We break our podcasting hiatus with an unofficial side series that we're titling, "Table Talk." These are "out of the studio" recordings from live conversations that we've shared together on social media on topics that pertain to Christian Parenting and taking thoughts captive for Christ. The audio comes from direct recordings of our mobile devices so the recording quality does not match that of our regular episodes. We hope that you enjoy these conversations with us around the table!

In this discussion, we talk about the differences between adoption and surrogacy and how the latter is a distortion of the family and functions as a glamorized form of trafficking that has been disastrous from the time of Abram and Sarai, who sought to take matters into their own hands for childbearing with the birth of Ishmael through her maidservant Hagar.

It's summertime and many of us love to go to see the latest blockbuster films! But how often do we stop and think about why we watch the things that we watch?

In this episode, we share our personal experiences with films and media and how we have come to make decisions as a family in choosing what we watch, both as a couple and as a family:

What makes the cut?

How do we decide what is worth our time?

What content is allowable and when?

Does Scripture have anything to say about it?

All media comes with a message. Are we tuning in our minds to listen to what is being said or are we shutting off our brains and passively consuming? Learn how to engage your mind and take captive your thoughts for Christ even in front of the big screen.

How far are you willing to go for the sake of your children?

Parenting can be difficult and demanding. Caring for someone else and taking care of their needs requires a cost. But how far are we willing to go as parents? What's the limit of the sacrifice we're willing to make for the little ones in our lives?

In this episode, we discuss the concept of parenting as sacrifice and what it looks like to parent for the sake of future generations.

There's a story of a mother who pays the price of her own life in bearing a child. A heavy cost in parenting indeed. Was it worth it? There were other children born to the family by that point anyway, was it a necessary cost to pay? Should they even have considered having another child? And yet, God told them to have more children. In fact, He commanded it. Without this mother's sacrifice, you likely wouldn't be reading this right now. It's a story that you probably know, at least a little bit about. The story is the birth of Benjamin, the youngest of the sons of Israel. And there's a certain Benjamite that would later turn the world upside down in bringing the gospel all over the Roman empire as the "Apostle to the Gentiles." That's right, the greatest missionary ever to live, the Apostle Paul! We all have a reason to be thankful for the sacrifice that Israel and Rachel were willing to make so many generations before.