February 4, 2024 — Episode #5

A father’s question about a split household — his wife and daughter attend one church, he and his son attend another — sparks a conversation about why worshiping together as a family matters.

Jerry and Becky discuss how divided worship habits, along with pandemic-era livestreaming, can fragment a family’s spiritual life, and they lay out criteria for choosing a church: biblically sound teaching, a united and engaged congregation, and worship that isn’t just entertainment. They encourage parents to ask their children what they’re actually being taught in children’s and youth ministry, and Jerry shares how he leaned on John 3:16 during their son Drew’s premature birth.

Topics discussed:

• Families who worship at separate churches
• The effects of pandemic-era livestreaming on church attendance
• Criteria for choosing a church home
• Discussing sermons and children’s lessons as a family
• Worship as an encounter with God rather than an emotional experience
• Not forsaking the assembling of believers together

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