Standing Firm: Overcoming Cultural Pressure & Bias Against Marriage and Family
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Release Date: 04/15/2025
Part 3: Healthy Families Speak the Truth in Love. How to Create a Healthy Family Culture
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Healthy Families Speak the Truth in Love... Families are all over the place. Many are struggling, some are treading water at status quo, others are broken entirely... We get it! We've been there and by the wisdom and kindness of God, He showed us a way to heal, grow, and thrive as a family. It all started with some soul searching, a slice of humble pie, and learning "HOW TO: create a healthy family culture out of the mess we were in. In the next several podcasts we will show you how to create a healthy family culture by using the tools that God showed us. Partnering with God we've taught these...
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Part 2: How to Create A Healthy Family Culture- Healthy Families Listen.
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Healthy Families Listen... Families are all over the place. Many are struggling, some are treading water at status quo, others are broken entirely... We get it! We've been there and by the wisdom and kindness of God, He showed us a way to heal, grow, and thrive as a family. It all started with some soul searching, a slice of humble pie, and learning "HOW TO: create a healthy family culture out of the mess we were in. In the next several podcasts we will show you how to create a healthy family culture by using the tools that God showed us. Partnering with God we've taught these practices in 49...
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Part 1: How to Create a Healthy Family culture
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Families are all over the place. Many are struggling, some are treading water at status quo, others are broken entirely... We get it! We've been there and by the wisdom and kindness of God, He showed us a way to heal, grow, and thrive as a family. It all started with some soul searching, a slice of humble pie, and learning "HOW TO: create a healthy family culture out of the mess we were in. In the next several podcasts we will show you how to create a healthy family culture by using the tools that God showed us. Partnering with God we've taught these practices in 49 nations and discipled over...
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Discover the 6 Primary Ways (Protocols) to do Family as God Designed
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Ever ask yourself, "How does Father God parent His family?" In today's podcast you will learn the six primary ways that we can do family according to God's design. These six protocols are the foundation of all of our work with families at The Family Reformation Project and The Family School. If we don't have a clear template for how to do family God's way, we have a 0% chance of succeeding at family. Our generations and the Kingdom of God will suffer if we don't fix this on our end. Learn more at www.winthefamily.org Learn about Hosting a Family School at your Church at...
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What is God's Design for Family?
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
Have you ever been in a store in the kitchen utensils department and you see one that you have "ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA" what in the world that thing was made for or what it does? How about this one men, you're in a hardware store and you see a tool that you just can't wrap your brain around and you wonder what that is, what it does, and why it was made? Many people experience family the same way. What were families made for? How does their design reveal their purpose? Is there a design to family? The answer is YES! God designed family because He is a family! In today's podcast we go...
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Our Story: Learn the "Why" Behind the Family Work
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
For our new listeners, today is a rebroadcast of "Our Story" the "WHY" behind The Family Reformation Project and the Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli Podcast. If you think for one second that we could never understand the situation you find yourself in at your family... think again. While we have experienced a lot of the difficult challenges in life through our family journeys, our story is one of redemption, restoration and the Kindness of God. If He can heal and restore our family, then there is hope for yours! learn more at www.winthefamily.org
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P2 Parenting a Prophetic Child with Franklyn and Amy Spence of Forerunner Ministries
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
In Part 2 of our conversation we address how you recognize that your child has a prophetic gifting and once you do, How do you parent them to nurture that gift into maturity. In today's podcast, family experts Franklyn and Amy Spence from Forerunner Ministries in Switzerland help parents understand "HOW TO" parent children with a prophetic gifting. You can learn more about Forerunner Ministries, get resources, take an online course, and grow yourself and your children in this powerful and important gift to the body of Christ. HERE www.forerunner-ministries.com Learn more about the family...
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P1: Parenting a Prophetic Child with Franklyn and Amy Spence of Forerunner Ministries
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
In Part 1 of our conversation we address how you recognize that your child has a prophetic gifting and once you do, How do you parent them to nurture that gift into maturity. In today's podcast, family experts Franklyn and Amy Spence from Forerunner Ministries in Switzerland help parents understand "HOW TO" parent children with a prophetic gifting. You can learn more about Forerunner Ministries, get resources, take an online course, and grow yourself and your children in this powerful and important gift to the body of Christ. HERE www.forerunner-ministries.com Learn more about the family...
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Why You Should Start a Family School at Your Church and How to Get Started
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
For Pastors: Why You Should Start a Family School at Your Church and How to Get Started. 1. REDUCES STAFF EXHAUSTION AND OVERLOAD 2. FOSTERS AUTHENTICITY WITHIN YOUR CHURCH 3. FACILITATES DISCIPLESHIP 4. GENERATES SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES 5. BECOMES AN ALTERNATIVE ENTRY POINT TO CHRIST 6. YOU WANT TO TRANSFORM CULTURE 7. FAMILIES ARE UNDER ATTACK AND GOD CALLED YOU TO HELP 8. STRENGTHENS FAMILY MINISTRIES 9. TO BECOME THE FAMILY UNIVERSITY AND FAMILY HOSPITAL IN YOUR COMMUNITY Learn more about how to get started by visiting https://www.winthefamily.org/overiew
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What is The Family School Church Edition ?
Transforming Families with Randy and Lesli
WHAT IS FAMILY SCHOOL? Biblically-Centered Family Ministry Everyone longs for a healthy family. Family School is discipleship-based equipping for every family in any condition to learn, heal, connect, and grow together. It’s a safe place for all families to be equipped and empowered to do family as God designed. Using biblical truth, principles of emotional intelligence, a coach approach to family, and teaching within small groups, families can build a thriving family culture where love, trust, fun, and purpose abound. We define family discipleship as the process of intentionally...
info_outlineThe final Top 10 Challenges Marriages Face: The cultural pressure and bias against biblical marriage and family.
Families and churches must address cultural challenges with biblical truth.
Segment 1: Understanding the Cultural Shift (5 minutes)
1. The Erosion of Marriage and Family Values
Highlight the rise of individualism, secularism, and postmodern thought that devalues biblical family structure.
2. The Influence of Media & Entertainment
How TV, movies, and social media promote anti-family and anti-marriage narratives.
The portrayal of marriage as outdated, restrictive, or unnecessary.
3. Statistics on Marriage and Family Decline
Rising divorce rates, cohabitation, and declining birth rates.
Decline in church weddings and long-term marital
commitment.
Barna and Pew Research studies on shifting family trends.
Segment 2: The Impact of Cultural Bias Against Marriage & Family (6 minutes)
4. Effects on Individuals and Society
Increased loneliness, depression, and anxiety due to broken family structures.
Higher rates of poverty and crime linked to fatherless homes.
Lower marriage rates leading to societal instability.
5. Impact on Children
Studies show children thrive best in a stable, two-parent biblical home.
The impact of gender confusion, lack of parental presence, and absence of role models.
6. Challenges for the Church
How cultural bias against marriage affects church teachings and discipleship.
The struggle to uphold biblical truth while engaging a changing society.
Segment 3: Biblical Solutions to Restore Marriage & Family (6 minutes)
7. God’s Design for Marriage & Family
Genesis 2:24 – “A man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two shall become one flesh"
The importance of family discipleship (Deuteronomy 6:6-7).
8. Rebuilding a Culture of Marriage in the Church
Encouraging pre-marital counseling and marriage discipleship.
Strengthening marriages through biblical teaching and mentorship.
Promoting marriage as a covenant, not just a contract.
9. Raising the Next Generation with Biblical Values
Equipping parents to disciple their children.
Counteracting false cultural narratives with truth.
* Building strong, faith-based communities that support marriage and family.
Segment 4: Practical Steps for Families and Churches (5 minutes)
ATTEND THE FAMILY SCHOOL
10. Strengthening Marriages in the Church
Offer marriage and family enrichment programs like The Family School, counseling, and mentorship.
Equip men and women to fulfill their biblical roles.
11. Teaching Biblical Family Values in the Home
Encouraging family devotionals and prayer.
Modeling Christ-centered relationships for children.
12. Engaging the Culture with Truth & Love
How to respond to cultural attacks on marriage with grace and conviction.
Using social media, education, and community involvement to stand for biblical values.
Host a Family School in Your Church www.winthefamily.org
Join the FRP TRIBE at www.tribefamily.org
Visit WinTheFamily.org for more resources.