As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin

In today's episode We're share a ton of things that we do for fun as a family but as we do, we talk about why planning is so helpful in creating a culture of having fun with our family, and we talk about how we plan for our fun and at the end of this episode....and we bring on an extra special guest at the end.

Somewhere along the way, we may have picked up the idea that to be a mature Christian means that we must be stoically serious all the time. Even if we don't believe that this is true, it might be the impression we give when we are discipling our kids if we forget to help them see that even our fun together is a part of our worship to God! Mature Christianity comes with a smile. As

Having fun together is simply a blast - but another reason why we should diligently have some fun with our kids is so that we can teach them HOW to have fun. We all desire happiness, fun, enjoyment, and pleasure, and there are a LOT of good things that God has given to us to enjoy. But, because of sin, there are dangers and pitfalls to having fun. There is a way to enjoy the good g

Is fun a "lesser" thing to pursue? Among Christians, sometimes it seems like this is true! But today on the podcast we're going consider a higher view of fun. And what higher thing is there to consider than God Himself. So we're going to talk about 3 ways we're like God when we're having fun. One of my favorite things to discover about God several years ago was that He is the happi

How important is it to have fun together as a family? Maybe that's a question you're asking because sometimes having fun can seem frivolous and trivial. Surely we should be doing much more important things like reading the Word, praying, or worshipping God. And isn't having fun kinda dangerous? I mean, we need to be careful not to have too much fun, right? We don't want to idolize

We are unlocking the podcast vault and letting you in on an exclusive podcast episode that has never before been released to the public! In March 2019, we recorded 10 podcast episodes, each featuring one of the songs from our "God of Generations" album, and we shared the inspiration, scripture, story, and process behind the song. In the coming weeks, we're going to be talking about

Relationships require intentional time and energy. But, if we're honest, we struggle with this. Especially when it comes to long-term relationships. Relationships with God, our spouse, our kids - we can start to neglect the intentional energy needed to maintain healthy intimacy and closeness that we long for. In our final episode in this series on marriage, we're going to focus on

Marriage is given to us so that we may enjoy it. God loves giving us good gifts. But He also gave us the gift of marriage for a greater purpose. Our non flashy marriages have the ability to change the world around us. There is something heroic about two people sacrificially loving each other to the end in a committed and exclusive relationship. How do our marriages change the world

Though marriage is wonderful, it's also incredibly difficult - and it's often difficult in ways many of us didn't see coming. The difficulty comes with the fact that having a great marriage eventually requires adjustments and change in both of us. Today we are going to be talking about why the need for change that happens and why the change in us, though difficult, is actually a go

Last week we saw in the Word the call to prioritize our marriage relationship above all others. This week we're going to consider why this beneficial. The truth is that there is a nefarious enemy to love, and that enemy is not hate. It's an enemy that can sneak up on any relationship, and it is typically the true failure behind every relational failure.