The Family Teams Podcast

🎁 FREE GIFT: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform Why did God invent the family? Even though it's very obviously in the Bible, most Christians today have no idea what the family is for, or why God made it. In fact, the standard answer, at least in our Protestant churches, seems to be that the secular world's version of family is just fine and we don't need to look any further. But this is crazy! We have a major family crisis in the western world right now, and much of it is because Christians have forgotten what the Bible so plainly states. In this episode, we're challenging Christians to actually take this very specific verse seriously, and start to live out the five-fold mandate God gave to families. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Why Did God Invent The Family? 1:28 The Redefinition of Family 3:11 What Would Happen If The Church Took This Verse Seriously? 6:20 This Is What "Be Fruitful" Means 8:40 Multiply Generationally 10:34 Filling The Earth 12:22 How Do We Subdue Today? 14:02 Extending The Kingdom of God by Ruling 15:13 What If You Adopted A Truly Biblical Vision of Family? Resources Mentioned: 🎁 FREE GIFT: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

We've mentioned Erica Komisar multiple times on this podcast, so it's a great pleasure to be able to interview her on today's episode. Erica is a mother, clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. She is particularly known for her defense of motherhood and a woman's instinct to mother against our very anti-family culture. This conversation gave a lot of scientific background to a lot of what we talk about here at Family Teams, as well as extremely helpful practical wisdom for parents today. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:19 The Instinct of a Mother 3:00 The Value of Guilt 6:38 The Nature of Empathy 11:32 "Parenting" vs "Mothering" 19:45 The Fragility of Young Boys 25:17 3 Traditions 32:05 Why It's Important To Call This Injustice 34:38 Multigenerational Family As The Answer? 40:34 The Cost of Conflict and Speaking Up Resources Mentioned: Erica's Website: https://www.ericakomisar.com/ Being There by Erica Komisar: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143109294/ Free 5 Day Course to Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Do most men need fatherhood to become the man God wants for them to be? The conversation around becoming a father is getting framed these days as a "lifestyle choice". But... That's ridiculous. Fatherhood is one of the hardest things you can do, which means it fits in perfectly with how God reveals meaning to us. You have to go through the Cross to get to the Resurrection. So why are so many men choosing to forego the incredible, meaningful, and yes, difficult journey of fatherhood? There are a few people who are connecting a couple of dots here in the secular culture, including Chris Williamson of Modern Wisdom, so in this episode, we react to a few viral takes on fatherhood, and connect ALL the dots to understand God's design for family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Do Men Need Fatherhood? 1:23 Chris Williamson on Family 11:14 How The Message About Family Got So Distorted 12:46 Richard Reeves: Why Fatherhood Is So Important For Men 18:45 The Cost If We Keep Going Down This Path 26:06 Wealth as Relationships Resources Mentioned: Modern Wisdom Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVe38uG4CKU&t=86s Richard Reeves Clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYVjR73J1Rb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Andrew Bagley Clip: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVHB3raCday/ Integrated for Christian, Business-Owning, Fathers: https://familyteams.com/integrated --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

What is most missing in Christian parenting today, as we barrel headlong into the rapidly changing unknown of a broken culture? Courage. That's the hypothesis of Isaac and Angie Tolpin, who have spent decades making courageous choices raising their 9 children and walking out God's calling on their life. Guys this was such an inspirational episode. The Tolpin's ministry, Be Courageous, is so well aligned with Family Teams, and their message is so needed at this particular moment in time. You will love this episode, packed full of diagnosing why family and culture are here and what to do about it, but also very practical and balanced biblical parenting, marriage, business, and life wisdom that you can put into practice today. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:22 Refugees From PNW Family Culture 3:27 You vs. The Generations 7:43 The Provision Tension With Lots of Kids 13:31 Being A Wife and Mother of a Courageous Husband 18:01 How Dads Can Integrate Their Family In Their Work 27:15 Protecting Kids From Technological Creep 35:01 The AI + Parenting Challenge 41:01 The Key To Courage Resources Mentioned: Courageous Parenting by Isaac and Angie Tolpin: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H378533C/ Be Courageous Ministry: https://www.becourageousministry.org/ Be Courageous App: https://www.becourageousministry.org/app --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Should we as Christian parents really aim to be kicking our kids out of our home as soon as they turn 18? This is an EXTREMELY cultural - not Biblical - idea, yet I meet SO many Christians who believe the lie. Instead of taking the 3 obvious milestones the Bible talks about when it comes to maturing children and our roles as mothers and fathers, we just swallow the cultural lie, hook, line, and sinker, and then wonder what went wrong. In this episode, we break down the actual lie, where it came from, and then give you the TRUTH of scripture to wield against a culture that wants to destroy families...in this case, especially by taking kids out of the home as quickly as possible and leaving no space for a multigenerational family to form. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Does This Actually Shift at 18? 19:39 Myron Golden on 18 23:30 The 3 Biblical Milestones 30:20 Milestone 1 39:30 Milestone 2 48:10 Milestone 3 53:08 Where To Find The Answer -- FREE COURSE: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform -- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The family compound... This is such a hot button topic, and often a very emotional topic. So, we decided to look at 2 competing visions (Willie Robertson vs. Dave Ramsey) and break them down with a nuanced conversation. Jeremy and Jeff have experienced this first-hand, so they're talking about this from lived experience and hard-earned wisdom. Should you actually try to build a family compound? Why or why not? What questions should you answer first? How do you know if it'll be a good idea? Listen to this and see how close the tear-jerking dream is to reality for your family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Why Family Compounds Are Amazing 4:01 Why Family Compounds Are Terrible 11:47 It Doesn't Just Happen 14:56 The Grandmother Dream --- 🎁 FREE GIFT: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: familyteams.com/transform --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Siblings who don't get along is one of the major reasons why families don't have more kids. It drives everyone nuts, disrupts the family, makes you feel overwhelmed, and eventually leads adults who SHOULD be best friends to be essentially strangers. That's why one of the main components of building a family team is creating strong sibling bonds between each one of your kids. Today's guests have 5 children and have been very intentional about creating systems and rhythms in their family that grow the relationship between each sibling. Learn their 3 techniques for building strong sibling bonds that lead to a more peaceful home and lifelong closeness between your kids. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:06 Getting Sibling Relationships Right 5:23 Create A Space To Call Out Sibling Wins 8:59 Share Experiences 11:00 Shared Space Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: FREE Sibling Conflict Resolution Script: https://familyteams.com/sibling Join The Family Team Accelerator: http://familyteams.com/accelerator --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

🎁 FREE COURSE: Transform Your Family Into A TEAM: https://familyteams.com/transform -- There IS a way to deal with sibling rivalry and bickering. And some of the experts like Dr. Becky get a LITTLE bit of the puzzle right... But they're missing something HUGE. It goes way, way deeper than "parenting tactics", but it's not new. In fact, it's how most people, for most of history, lived and thrived in large, happy, productive families. I'll share the solution to sibling rivalry today, including simple tools you can start using in the next 15 minutes to bring peace to your family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:11 Dr. Becky Advice 4:01 The ROOT of the Problem 5:22 From Rivals to Allies 8:40 The SOLUTION to Sibling Rivalry 11:11 Simple Tools To Fix This Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Family Kickball Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0vWa3pqCs --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Money is such a contentious issue. In the world at large, but specifically within the Christian community. The love of money is the root of all evil...but does that mean making money is wrong? Do I really need to tithe 10%? Is budgeting a lack of trust in God? There's a million questions that end up becoming quite theological, and it can be tough to find God's peace in the whole conversation. That's why we brought on Bob Lotich, from Seed Time, to give us an overview from his experience and perspective as a Christian financial expert, on how families can think about money from a Christian perspective and not get totally overwhelmed in the process. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:23 How does a Christian family approach finances differently? 3:37 Avoiding the financial and spiritual ditches 9:39 God-first finances 19:01 Income and Expenses Imbalance 24:31 The biblical tension with wealth 31:04 Real Money Math Budgeting Resources Mentioned: Seed Time Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@seedtimepodcast/ Website: https://seedtime.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seedtime/ Simple Money, Rich Life by Bob Lotich: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593193652/ Rocket Money app: https://www.rocketmoney.com/ --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Our name is Family Teams. Everything we do revolves around that idea. But sometimes, it's important to dive into what that PRACTICALLY looks like on a day to day basis as a busy family. That's why we've invited Brent and Katie Kruithof onto the podcast to talk about build a family team. They're our expert coaches inside the Family Teams Accelerator (link below...join us!), and they break down a little bit of what they're going to be teaching us on the inside this month, from basic team-building exercises that you can start TONIGHT, to navigating things like sports and intentionality as a family. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:59 Why Team Matters 3:24 Chants and Language That Works 6:31 Bonfires and Hot Tubs 9:54 Projects as a Family 13:27 Sports as a Family? Resources Mentioned: Free PDF: Turn Your Family Into A TEAM: https://familyteams.com/teamwork Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

David Nasser narrowly escaped Iran in 1979 after the revolution. He saw "religion gone wrong" and decided that he hated God. You'll have to listen to what happened next, but it's one of the most glorious testimonies we've heard in a long time. David knows only too well that this is a critical moment for the underground church in Iran. We discuss his story, what's happening in Iran with the church, how we can help, and the biggest lessons on family that he took from the Middle East (compared to our western obsession with hyper-individualism). On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:15 Escaping Iran 5:14 The Gospel for Shiite Muslims 9:29 The Iranian Church 18:16 Family In The Middle East 28:07 How to Understand The Idea of Honor Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Revival Iran: https://revivaliran.com/ Website: https://davidnasser.com/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

There's a ton of talk lately about whether large or small families are better for kids, with most people saying small families are "obviously" better. This comes on the heels of influencer Ballerina Farm sharing that she's pregnant with her 9th, after which she received pretty hard push back from some people on X. In this episode, I'll walk you through why you're probably thinking about large families wrong, and explain the family teams way of thinking about this where the larger the family, the larger the blessing. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:15 Blindspots 4:26 Peers vs parents 7:08 Can you expect older children to "parent" younger siblings? 11:02 Living like a family TEAM Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: FREE 5 Day Email Series to Turn Your Family Into a Team: https://familyteams.com/transform/ Rebecca Reid X: https://x.com/RebeccaCNReid/status/2028157735892631620 --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

This episode is all about tips on how to train your kids in every stage of their development, from when they're really little, until they become teens and young adults. The idea is the same - train them up in the way they should go - but the methods are very different depending on age. Get ahead of the curve with this episode, and set yourself and your kids up for success from 0 to 18. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:38 What's at stake 2:16 Training Little Kids 14:43 Training Tweens 22:23 Training Teens and Young Adults 30:25 More Training Resources Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Free Child Training Resource PDF: https://familyteams.com/train Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator King Richard Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288/ Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams and Bart Davis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476704201 Whiplash Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!