What happens when a seeker-sensitive church begins measuring its practices by Scripture?

In this episode, Scott Brown and Jason Dohm talk with Paul White, pastor of Covenant Bible Church, about his congregation’s transition from a program-driven, age-segregated model to family-integrated worship. Paul shares how the sufficiency of Scripture led him to reconsider assumptions about church life and recognize the biblical pattern of generations worshiping together. He also discusses the challenges of that transition, patiently shepherding families through change, and why pastors must begin with settled biblical convictions rather than pragmatism.

Looking back on his church’s journey, Paul reflects on the fruit: whole families worshiping together and children growing up within the gathered church — a picture he describes as both humbling and beautiful.

Ready to start — or restart — family worship in your home? Download our free Restore Family Worship Starter Kit for simple, biblical tools to help you make family devotions a daily rhythm that anchors your household.

Scott sits down with pastor Justin Miller to announce Old School, a new parenting podcast from Church & Family Life launching October 19. Grounded in Jeremiah 6:16 — “ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it” — Old School will show the bankruptcy of modern parenting psychology and call parents back to the sufficiency of Scripture for raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. Tune in to this new podcast as Justin applies the timeless wisdom of God’s Word to the very real challenges of parenting today. How do you raise difficult children, God’s way?

Is family-integrated worship simply “too hard” to work in real life?

In this episode, Scott Brown and Jason Dohm are joined by Carlton McLeod to answer seven practical objections to families worshiping together in the local church. What about disruptive children? Can parents really listen while managing little ones? Drawing on decades of pastoral experience, they discuss how young children can be trained to participate in worship as families grow together in the meeting of the church.

We must not let perceived “difficulty” drive our approach, they explain, but let God’s Word reframe our focus: Worship is not a product we consume; it’s the church offering herself to God in the way He’s prescribed — which involves families, young and old, worshiping side by side.

Ready to start — or restart — family worship in your home? Download our free Restore Family Worship Starter Kit for simple, biblical tools to help you make family devotions a daily rhythm that anchors your household.