The Christian Family & Children’s Center Podcast

In this podcast, Dr. Skinner is joined by George Tryfiates, ACSI Vice President for Public Policy and Legal Affairs, talks about his time working in public policy in DC and concepts around biblical sexuality. He also talks about some misconceptions regarding being involved in policitcs as a Christian and how to get involved.

In this podcast, Dr. Skinner is joined again by George Tryfiates.

In this podcast, Dr. Skinner is joined by Dr. Tim Murphy again to discuss nuances revolving around the challenges of professional counseling from a Christian perspective.

In this podcast, Dr. Skinner talks with Dr. Tim Murphy about his time in the Navy as a Psychologist treating head injury victims, his book "The Christ Cure: 10 Biblical Ways to Heal from Trauma, Tragedy, and PTSD", and what the Bible says about how to manage trauma.

Since Christmas is over, here is a chance to think about ways to help your family to celebrate Christmas with a historical twist by looking at how the early church thought about Christmas.In this podcast Dr. Ricketts and Dr. Skinner talk about and explore some of the current trends in thinking about how to help families stay focused on Christ’s birth at Christmas. Look at some of the things that this historical and early church thought about celebrating Christmas as Dr. Ricketts takes a fresh look back at how/why/and where some of them developed.

In this podcast, Dr. Skinner talks with John Kenyon, retired Chaplain, Lt Col, USAF. John shares about following the Lord's leading to become a Chaplain and some of his experiences in the military. He also shares a little bit about his current journey in seeking the Lord/following His lead to become a Colson fellow and what that journey has been like for him so far.

In this podcast, Dr Skinner talks with Bill Klasnic, VP at Bark - a company focused on providing filtering for safety and content for phone and internet usage. The conversation focuses on internet safety issues, pornography usage, and ways that technology can help with these important roles in parenting, working with those struggling with inappropriate usage, and how parents and others can use a tool like Bark to help with accountability and safety. They talk about the Center's new partnership with Bark which makes it easy for everyone to get access to resources around this important issue and obtain filtering that is easy to use and maintains a high level of technology.

Dr. Allyn Ricketts joins Dr. Merle Skinner for a discussion where they explore the subject of the Jesus Movement in the 60s and 70s. They both share their personal experiences and their thoughts about what we can learn from this time to help us think through a biblical response to revival when God brings it our way!

Dr. Skinner is joined by John to discuss how God worked all things for good in his life when it all seemed to be falling apart. When a marriage gets difficult, even leading to separation, good Christian counsel can provide guidance that allows God to do a work that brings a marriage back together and builds a stronger bond. In the words of John, "When God is first in your life, your marriage can prosper."  Hear his story about God's work in his life and marriage.