I tackled a difficult conversation tonight on the Sunday Night Potluck. I discussed the Lindsay Clancy case in Massachusetts involving the death of three young children, postpartum psychosis, multiple psychiatric medications, the brokenness of the mental-health system. I also share a bit about my own long journey with bipolar disorder and the importance of personal agency and moral responsibility amid serious mental-health struggles. In the second half, I talk about my growing concerns facing young women today around marriage, family, career, and social media, practical wisdom for building a healthy life. More about my backstory: "Journey to Mental Wellness: Testimony of Krista Bontrager" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjUYECe4zE -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #lindsayclancytrial #women #mentalhealth

Sunday Night Potluck – This is my weekly unscripted livestream. I share some informal thoughts about why I don't think cultural renewal can be sustained without Gospel-preaching. In the second half, I discuss the importance of a healthy church when navigating tough life situations. Conversation breakdown: ✅ Greeting and ministry updates (0:00) ✅ Opening hymn (4:12) ✅ Christian Nationalism is not a substitute for the Gospel (7:51) ✅ Finding the church you'll need in hard times (32:02) Opening hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQeIGbKqiw8 Article: "The Day I Realized I’m Not Actually 'Pro-Life'” https://www.theologymom.com/post/the-day-i-realized-i-m-not-actually-pro-life My interview with Dr. Joe Boot: "Why Christians Must Legislate Morality — How to Renew a Culture" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjlIHo8poYA "Church Life" playlist with previous teachings on elders: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHfxxaVbHJaYazn51-HoiyKOem2wWzuTa Previous teaching: Fixing Our Distortions About Forgiveness, part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqkCTU650kw -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #christiannationalism #abuse #marriage

I discuss one of the major skills that shapes how I do apologetics. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPtyasBrcIk -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #theologymom #christianity #apologetics

Sunday Night Potluck – This is my weekly unscripted livestream. In this episode, I discuss one of the major skills that shapes how I do apologetics. And then I play professor and try to teach you some active listening skills whenever you're listening to your pastor or favorite YouTube teacher. Conversation breakdown: ✅ Greeting and opening hymn (0:00) ✅ The golden rule of apologetics (4:52) ✅ How to listen to a sermon (27:16) Opening hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMB83IX_I0 Article: "The Golden Rule Apologetic," by Bob Passantino https://web.archive.org/web/20150912022220/http://answers.org/apologetics/goldenapol.html -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #theologymom #christianity #apologetics

I react to a viral “I’ve Had It” podcast clip where the hosts blast Christian homeschoolers as “the dumbest people,” “trickle-down stupidity,” “MAGA on steroids,” and part of America’s “crazy Christian problem”—while dismissing parental involvement as selfish and even abusive. As a longtime Christian homeschool mom, I push back on their claims, contrast them with the very real crisis of public-school students who can’t read basic sentences by college, and defend the normal, biblical reality of parents who simply want to lead, disciple, and educate their own kids instead of outsourcing them to a failing system. Conversation breakdown: 0:00 – Opening 1:13 – Clip: criticizing homeschooling as some of the “dumbest people” 5:43 – I think it's weird to not want to spend time with your children. 7:38 – Clip: Christian homeschooling is “trickle-down stupidity” and “MAGA on steroids” 10:06 – The REAL literacy crisis: college students who can't read books 16:19 – Clip: Raising children in the Christian faith is “child abuse” -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp

Sunday Night Potluck – In this unscripted livestream, I share some thoughts about three topics. Conversation breakdown: ✅ Greeting and opening hymn (0:00) ✅ I react to comments made by progressive podcasters about homeschooling being "trickle-down stupidity" (5:54) ✅ Tribute to my dear friend, Dr. Sue Dykes (27:32) ✅ Comparing the strategies of progressives vs conservatives in public spaces (44:41) Opening hymn: Because He Lives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZoYSuhwv0 My 2018 interview with Dr. Sue Dykes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X2IxG3bDFo X thread on progressives and conservatives in public spaces: https://x.com/theAuntieAngie/status/2074861102467338254?s=20 Watch my teaching: "Can You Turnaround Your Progressive-Leaning Institution?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hNE7XyU04s -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #theologymom #progressives #homeschooling

Sunday Night Potluck – In this unscripted livestream, I share some thoughts about two practical topics. Conversation breakdown: ✅ Greeting and opening hymn (0:00); brief thoughts about the film, Young Washington ✅ Thoughts about ecumenism: when it's helpful and when it goes too far (9:26) ✅ What matters most when choosing or evaluating a church: the elder team (31:50) Read my short essay on ecumenism: https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/post/ecumenism Here is my link to biblical passages on elders: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20timothy%203%3A1-13%3B%20Titus%201%3A5-9%3B%20Acts%2020%3A28-31%3B%201%20Timothy%205%3A19-20&version=NIV -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #ecumenism #churchleadership #theologymom

In Part 3 of this teaching series on conspiracy theories, we move from the fog of confusion into practical wisdom. Learn a clear, biblical strategy for evaluating conspiracy theories and alternative claims without falling into fear, fanaticism, or tribalism. This is biblically informed discernment 101. Conversation breakdown: 0:00 Opening hook: Why people dive into conspiracy theories 1:38 Welcome & series introduction ("The Truth About Conspiracy Theories") 3:02 Facing evil without conspiracy theories 4:28 Principle 1: Commit to objective truth 6:31 Principle 2: Pursue truth diligently 10:44 Principle 3: Require two or three witnesses 15:03 Principle 4: It’s okay to shelf it 19:29 Principle 5: Anchor everything in God’s sovereignty 23:17 Five practical personal tips 30:04 Closing encouragement & prayer Watch parts 1 and 2 first for the full foundation. Part 1: https://youtube.com/live/9snDm6tbrvQ Part 2: https://youtube.com/live/WoClmRygzS4 Recommended resource: 📌 Christians & Conspiracy Theories: Investigating Alternative Truth Claims without Buying into Fear, Fanaticism, or Tribalism 👉 Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Christians-Conspiracy-Theories-Investigating-Alternative/dp/1735160857 -- 📌 Find out more about my work: 👉 https://www.theologymom.com 📌 Find out more about my education and background 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/about 📌 Grab my FREE e-book, "Discipling Yourself As You Disciple Your Children" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/contact 📌 Access my FREE discipleship training module for parents: "Discipleship Begins at Home" 👉 https://www.theologymom.com/discipleship Follow my work on socials 👉 https://www.facebook.com/theologymom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheologyMom 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@centerforbiblicalunity 👉 https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiblicalunity Financially support my work 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/donate Stay connected by downloading the CFBU app! With the CFBU app, you'll have all our resources (Theology Mom, All the Things Show, and CFBU) at your fingertips. Search for "center for biblical unity" in your app store. 👉 https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/mobileapp #conspiracytheory #christianity #BiblicalDiscernment #ConspiracyTheories