Can You Love Your Kids Too Much?

04/24/23 • 36 min

Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant talk about why it is important for us to love God above all else, including our kids.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Have you ever caught yourself more committed to your family than to God?
How does placing your love for your kids above your relationship with God affect your relationship with God?
How does having a vibrant relationship and love for God prevent idolatry?
How does placing your love for your kids above your love for God affect your relationship with your kids?
Can you love God and still have a huge love for your kids?
How do we know if our kids have become idols? What would be some warning signs?
What role can seeking happiness and success for our kids reveal idolatry in our hearts?
How do we love our kids well without making them the center of our lives?
What does the story of Isaac and Abraham tell us about God’s heart on this topic?
What are some practical ways that parents can ensure they are prioritizing their relationship with God while still fulfilling their parental responsibilities?
What would repentance look like for a parent who recognizes an idolatrous love for their family?

Helpful Definitions:

Idolatry is the worship of anything other than God. It is the placing of something or someone before God in one's life, and it can take many forms, such as material possessions, power, fame, or relationships.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Exodus 20, Genesis 22, Genesis 30
“You are What You Love” by Jame K.A. Smith

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Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant talk about why it is important for us to love God above all else, including our kids.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Have you ever caught yourself more committed to your family than to God?
How does placing your love for your kids above your relationship with God affect your relationship with God?
How does having a vibrant relationship and love for God prevent idolatry?
How does placing your love for your kids above your love for God affect your relationship with your kids?
Can you love God and still have a huge love for your kids?
How do we know if our kids have become idols? What would be some warning signs?
What role can seeking happiness and success for our kids reveal idolatry in our hearts?
How do we love our kids well without making them the center of our lives?
What does the story of Isaac and Abraham tell us about God’s heart on this topic?
What are some practical ways that parents can ensure they are prioritizing their relationship with God while still fulfilling their parental responsibilities?
What would repentance look like for a parent who recognizes an idolatrous love for their family?

Helpful Definitions:

Idolatry is the worship of anything other than God. It is the placing of something or someone before God in one's life, and it can take many forms, such as material possessions, power, fame, or relationships.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Exodus 20, Genesis 22, Genesis 30
“You are What You Love” by Jame K.A. Smith

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In the Crouch Home with Andy Crouch

Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant are joined by Andy Crouch to talk about what family discipleship looked like in the Crouch household and how commitments around technology played a part in that.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

If I asked one of your family members to describe you, what kind of things do you think they would say, and, if it’s different, what kind of things would you hope they would say?
What did following Christ as a family look like for y’all? What were the rhythms of discipleship for you as a dad?
How did being a dad impact the way you view God as our Heavenly Father?
What scriptures did y’all lean into as you thought about what your hopes were for your family?
Would you be willing to share about any times that were particularly difficult for you as you led your home toward Christ?
Why is it so important for families to be conscientious about technology?
Can you talk about how waking up before devices and going to bed before devices worked and why you recommend that?
Were any of these commitments around technology ever points of contention for your kids or did they accept them easily?
What are some ways that we can pray for you?

Guest Bio:

Andy Crouch is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His writing explores faith, culture, and the image of God in the domains of technology, power, leadership, and the arts. He is the author of five books: The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World, The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. Andy serves on the governing board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He also serves as an advisor to The Repentance Project, The Pelican Project, and Revoice.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

John 21:18
“The Tech-wise Family” by Andy Crouch
“My Tech-wise Life” by Amy & Andy Crouch

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Season 4 Q&A

Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant answer questions submitted by listeners!

Questions Covered in This Episode:

How do you manage ministry and family life?
How do you handle boys making pretend weapons out of anything?
What sorts of things do you write in the Bibles you are journaling for your boys?
How do you handle disrespectful attitudes from elementary kids?
How do you manage grandparents that live far away when the others live close?
How do you discipline biblically in today’s culture that pushes an attachment parenting style? How do you discipline a one year old that is being defiant but is too young to understand?
How do you make sure you cover everything with your kids before they graduate or “launch”?
How do we not view parts of our child's personality as a direct result of our parenting choices?
How do you get your kids to engage in the main worship gathering?

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Hebrews 12:4-13
New City Catechism

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