Note: This week’s show contains content that parents might prefer listening to alone, without children. No one enters a marriage with the intention of having an affair, but plenty of husbands and wives naively find themselves in that situation – and likely after having said, “It won’t ever happen to me.” Counselor Dave Carder – who has counseled hundreds of ...
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How To Stimulate Your Prayer Life (Interview With Bill Thrasher)
Why do so many Christian struggle in their prayer life? After all, we know God commanded us to pray. And we know that life goes better when we spend time with the Lord. Yet few of us are happy with our prayer life. Our guest on this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom is Bill Thrasher, a graduate professor of ...
Read More »‘Paddington 2’ A Clean Film That ‘Can Bind The Whole Family Together,’ Director Paul King says
Paddington 2 writer and director Paul King calls himself a fan of Charlie Chaplin films, Pixar movies and the Wallace and Gromit clay animation series – all projects that feature innocent humor that can make the whole family laugh. Such clean humor was his goal for the 2014 hit Paddington (PG) and also for the new movie Paddington 2 (PG), ...
Read More »Infertility, Adoption And An Unexpected Blessing (Interview With Heather Avis)
Heather Avis’ journey into parenthood didn’t go as planned. But in hindsight, she wouldn’t have it any other way. She and her husband struggled with infertility until God led them down the path of adoption. Yet even that had a surprise, when the couple felt led to adopt not one but two children with Down syndrome. Today, they are the ...
Read More »When TV Fairytales Are No Longer Kid-Friendly (Interview With PTC’s Christopher Gildemeister)
Not long ago, parents and children could sit in front of the TV and watch a fairytale-based show together, knowing that the program was produced for and aimed at kids. No longer. Today, Hollywood is producing fairytale-type TV shows geared toward adults – full of graphic violence, sexuality and profanity. On this week’s episode of Words of Wisdom, we talk ...
Read More »Director Dallas Jenkins On The First ‘Multi-Season TV Show About Jesus’
It could be the first “multi-season TV show about Jesus,” and its supporters already have more than $10 million in pledges to get it off the ground. The series is called “The Chosen,” and its director, Dallas Jenkins, is our guest on a special edition of Live The Adventure Radio. Jenkins – who directed The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, What If, ...
Read More »The Inspiring Stories Behind Our Favorite Christmas Songs
Each year, Christians throughout the world sing Silent Night, rarely considering the rich history behind its composition. But once you learn the back story, it will mean even more! Today in part two of a special edition of Live The Adventure Radio, we take a look at Silent Night and other popular Christmas songs. Our guest is Ace Collins, a ...
Read More »The Fascinating History Behind Our Favorite Christmas Traditions
Christmas trees. Christmas gifts. Even lights, mistletoe and Santa Claus. How did our most popular Christmas traditions get started? That’s the subject of this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom. Our guest is Ace Collins, a well-known novelist and the author of several books about the history of Christmas: Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, Stories Behind the Best-Loved ...
Read More »The Overlooked Sin Of ‘Food Fixation’ (Interview With Asheritah Ciuciu)
Author and speaker Asheritah Ciuciu calls food indulgence – for example, gluttony — the “church-approved” sin. It’s the sin that gets a wink and a laugh at the church potluck … if not in the sermon itself. And it doesn’t necessarily involve obesity, Ciuciu says. People with a healthy weight can have a food fixation, too, with yo-yo dieting and ...
Read More »The Worldview Of ‘Star Wars’ (Interview With Seminary Professor Timothy Paul Jones)
Forty years ago this year, Star Wars soared to the top of the box office charts, captivating adults and children alike with its space battles, light saber duels and good-vs.-evil plot. Four decades later, the craze shows no signs of slowing. Fans were lining up at the theater five days prior to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, ...
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