Encouragement for You

Bill Hendricks is the executive director of The Hendricks Center for Giftedness at Dallas Theological Seminary and the founder and president of the Global Center for Giftedness.  He joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how each of us as a believer have been gifted by God.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many of us today, handling our personal finances constitutes a major challenge.  Charlie Germany has invested many years in the field of money management with Ronald Blue and Company.  In today’s first segment Charlie and host Don Hawkins explore how to handle your money. The late Dr. Frank Minirth was board certified in psychiatry and neurology, which means he was doubly experienced in issues relating to the human brain. During this segment Dr. Minirth and host Don Hawkins talk about ways to prevent damaging your brain. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

John Redd is a Christian life coach and the founder and president of Renewell Ministries, a ministrycommitted to supporting pastors and pastors' wives. He and his wife Lisa recently joined host DonHawkins to talk about love and communication in marriage.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many couples, adoption may be the only way to grow their family, for others it represents another option. From their own experience adopting their daughter, Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss adoption with host Don Hawkins Has anyone ever told you that you’re too busy? According to Host Don Hawkins, he hears that criticism from time to time, and that’s the topic he discusses with Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Gene Getz has written a number of timely Christian books but if you ask him, he would say his greatest contribution to the Christian community is the Life Essentials Study Bible.  In this episode of our podcast Gene and host Don Hawkins explore the importance of following the instructions in Ephesians 5 to put on love and appropriately deal with anger. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dallas Seminary President Dr. Mark Yarbrough and several colleagues have developed an overview of the message of the Bible which they present in a two day seminar titled, "The Story of Scripture". In today’s episode Dr. Rebecca Carrell, one of the seminar presenters, joins host Don Hawkins to talk about the seminar. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In our first segment Dr. Minirth joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how to deal with worry. Dr. Tony Dyer spent decades in Christian ministry to young people and adults and wrote a major curriculum for young people. In our next segment he and host Don Hawkins address the question: are you a distraught person? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There is nothing more important for any of us than to understand what a person needs to do in order to receive the gift of eternal life. The late Tony Dyer was an evangelist, a therapist, and a youth minister. On this episode he joins host Don Hawkins to talk about trusting Christ. Truett Cathy the late founder of Chick-fil-a has been known to say, “You can tell if a person needs encouragement, just check to see if they are breathing.”  On part two of this episode of encouragement for you, Steve Saint joins host Don Hawkins to share words of encouragement.   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Most of us are finding life to be complex these days with all the electronic gadgets and methods of communication. Dr. Greg Smalley is the vice president for families of Focus on the Family and his wife Erin is a christian therapist. You’ll find their recommendations for simplifying your life to be helpful. Without question all of us are growing older and many of us have questions about aging. In this segment the late christian psychiatrist Dr. Frank Minirth answers listener questions on this important subject. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The very first human emotion after Adam and Eve disobeyed God was fear, according to Genisis chapter 3. Ever since that time, fear has been a dominant negative emotion. On this edition of encouragement for you, SAT-7 president Dr. Rex Rodgers joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how we can overcome our fears. Fear is not the only negative human emotion that resulted from the fall of human race into sin. Another result has been conflict. During this upcoming segment, therapist and author Dr. Gary Oliver and host Don Hawkins discuss hot to deal with conflict. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many of us today, handling our personal finances constitutes a major challenge.  Charlie Germany has invested many years in the field of money management with Ronald Blue and Company.  In today’s first segment Charlie and host Don Hawkins explore how to handle your money. The late Dr. Frank Minirth was board certified in psychiatry and neurology, which means he was doubly experienced in issues relating to the human brain. During this segment Dr. Minirth and host Don Hawkins talk about ways to prevent damaging your brain. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For over 20 years, Encouragement for You’s host Don Hawkins hosted a live radio program titled Life Perspectives.  On this episode of our podcast, Don talks about the power of perspective with christian psychologist Dr. Gary Oliver.  In our second segment host Don Hawkins talks with callers from across the country on how life is tough but God is good. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Discouragement is extremely common today and Christians are certainly not exempt. In our first segment the late Dr. Frank Minirth, from his years of practice as a Christian psychiatrist, offers three reasons to never give up. I don’t have to tell you that for many of us these have been extremely difficult days. Christian counselor Brad Fairchild offers encouragement and hope as he talks with host Don Hawkins about learning to rely on The Lord. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.