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Christian parenting resources that helped Aaron and Jennifer Smith grow into their role as godly parents and disciple their children. In part two of this series they share the tools at the center of their daily Family Bible Time, including giving each child their own ESV Action Bible around age three, along with the Rhyme Bible, Little Golden Books, and Rod and Staff Bible stories. They also recommend audio and video favorites like Jonathan Park, G.A. Henty audio adventures, Nest Entertainment, Answers in Genesis, and The Bible Project, plus Scripture memory songs, Large Family Logistics, and parenting websites such as...

Christian marriage resources that helped Aaron and Jennifer Smith's marriage grow into what it is today. In part one of this series they insist the ESV Bible is the foundational resource to fill yourself with most, then share the books that changed them: Aaron credits Wired for Intimacy by William Struthers in his walk of three years free from pornography, Jennifer credits Juli Slattery's No More Headaches for reframing sexual intimacy, and both recommend Gary Thomas's Sacred Marriage and the Experiencing God study. They also share how FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember conference helped save their marriage, point to friends' ministries...

People pleasing is a common struggle, and in this episode Aaron and Jennifer Smith show how it quietly hurts your marriage and can stop your ministry. Prompted by a conversation with friends Audrey and Jeremy Roloff, they break people pleasing into three roots: fear of rejection, pride and selfishness, and avoiding conflict. Jennifer shares how she nearly broke up with Aaron to please her parents and used to prep him before social events, and Aaron admits how much he loves to feel needed. Anchored in Galatians 1:10 and Matthew 6:1, they explain why pleasing people is a snare that never...

Postpartum and marriage: the newborn season, like any time of trial, can really rock a husband and wife. Recorded four weeks after the birth of their fourth baby, Aaron and Jennifer Smith contrast their chaotic, flesh-driven earlier postpartum seasons, full of resentment and fairness-driven demands, with this peaceful one. The difference was a decision each of them made before the baby came: to take 100 percent. Jennifer chose not to wake Aaron at night and to embrace the hard parts of motherhood, while Aaron chose to handle the other three kids and the house so she could rest. They talk...

Fall date ideas for married couples who want to keep weekly date night fresh. Being creative with dates gets harder over the years, so Aaron and Jennifer Smith share 11 autumn-themed ideas: a coffee date for dreaming together, "pumpkin everything" from the patch to pies, campfire s'mores, a corn maze or fall festival, a homemade scavenger hunt, a blanket-fort movie night with popcorn, an autumn walk with a Polaroid camera, stargazing or visiting an observatory, horseback riding, raking a neighbor's leaves as a service date, and a day trip to pick apples. They remind parents that dating is intentional time...

Date night questions to ask your spouse, straight from an unscripted episode. Aaron and Jennifer Smith each read five questions the other had never seen, so every answer is genuine and off the cuff. The fun ones reveal Aaron's nostalgic Del Taco habit, his past singing in a metal band, and Jennifer's dream of a three-hour massage all to herself. Then the conversation turns deeper: Jennifer shares the hardest lesson she has learned as a wife, submission and respect, and Aaron gives his top advice for husbands who want to lead their wives better: lead by example, dealing with the...

Home church life, from a couple who grew up in megachurches like Calvary Chapel, Harvest Christian Fellowship, and Crossroads Christian Church. Aaron and Jennifer Smith share their first-hand experience of three and a half years in a small home church of about ten families. They describe how it is structured with elders and leadership, why kids stay with their parents instead of going to Sunday school (and how that pushed them to train their children through blanket time and Bible time), a cappella hymn singing, every-member teaching where the men come prepared and teaching elders correct errors, and a multi-hour...

A sexless marriage testimony: Aaron and Jennifer Smith share their personal struggle with physical intimacy in the first four and a half years of their marriage. Both saved themselves for marriage and believed God owed them a healthy sex life, yet painful intercourse meant they could not consummate their marriage, while Aaron's hidden pornography struggle masked the weight of it and bitterness grew. They share the turning point on the way to church, when the Holy Spirit reminded Aaron of Jesus in Gethsemane and he chose to love Jennifer like Christ loves the church (Ephesians 5:25) even if nothing ever...

Traveling with kids is a very different experience than traveling with just your spouse, but it can be done well. Aaron and Jennifer Smith share their best family travel tips from trips with young children: pack light (pack, unpack, then repack with less), bring healthy snacks instead of sugar, keep an accessible bag of extra clothes, let kids pack and carry their own backpacks with a surprise toy hidden inside, bring your essentials like spot treatment, Dr. Bronner's, and a first aid kit, and pack a pack-and-play your kids already know. They also cover not pushing your limits, getting your...

Advice for couples who work together, whether in business, ministry, parenting, or DIY house projects. Aaron and Jennifer Smith have worked side by side through missions, jobs, a photography business, and ministry, and they share what has worked for them. They name three expectation traps, high, uncommunicated, and wrong expectations, and explain why clearly communicating expectations matters since your spouse cannot read your mind. Building on Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and its threefold cord (inscribed in Aaron's wedding ring) and the unity seen at the Tower of Babel, they encourage couples to stay on the same team, play to each other's strengths...