible-based Christian school can be an enormous help to a parent who is striving to raise a spiritual champion and partnering with parents in seeking to defeat the prevailing culture that dismisses biblical truths and lifestylesChapter 10 - Fight for Your Children
You must MODEL for them the life of a spiritual warrior…Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Holly Hamilton, Sandy Leydig, and Joel Gordon
For video of this podcast, check out PCA’s YouTube page.
Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul
By George Barna
Section ONE - The Importance of Children
Section TWO - The Four Principles of a Disciple
Section THREE - Families and Churches in Partnership
Section Two - The Four Practices of a Disciple
Making a life-defining commitment to be a disciple of JesusAccepting the biblical principles and commands that lead to becoming a discipleAdopting the lifestyle of a disciple - obedience through application of beliefsInviting personal accountability and stability - through assessing what matters, reinforcing growth, and celebrating disciplehoodChapter 4 - Disciple-Making Practice #1
Being a genuine disciple starts with obedience.Why obey His teachings? Because He has provided them so that we may flourish in life.Obedience therefore demands knowledge of ScriptureA different way of describing a disciple is someone who thinks like Jesus, which enables them to act like Jesus, producing someone who therefore lives like Jesus.Spiritual Commitments:Serving ChristBuilding a solid relationshipInvesting personal resourcesImplementing a solid planUsing proven practicesChapter 5 - Disciple-Making Practice #2
Biblically speaking, discipling a child is meant to be done by the child’s parentsHow WORLDVIEW developsExperimental processImitating their parentsList of DIFFERENT/COMPETING worldviews…94% of adults have a syncretistic worldview - a blending of views from two or more of the comprehensive worldview systemsChapter 6 - Disciple-Making Practice #3
An equally important undertaking is to promote the fledgling disciple fully, and passionately integrating those beliefs into a Christlike lifestyle.The expansive impact of those attributes is an example of why discipling someone is not a quick process.Spiritual fruit begins with evidence of personal transformationChapter 7 - Disciple-Making Practice #4
Accountability systemFind a spiritual mentorMust be taught the importance of consistent SELF-EVALUATIONIntroduce young followers to the still, small voice of the Lord…Measurement toolsWorldview Assessments Spiritual GiftsPersonal Strengths Personality AttributesSpiritual Growth and MaturitySpecial shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Holly Hamilton, Sandy Leydig, and Joel Gordon
Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul
By George Barna
Section ONE - The Importance of Children
Section TWO - The Four Principles of a Disciple
Section THREE - Families and Churches in Partnership
Section One - The Importance of Children
Chapter 1 - Making the Most of Your Life
Most young adults (54%) admit they often feel anxious, depressed, or unsafeThe Great Commitment is your promise to God that you will apply yourself to carrying out those challenges - with His authority, in His power, and for His gloryParents have PRIMARY responsibility for the total well-being of their children - education, discipline, protection - but the most vital aspect of their development is spiritual formation.Chapter 2 - Realigning Our Course Trajectory
Many embrace the label of “spiritual but not religious”LESS than 1% of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old Americans have a biblical worldviewParenting Tactics
Prioritizing spiritual developmentEstablishing inflexible Bible-based priorities and boundariesDiscipling each childInfluencing the choice of their friendsCONSISTENCY is the single, most important attribute…Chapter 3 - Disciple-Making, Yes-But Why Disciple Children?
Who has the greatest impact/influence on our kids - the arts and entertainment media industry…Act of repetitionPeer acceptanceSpecial shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Len Munsil, President, and Dr. Jeffrey Green, VP of Academic Affairs and chief academic officer, at Arizona Christian University (ACU)
Transforming Culture with Truth
In Transforming Culture with Truth, Arizona Christian University President Len Munsil explains how the principles and values that built Western Civilization are under assault, and how a decaying and divided culture can be transformed through biblical truth. In this second edition, Munsil applies his incisive analysis to the most pressing cultural issues we face as a nation, and offers both hope and practical wisdom to the next generation of Christian leaders as they seek to advance God’s Kingdom in an increasingly hostile culture.
Worldview training and development address concepts of personal spiritual development as well as how our faith intersects with culture!
Recommended resource: Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul by George Barna
Parents, don’t get discouraged in the training of your children - parenting is hard work…it’s a journey, a marathon, not a sprint…stay faithful and prayerful - and look to partner with solid Biblical institutions like PCA and ACU.
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guests: Shannon Lichty, Trudy Reed, Jillian Bryant, PCA’s FPS State 1st and 2nd Place teams
Twenty-five years ago, Shannon Lichty brought the FPS program to PCA. Along with several others who have invested in making this program a resounding success, Shannon has invested her heart and energies into countless PCA students both in the classroom and through FPS. To learn more about PCA’s FPS program, check out this page on the PCA website. To learn more about FPS in general, check out: Future Problem Solving Program International
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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Guest: Giovanni Capriglione, Texas State Representative, District 98
Barna’s research has shown that nearly 3/4th (72%) of parents are worried about or concerned with AI’s impact on their children - but also that only 17% have actually taken steps to learn more about AI - so, basically parents are afraid and under-informedOne concern expressed about AI is the potential likelihood of decreased social connection, adding to the epidemic of loneliness and isolation this generation is already facingAI is more complex than “if/then” commands - it is a system that can be trained to use data for specific purposesTexas Governor Greg Abbott signed Rep. Capriglione’s bill (HB 2060) into law creating the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council that will study the use of AI in state governmentAI collects data points - the average person has at least 100,000 data points collected on them - which means that AI can know you better than you know yourself! Digital privacy laws are being passed so that people can begin to see the information that has been collected about them.The best way to protect yourself is to reduce the amount of information that AI can collect on you - be aware of thisSocial media has one goal - to make sure you don’t put your phone down - the more you scroll, the more data that is being collected about you!Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!
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