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Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Sharing God’s Gift of Laughter Through Life’s Tragedies (Part 2 of 2)

Sharing God’s Gift of Laughter Through Life’s Tragedies (Part 2 of 2)

With humor and candor, comedian Chonda Pierce discusses some of the struggles, tragedies and joys she's experienced, and encourages us to depend on God for strength and comfort as we endure pain and loss. (Part 2 of 2) 
Original Air Date: July 19, 2017

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Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood (Part 2 of 2)

Dr. Ken Wilgus encourages parents to deliberately work their way out of the parenting role by the time their child is 18, and instructs them to see their teenagers as young adults, not large children. He offers tips on how to progressively give your teen more responsibility, along with examples of how to have difficult conversations on a range of topics, from music choices to dating. (Part 2 of 2)

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Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood (Part 1 of 2)

Dr. Ken Wilgus encourages parents to deliberately work their way out of the parenting role by the time their child is 18, and instructs them to see their teenagers as young adults, not large children. He offers tips on how to progressively give your teen more responsibility, along with examples of how to have difficult conversations on a range of topics, from music choices to dating.

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Identifying Harmful Patterns to Heal Your Marriage

Pastors Justin & Trisha Davis share their incredible marriage journey — recovering from Justin’s infidelity and the generational sins of their parents. The Davises describe “cycles of sin” like shame, blame, hiddenness, and unforgiveness, and how we need to get to the root of these issues before God can heal our lives. (Aug 26 – Aug 27)

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Addressing Skeptics, Sharing Christ (Part 2 of 2)

In a discussion centered on his book Making Sense of God, Dr. Timothy Keller explains why people walk away from God, why secularists want scientific rationale, and why this fails, as our search for meaning, happiness and identity goes unsatisfied without seeking God in the process. Dr. Keller also discusses how, as followers of Christ, we need to understand what we believe, why we believe it and why it’s critical that we communicate that to nonbelievers in a winsome way. (Part 2 of 2)

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Lori Salierno-Maldonado shares some humorous stories from her life to illustrate that, no matter how imperfect we are, we all have something to offer God.

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In a world clouded by confusion, drifting from Truth leads to darkness. Truth Rising is a bold call for Christians to reclaim clarity and purpose – shining light where it’s needed most.

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