{"id":300137,"date":"2018-02-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/getting-a-jump-on-easter\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:41:19","slug":"getting-a-jump-on-easter","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/getting-a-jump-on-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Jump on Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The culture doesn&#8217;t make much of Easter, but believers should. 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In fact, a lot of people in our culture won\u2019t even stop to think about Easter at all this spring. Barbara Rainey says we, as Christians, should take advantage of this time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>This is a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for Christian families to be a witness. I think the culture looks at us\u2014and they see us doing nothing for Easter\u2014so they think we must not believe it either. If we can make a big deal out of it in our families and in our churches, and we can declare publically to our friends and our neighbors that Easter is everything to us, then they might go: \u201cOh! Well, maybe there is some truth to this Easter story.\u201d But if we do what the culture does\u2014and make nothing of it \/ make little of it\u2014then why should they investigate our faith? Why should they look at us as having something that they don\u2019t have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, February 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey; I'm Bob Lepine. Remember, back in November, when you couldn\u2019t walk into a store without being confronted with Christmas? What if we started, now, talking about Easter? We\u2019ll talk with Barbara Rainey about that today. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. Here it is\u2014the start of the second month of the new year. We got a lot of people who are still paying the bills from Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014from Christmas!!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! Still putting away some deco\u2014some people are still putting away their decorations. They still have house lights for Christmas. I\u2019m about to take some signs around the neighborhood\u2014you know, some little handbills and say, \u201cIt\u2019s time to take your lights down,\u201d\u2014right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut we want to get a jump start on our thinking about Easter, because most of us don\u2019t think about it early enough. There\u2019s a great discipleship opportunity for moms and dads, right here, in the weeks leading up to Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s a good way to put it, Bob. Discipleship is a spiritual discipline of passing on truth\u2014teaching your kids to know God, to know the Bible, to know who Jesus Christ is \/ why He came; and then, how to begin to follow Him and how to live in a world that is really very, very troubled. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have a couple of ladies with us today on the broadcast. My wife, Barbara, who\u2019s here again. Welcome back, Sweetie. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks; I\u2019m glad to be back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And her comrade at Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Tracy Lane, joins us. Welcome back, Tracy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you for having me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re trying to help families be successful in seizing the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget, Bob\u2014in fact, I think you were there\u2014when Ever Thine Home was first birthed by Barbara. She stood up front of a small group of people and said: \u201cI\u2019m going to help you regain the reason for the season around Christmas. We need to reclaim the spiritual realities of who Jesus Christ is\u2014\u201cWhat does it mean?\u2014Emmanuel, God with us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe created Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and she was telling that audience about that. Spontaneously, the audience\u2014[clapping]\u2014began to applaud. Remember that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And what they were saying was: \u201cGive us help!\u201d \u201cGive us the Bible, practically, so we can pass it on to our kids; because we\u2019re busy, we\u2019re pressured, we\u2019re under stress,\u201d and \u201cWhat we need are simple ways to pass on the reality about Jesus Christ.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m guessing, if we took a poll and asked the average Americans to rank their five top holidays, Christmas would probably be number one for everybody; wouldn\u2019t you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number two\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanksgiving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014probably be Thanksgiving. Number three is maybe Fourth of July. Although, Halloween\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014is way up there with people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In terms of spending, it\u2019s gotten to be a <em>big<\/em> deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day would have to in the top five too; wouldn\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019d wonder if Easter would even make the top five. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m thinking back to 20 years ago when\u2014Barbara, I remember you saying, \u201cThanksgiving is my favorite holiday.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s changed over the years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That <em>has<\/em> changed. I <em>still<\/em> love Thanksgiving\u2014I still love the fall and gathering together. But ranking holidays for me, Easter is now at the top; because I have come to understand that, without Easter\u2014Paul says it\u2014our faith would be in vain. If you take away Easter and you take away the cross, the New Testament is gone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The whole Bible disappears, really.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! Exactly! When I began to understand the importance\u2014I always knew it was important \/ I always knew it was essential\u2014but when I began to see how significant it is \/ how, without the cross, everything else is useless\u2014then I began to realize we are undervaluing this holiday\u2014we\u2019re under-celebrating it \/ we\u2019re ignoring it\u2014we\u2019re just treating it as a special Sunday, where everybody gets dressed up and then we go home and the TV goes on. There is just <em>nothing<\/em> that makes it holy as it should be \/ or set apart as it should be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYet, by contrast, we spend too much money at Christmas\u2014all the decorations are out at a lot of the stores, if not in July, then early fall. TV ads are on, starting November 1<sup>st<\/sup> for two full months. What kind of support do we see in the culture for Easter by contrast? The answer is: \u201cNone!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> What kind of support do we see in the church at Easter?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Very little.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Again, we\u2019ll celebrate <em>together<\/em>, as a congregation; but to equip moms and dads\u2014Tracy you\u2019re raising a young family. Do you feel like you are being equipped to know how to communicate the truth around Easter to your kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I really don\u2019t feel like I have. I think that is echoed in my group of friends. Even\u2014my kids go to a Christian school. They have a <em>huge<\/em> Thanksgiving feast \/ they have a <em>big<\/em> Christmas party\u2014we don\u2019t have an Easter party. We\u2019re off for Good Friday \/ we\u2019re out of school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut out of school doesn\u2019t mean as much to them as this big class party, where we all bring cupcakes and streamers. Why are we not doing that for Easter? Our culture doesn\u2019t really give us the tools that we need to teach our children how important this is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, this is a subversive holiday. I mean, you stop and think about it\u2014it\u2019s counter-cultural to make a big deal out of Easter; but isn\u2019t Christianity, by its definition, counter-cultural?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Exactly!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The message of the cross is offensive\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cYou\u2019re a sinner;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cyou\u2019re not going to make it. You need a Savior.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; a baby in a manger is something everybody in the culture can go, \u201cOh, that\u2019s sweet.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! Well, we love babies; we love angels; we get the music at Christmas\u2014all of that\u2014but who loves a cross? It was a form of execution. Who wants to talk about blood and death?\u2014nobody! It\u2019s <em>harder<\/em> to make much of Easter because the symbolism, even though it\u2019s great and powerful, isn\u2019t quite as friendly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In a culture that\u2019s been dominated by modernity, the message of the Resurrection is kind of like: \u201cNobody really believes that anymore; do they? I mean, nobody thinks that <em>really<\/em> happened.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> When you speak of modernity\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, I\u2019m talking about an empirically-based people, who say, \u201cWhat\u2019s true is what we can verify through the scientific method,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s how modern man thinks. Reality and truth is based on things that are <em>provable<\/em>. You have to able to replicate them in a laboratory. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPostmodern people say, \u201cWhat\u2019s true is what I feel.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tChristians say: \u201cWhat is true is what\u2019s been revealed to us,\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s been revealed to us\u2014by God, in His Word \/ through His Spirit, in history\u2014is that Jesus didn\u2019t just die on a cross but, three days later, He rose again.\u201d If that\u2019s true that changes everything!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014everything!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> A lot of men and women, who set out to disprove the Resurrection, and in the process?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014have come to faith in Christ! If you start to do a serious investigation of the evidence for Christianity, and if your heart is open to the possibility that it\u2019s true, God meets you there and shows you: \u201cThis is <em>indeed<\/em> true.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur hope in talking about this early\u2014and the resources that you\u2019ve been working on, Barbara\u2014our hope is that moms and dads will say: \u201cLet\u2019s be counter-cultural. Let\u2019s go against the flow; and in our home, let\u2019s make Easter as big as or bigger than Christmas.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou do that by building some anticipation for it with the resource you\u2019ve created, Barbara, which is a banner that hangs in your home that\u2019s like an Advent calendar\u2014an Easter Advent calendar. You move a marker every day as you count down the days toward Easter. Then, there\u2019s a flip calendar that you put on your breakfast room table. Every day, there\u2019s a verse to read \/ some questions to talk about. It doesn\u2019t take long, but it gets everybody looking forward to the big day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think, too, Bob, as we were talking about the culture today\u2014and what people think today\u2014I think this a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for Christian families to be a witness. I think the culture looks at us\u2014and they see us doing nothing for Easter\u2014so they think we must not believe it either. If we can make a big deal out of it in our families and in our churches, and we can declare publically to our friends and our neighbors that Easter is everything to us, then they might go: \u201cOh! Well, maybe there is some truth to this Easter story.\u201d But if we do what the culture does\u2014and make nothing of it \/ make little of it\u2014then why should they investigate our faith? Why should they look at us as having something that they don\u2019t have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is there a way\u2014I\u2019m just thinking about how you\u2019d engage your neighbors \/ how you make a statement to your neighbors that this is a big deal. I\u2019m thinking back to our neighborhood; and honestly, there was more decoration for Halloween in our neighborhood than there was for Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Amazing; really!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There were more ghosts\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Ghosts\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and goblins out in the front lawn at Halloween than lights up at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014than Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And there\u2019s nothing for Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; for sure!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Be careful, Bob\u2014you\u2019re giving her ideas! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; you are! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m starting to think\u2014there\u2019s a banner we can hang on the door that is an Easter banner. That\u2019s one way to make a statement to the neighborhood. But there aren\u2019t a whole lot of things you do to the house to say to folks: \u201cWe\u2019re excited about the Easter celebration!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s exactly what I am trying to do\u2014you nailed it. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cComing next year!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cComing next year\u201d; exactly. But I do think that it is a <em>start<\/em> to hang the Easter banner on your front door. I put mine on my front door and have for the last couple of years. I don\u2019t get that many people who come by, but just making that visual statement on your front door\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The mailman comes every day; doesn\u2019t he?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; the mail\u2014and somebody sees it\u2014that we are focusing on Easter, in our family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, this new version of the banner\u2014we\u2019ve had an Easter banner for several years\u2014this new version has the brass marker that you move that counts down the days \/ the 40 days before Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may or may not want to put that on your front door, especially if you live in a cold climate; because you don\u2019t want the whole family having to go out in the cold to move the marker every day. You may want to hang it in your house. But I will probably hang mine on my front door as a way to proclaim that: \u201cThis is the Easter season, and we\u2019re going to make much of it in our home.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; I\u2019m going to drive by a couple of days during\u2014just to see if you\u2019ve moved the marker and if it\u2019s on the right day. [Laughter] I\u2019m going to send you an email if you don\u2019t\u2014if you haven\u2019t moved your marker. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Okay; it may not be on the right day, but I will have it on my front door. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know where we live. You\u2019re not going to just drive by, Bob; you\u2019re going to have to be intentional to get there. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s just take a moment to take a peek at the flip calendar that has 40 three- to five-minute devotionals\u2014right?\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014that the mom or the dad\u2014or the grandparent\u2014can read to the kids and ask some questions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> On most days, there\u2019s a Bible verse and some questions that follows it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But on Sundays, you go a little longer. You\u2019ve got a story that you read to the kids. It sets up what they are going to talk about all week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014for the whole week; that\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to ask Tracy to read it; because she\u2019s a young mom\u2014as we\u2019ve said\u2014she\u2019s got two little kids. I want her to read this as if she was reading it to her kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, do I get to be the child who acts up this time?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, you can be Annie; and Dennis, you can be Audrey. I\u2019ll be her husband and listen to her read this. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> But you have to know\u2014my kids are obedient. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, we can\u2019t say anything. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> No; they\u2019re not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; this is Day 36 \/ this would be a Sunday reading.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHundreds of years after Adam and Eve lived and died, God called a man named Abraham to leave his and follow God to a new land. But God didn\u2019t tell Abe where it was. Abraham followed God\u2019s leading each day until he arrived in the new land. There, God blessed and his wife Sarah. They became rich, but they didn\u2019t have any kids which made them very sad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAfter 20 years of waiting and, even though they were older than your grandma and grandpa, God did what He had promised. He gave them a baby boy, Isaac. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cCan you imagine anyone older than Nana and Papa?\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014that\u2019s what I would ask my girls. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201c\u2026having a baby?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Isaac was a young teenager, God asked Abraham to do a strange, almost impossible thing. He commanded Abraham to take Isaac to a specific mountain and sacrifice him. That meant kill him as an offering to God. This story is a very important one for our faith, because it contains many clues showing us what God was going to do one day to His very own Son for us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cHold it! Hold it! What\u2019s a clue?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cA clue gives us a hint about something\u2014it gives us <em>ideas<\/em> of what we are looking for.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Old Testament is filled with clues about Jesus. We can read through the whole Bible and every part of the Bible points us to Jesus and who He was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a lot like a scavenger hunt. This reading, these 40 days, give us different clues, and we\u2019re on a hunt to find out who Jesus is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cI like scavenger hunts!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cCan we do a scavenger hunt instead of doing this?\u201d [Laughter] I\u2019m sorry! I shouldn\u2019t have said that. [Laughter] \u201cIt was his idea!\u201d [Laugher]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cOkay; listen and obey!\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cOkay.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGenesis 22:3 and 4: \u201cSo Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two young men with him, and his son Isaac. On the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from afar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow many days did Abraham travel to the mountain?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cDid it take\u2014was it two or three? It was three\u2014three days.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThree.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cThree?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cHe wasn\u2019t listening!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cI was! I got it right. It was either two or three.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cYou got it\u2014three days.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: \u201c<\/strong>Thank you!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m always smarter than him.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cIn this story of Jesus dying on the cross, what else took three days?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWell, it was three days before He rose again.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s right! You can see how the Old Testament stories give us clues\/hints about the story of Jesus. This is one of those.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I want to say to moms out there: \u201cThis is <em>easy<\/em>\u2014this is so easy. This does <em>not<\/em> take very long at all. We can take time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember our family was going to Disney last summer. Oh! We had time to talk about that every day \/ we had time to plan for that. We planned our vacation, for this coming spring break, last September\u2014we took time to prepare, and make reservations, and get our children excited. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe can do this! Moms, we know how to do this\u2014we do this about so many other things\u2014and this is the most thing to do it about.\u201d We are going to be doing it in our home this year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think, too, the Disneyland illustration is a good one\u2014to say: \u201cBuild some anticipation \/ have some fun with it. You might figure out a way to maybe supplement one of these\u2014like the one you just read with the scavenger hunt; you know?\u2014and run around the yard and find things\u2014but then come back and talk about these clues and how they are pointing to Christ.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The idea of incorporating activities\u2014I know you built some in to each day\u2014having something that kids can <em>do<\/em> in the middle of this. Moms can be creative as they go through this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Absolutely!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and expand it out however fits their family; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly! That\u2019s the whole idea\u2014is to make learning about the Bible interesting and fun. Because this has the little activity, where you move the marker every day, there is something that engages the kids every single day. There are some activities that we\u2019ve included on a few of these\u2014not every one\u2014because I didn\u2019t want moms to feel like failures because they couldn\u2019t do them all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s open to all kinds of possibilities. I <em>love<\/em> the fact that God allows us to be creative. He made us to be creative. Moms and dads can be creative in adding what they know will work with their kids into this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If your kids were middle school and high school age\u2014you didn\u2019t have any young ones at home\u2014would you still do this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would, because I want my children to understand the Bible. I want them to understand how all of this was woven together by God to a grand culmination on Resurrection Day. Even if they already knew some of it, I would bet that most middle school and high school kids don\u2019t know it all. They may roll their eyes and they\u2014because our kids did\u2014and they may act uninterested and bored\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cDo we have to do this kiddie stuff?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, yes; I know. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut if you start when they are younger, it\u2019s a tradition that they will anticipate and they know it\u2019s going to happen\u2014again they may roll their eyes and complain\u2014but again, you\u2019re the parent; and you want to\u2014you want to teach your kids why Easter matters. Go for it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I just want to encourage a parent to do\u2014is look past the kid, who\u2019s rolling her eyes or his eyes. I\u2019ll never forget one of our kids put a napkin over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014her face!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014over her face and leaned back\u2014it was like a burial cloth or something. [Laughter] It was like: \u201cI am not interested in this. I don\u2019t to hear any of it\u201d; but the reality is\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they <em>do listen<\/em>. They <em>really<\/em> are hearing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; they do!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You don\u2019t think they are; but \u201cDon\u2019t lose heart in well doing,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGalatians, Chapter 6. You may need to memorize that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHave you noticed that your kids pay attention to not paying attention?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; my five-year-old will cover her ears if I\u2019m telling her something she doesn\u2019t want to hear. [Laughter] But it\u2019s interesting\u2014because usually, within an hour\u2019s time, that\u2019s what she\u2019s telling my three-year-old\u2014is the same instruction she <em>apparently<\/em> didn\u2019t hear. I can see, just in that short time span, she\u2019s getting it. I can trust that will happen here too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If this did become a tradition in a family\u2014and if every year, for ten years, you went through these same verses leading up to the celebration of Easter\u2014your kids would have a pretty powerful apologetic for how the Old Testament points us to Jesus and how God, all the way through history, was leaving clues and signs so that, when the Messiah came, they would go, \u201cThis is the One who has been prophesied.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Bob, you are hitting on something <em>really<\/em> important. It\u2019s a parent\u2019s responsibility to equip their kids to know how to handle those who are going to say, \u201cThere is no God,\u201d when they leave home and high school\u2014and to go away to work, to college, to service, to their own houses\u2014and a bunch of other messages crowd into their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, when I was a junior in college, hearing Josh McDowell, at the University of Arkansas, speak about the evidence that demanded a verdict\u2014the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I remember what that did for my faith\u2014to say: \u201cYes! This is a <em>fact<\/em> in history as much as you can prove <em>any<\/em> fact in history.\u201d There is all kinds of evidence that <em>does<\/em> demand a verdict by individual people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou, as a parent\u2014you\u2019ve got to prepare your kids for this; because they are going to have their faith undermined as they go away to college, to service, to work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going to have people who don\u2019t think and believe like them. Give your kids the foundation \/ the apologetic for their faith so they can stand firm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It reminds me of something that a really good friend of ours once said\u2014that I\u2019ve never forgotten. Crawford Loritts\u2014we\u2019ve known for decades \/ he\u2019s a pastor in Atlanta\u2014and he said, years ago: \u201cThere\u2019s a problem\u201d\u2014he believes\u2014\u201cin the Christian community \/ in the church of biblical illiteracy.\u201d That really stuck with me because I thought: \u201cYou know, he\u2019s right. We go to church, but a lot of people don\u2019t know the Bible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a way that parents can help their kids know the Bible; because they need to know what God\u2019s Word says, because it will give them the foundation\u2014just as you were talking about\u2014for their lives. They may have questions and they may act like they\u2019re not interested; but they are hearing, and it will plant the seeds of God\u2019s truth in their heart if you go through this with your kids, year after year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There are some families, who go to churches, where Lent is talked about \/ where it\u2019s observed. If you are in one of those churches, you\u2019re already hearing about Lent; because it starts on February 14<sup>th<\/sup> this year. Easter is April 1<sup>st<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are <em>not<\/em> in one of those churches, you might think Lent seems unusual or like it\u2019s something that you don\u2019t believe in. All Lent is\u2014is a marking out of the period before Easter for focused attention, concentration, some spiritual disciplines in there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know people talk about giving things up for Lent. Do you give things up for Lent?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> We have, but I would much rather focus on learning more about who Jesus is and what He did. If I still had kids at home, that would be my focus\u2014not on what we give up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; well, again, I want to encourage listeners to go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to see what you\u2019ve been working on to help moms \/ to help families be focused and intentional in the days that lead up to Easter, the celebration of Jesus\u2019 resurrection. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014and look at <em>The Messiah Mystery<\/em> Lent kit that Barbara\u2019s put together \/ also, the <em>Waiting for the Lamb<\/em> Easter banner\u2014other resources that are there. Again, the website, FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you have any questions about these resources. Or if you\u2019d like to order by phone, again, the number is 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to just take a minute here and say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who are regular supporters of the ministry of FamilyLife\u2014those of you who are Legacy Partners and who, regularly, invest in this ministry. We are grateful for your partnership with us as we seek to expand the <em>reach<\/em> of this ministry\u2014to reach out to more people more regularly with God\u2019s blueprints for marriage and family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the ways we are doing that, this spring, is through the <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em>\u2122 event that we are going to be hosting in Charlotte, North Carolina. It\u2019s actually going to be available via livestream in churches and communities all across the country. The date is April 21<sup>st<\/sup>; Ron Deal is giving leadership to that event. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen you support this ministry, you are helping us defray the cost of making that event available to more people. Last year, we had between twelve and thirteen thousand people who were able to participate in the event. We\u2019re hoping to reach even more this year. So, keep in mind\u2014when you support FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, you\u2019re helping us provide practical biblical help and hope to people in every family situation, helping them understand God\u2019s design for marriage and for family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are a regular listener to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and maybe you\u2019ve never made a donation, today would be a <em>great<\/em> day to go to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014you can donate online\u2014or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate over the phone. You can also mail a donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we want to talk about your kids and the world in which they live and what you know about that world\u2014or maybe, better\u2014what you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know about their world. We are going to have David Eaton and Melanie Mudge joining us tomorrow to talk about how moms and dads can better understand and engage with their kids around their culture. I hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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culture doesn't make much of Easter, but believers should. Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane tell what they do to make Easter special in their homes.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-02-06.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Most people in our culture won\u2019t stop to think about Easter until sometime in the middle of Holy Week. In fact, a lot of people in our culture won\u2019t even stop to think about Easter at all this spring. Barbara Rainey says we, as Christians, should take advantage of this time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>This is a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for Christian families to be a witness. I think the culture looks at us\u2014and they see us doing nothing for Easter\u2014so they think we must not believe it either. If we can make a big deal out of it in our families and in our churches, and we can declare publically to our friends and our neighbors that Easter is everything to us, then they might go: \u201cOh! Well, maybe there is some truth to this Easter story.\u201d But if we do what the culture does\u2014and make nothing of it \/ make little of it\u2014then why should they investigate our faith? Why should they look at us as having something that they don\u2019t have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, February 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey; I'm Bob Lepine. Remember, back in November, when you couldn\u2019t walk into a store without being confronted with Christmas? What if we started, now, talking about Easter? We\u2019ll talk with Barbara Rainey about that today. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. Here it is\u2014the start of the second month of the new year. We got a lot of people who are still paying the bills from Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014from Christmas!!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! Still putting away some deco\u2014some people are still putting away their decorations. They still have house lights for Christmas. I\u2019m about to take some signs around the neighborhood\u2014you know, some little handbills and say, \u201cIt\u2019s time to take your lights down,\u201d\u2014right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut we want to get a jump start on our thinking about Easter, because most of us don\u2019t think about it early enough. There\u2019s a great discipleship opportunity for moms and dads, right here, in the weeks leading up to Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s a good way to put it, Bob. Discipleship is a spiritual discipline of passing on truth\u2014teaching your kids to know God, to know the Bible, to know who Jesus Christ is \/ why He came; and then, how to begin to follow Him and how to live in a world that is really very, very troubled. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have a couple of ladies with us today on the broadcast. My wife, Barbara, who\u2019s here again. Welcome back, Sweetie. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks; I\u2019m glad to be back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And her comrade at Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Tracy Lane, joins us. Welcome back, Tracy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you for having me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re trying to help families be successful in seizing the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget, Bob\u2014in fact, I think you were there\u2014when Ever Thine Home was first birthed by Barbara. She stood up front of a small group of people and said: \u201cI\u2019m going to help you regain the reason for the season around Christmas. We need to reclaim the spiritual realities of who Jesus Christ is\u2014\u201cWhat does it mean?\u2014Emmanuel, God with us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe created Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and she was telling that audience about that. Spontaneously, the audience\u2014[clapping]\u2014began to applaud. Remember that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And what they were saying was: \u201cGive us help!\u201d \u201cGive us the Bible, practically, so we can pass it on to our kids; because we\u2019re busy, we\u2019re pressured, we\u2019re under stress,\u201d and \u201cWhat we need are simple ways to pass on the reality about Jesus Christ.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m guessing, if we took a poll and asked the average Americans to rank their five top holidays, Christmas would probably be number one for everybody; wouldn\u2019t you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Number two\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanksgiving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014probably be Thanksgiving. Number three is maybe Fourth of July. Although, Halloween\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014is way up there with people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In terms of spending, it\u2019s gotten to be a <em>big<\/em> deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day would have to in the top five too; wouldn\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019d wonder if Easter would even make the top five. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m thinking back to 20 years ago when\u2014Barbara, I remember you saying, \u201cThanksgiving is my favorite holiday.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s changed over the years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That <em>has<\/em> changed. I <em>still<\/em> love Thanksgiving\u2014I still love the fall and gathering together. But ranking holidays for me, Easter is now at the top; because I have come to understand that, without Easter\u2014Paul says it\u2014our faith would be in vain. If you take away Easter and you take away the cross, the New Testament is gone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The whole Bible disappears, really.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! Exactly! When I began to understand the importance\u2014I always knew it was important \/ I always knew it was essential\u2014but when I began to see how significant it is \/ how, without the cross, everything else is useless\u2014then I began to realize we are undervaluing this holiday\u2014we\u2019re under-celebrating it \/ we\u2019re ignoring it\u2014we\u2019re just treating it as a special Sunday, where everybody gets dressed up and then we go home and the TV goes on. There is just <em>nothing<\/em> that makes it holy as it should be \/ or set apart as it should be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYet, by contrast, we spend too much money at Christmas\u2014all the decorations are out at a lot of the stores, if not in July, then early fall. TV ads are on, starting November 1<sup>st<\/sup> for two full months. What kind of support do we see in the culture for Easter by contrast? The answer is: \u201cNone!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> What kind of support do we see in the church at Easter?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Very little.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Again, we\u2019ll celebrate <em>together<\/em>, as a congregation; but to equip moms and dads\u2014Tracy you\u2019re raising a young family. Do you feel like you are being equipped to know how to communicate the truth around Easter to your kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I really don\u2019t feel like I have. I think that is echoed in my group of friends. Even\u2014my kids go to a Christian school. They have a <em>huge<\/em> Thanksgiving feast \/ they have a <em>big<\/em> Christmas party\u2014we don\u2019t have an Easter party. We\u2019re off for Good Friday \/ we\u2019re out of school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut out of school doesn\u2019t mean as much to them as this big class party, where we all bring cupcakes and streamers. Why are we not doing that for Easter? Our culture doesn\u2019t really give us the tools that we need to teach our children how important this is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, this is a subversive holiday. I mean, you stop and think about it\u2014it\u2019s counter-cultural to make a big deal out of Easter; but isn\u2019t Christianity, by its definition, counter-cultural?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Exactly!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The message of the cross is offensive\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cYou\u2019re a sinner;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cyou\u2019re not going to make it. You need a Savior.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; a baby in a manger is something everybody in the culture can go, \u201cOh, that\u2019s sweet.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! Well, we love babies; we love angels; we get the music at Christmas\u2014all of that\u2014but who loves a cross? It was a form of execution. Who wants to talk about blood and death?\u2014nobody! It\u2019s <em>harder<\/em> to make much of Easter because the symbolism, even though it\u2019s great and powerful, isn\u2019t quite as friendly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In a culture that\u2019s been dominated by modernity, the message of the Resurrection is kind of like: \u201cNobody really believes that anymore; do they? I mean, nobody thinks that <em>really<\/em> happened.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> When you speak of modernity\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, I\u2019m talking about an empirically-based people, who say, \u201cWhat\u2019s true is what we can verify through the scientific method,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s how modern man thinks. Reality and truth is based on things that are <em>provable<\/em>. You have to able to replicate them in a laboratory. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPostmodern people say, \u201cWhat\u2019s true is what I feel.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tChristians say: \u201cWhat is true is what\u2019s been revealed to us,\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s been revealed to us\u2014by God, in His Word \/ through His Spirit, in history\u2014is that Jesus didn\u2019t just die on a cross but, three days later, He rose again.\u201d If that\u2019s true that changes everything!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014everything!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> A lot of men and women, who set out to disprove the Resurrection, and in the process?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014have come to faith in Christ! If you start to do a serious investigation of the evidence for Christianity, and if your heart is open to the possibility that it\u2019s true, God meets you there and shows you: \u201cThis is <em>indeed<\/em> true.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur hope in talking about this early\u2014and the resources that you\u2019ve been working on, Barbara\u2014our hope is that moms and dads will say: \u201cLet\u2019s be counter-cultural. Let\u2019s go against the flow; and in our home, let\u2019s make Easter as big as or bigger than Christmas.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou do that by building some anticipation for it with the resource you\u2019ve created, Barbara, which is a banner that hangs in your home that\u2019s like an Advent calendar\u2014an Easter Advent calendar. You move a marker every day as you count down the days toward Easter. Then, there\u2019s a flip calendar that you put on your breakfast room table. Every day, there\u2019s a verse to read \/ some questions to talk about. It doesn\u2019t take long, but it gets everybody looking forward to the big day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think, too, Bob, as we were talking about the culture today\u2014and what people think today\u2014I think this a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for Christian families to be a witness. I think the culture looks at us\u2014and they see us doing nothing for Easter\u2014so they think we must not believe it either. If we can make a big deal out of it in our families and in our churches, and we can declare publically to our friends and our neighbors that Easter is everything to us, then they might go: \u201cOh! Well, maybe there is some truth to this Easter story.\u201d But if we do what the culture does\u2014and make nothing of it \/ make little of it\u2014then why should they investigate our faith? Why should they look at us as having something that they don\u2019t have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So is there a way\u2014I\u2019m just thinking about how you\u2019d engage your neighbors \/ how you make a statement to your neighbors that this is a big deal. I\u2019m thinking back to our neighborhood; and honestly, there was more decoration for Halloween in our neighborhood than there was for Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Amazing; really!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There were more ghosts\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Ghosts\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and goblins out in the front lawn at Halloween than lights up at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014than Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And there\u2019s nothing for Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; for sure!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Be careful, Bob\u2014you\u2019re giving her ideas! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; you are! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m starting to think\u2014there\u2019s a banner we can hang on the door that is an Easter banner. That\u2019s one way to make a statement to the neighborhood. But there aren\u2019t a whole lot of things you do to the house to say to folks: \u201cWe\u2019re excited about the Easter celebration!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s exactly what I am trying to do\u2014you nailed it. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cComing next year!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cComing next year\u201d; exactly. But I do think that it is a <em>start<\/em> to hang the Easter banner on your front door. I put mine on my front door and have for the last couple of years. I don\u2019t get that many people who come by, but just making that visual statement on your front door\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The mailman comes every day; doesn\u2019t he?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; the mail\u2014and somebody sees it\u2014that we are focusing on Easter, in our family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, this new version of the banner\u2014we\u2019ve had an Easter banner for several years\u2014this new version has the brass marker that you move that counts down the days \/ the 40 days before Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may or may not want to put that on your front door, especially if you live in a cold climate; because you don\u2019t want the whole family having to go out in the cold to move the marker every day. You may want to hang it in your house. But I will probably hang mine on my front door as a way to proclaim that: \u201cThis is the Easter season, and we\u2019re going to make much of it in our home.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; I\u2019m going to drive by a couple of days during\u2014just to see if you\u2019ve moved the marker and if it\u2019s on the right day. [Laughter] I\u2019m going to send you an email if you don\u2019t\u2014if you haven\u2019t moved your marker. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Okay; it may not be on the right day, but I will have it on my front door. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know where we live. You\u2019re not going to just drive by, Bob; you\u2019re going to have to be intentional to get there. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s just take a moment to take a peek at the flip calendar that has 40 three- to five-minute devotionals\u2014right?\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014that the mom or the dad\u2014or the grandparent\u2014can read to the kids and ask some questions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> On most days, there\u2019s a Bible verse and some questions that follows it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But on Sundays, you go a little longer. You\u2019ve got a story that you read to the kids. It sets up what they are going to talk about all week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014for the whole week; that\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to ask Tracy to read it; because she\u2019s a young mom\u2014as we\u2019ve said\u2014she\u2019s got two little kids. I want her to read this as if she was reading it to her kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, do I get to be the child who acts up this time?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, you can be Annie; and Dennis, you can be Audrey. I\u2019ll be her husband and listen to her read this. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> But you have to know\u2014my kids are obedient. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, we can\u2019t say anything. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> No; they\u2019re not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; this is Day 36 \/ this would be a Sunday reading.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHundreds of years after Adam and Eve lived and died, God called a man named Abraham to leave his and follow God to a new land. But God didn\u2019t tell Abe where it was. Abraham followed God\u2019s leading each day until he arrived in the new land. There, God blessed and his wife Sarah. They became rich, but they didn\u2019t have any kids which made them very sad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAfter 20 years of waiting and, even though they were older than your grandma and grandpa, God did what He had promised. He gave them a baby boy, Isaac. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cCan you imagine anyone older than Nana and Papa?\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014that\u2019s what I would ask my girls. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201c\u2026having a baby?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Isaac was a young teenager, God asked Abraham to do a strange, almost impossible thing. He commanded Abraham to take Isaac to a specific mountain and sacrifice him. That meant kill him as an offering to God. This story is a very important one for our faith, because it contains many clues showing us what God was going to do one day to His very own Son for us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cHold it! Hold it! What\u2019s a clue?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cA clue gives us a hint about something\u2014it gives us <em>ideas<\/em> of what we are looking for.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Old Testament is filled with clues about Jesus. We can read through the whole Bible and every part of the Bible points us to Jesus and who He was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a lot like a scavenger hunt. This reading, these 40 days, give us different clues, and we\u2019re on a hunt to find out who Jesus is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cI like scavenger hunts!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cCan we do a scavenger hunt instead of doing this?\u201d [Laughter] I\u2019m sorry! I shouldn\u2019t have said that. [Laughter] \u201cIt was his idea!\u201d [Laugher]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cOkay; listen and obey!\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cOkay.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGenesis 22:3 and 4: \u201cSo Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two young men with him, and his son Isaac. On the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from afar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow many days did Abraham travel to the mountain?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cDid it take\u2014was it two or three? It was three\u2014three days.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThree.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cThree?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cHe wasn\u2019t listening!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cI was! I got it right. It was either two or three.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cYou got it\u2014three days.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: \u201c<\/strong>Thank you!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m always smarter than him.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cIn this story of Jesus dying on the cross, what else took three days?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWell, it was three days before He rose again.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s right! You can see how the Old Testament stories give us clues\/hints about the story of Jesus. This is one of those.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I want to say to moms out there: \u201cThis is <em>easy<\/em>\u2014this is so easy. This does <em>not<\/em> take very long at all. We can take time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember our family was going to Disney last summer. Oh! We had time to talk about that every day \/ we had time to plan for that. We planned our vacation, for this coming spring break, last September\u2014we took time to prepare, and make reservations, and get our children excited. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe can do this! Moms, we know how to do this\u2014we do this about so many other things\u2014and this is the most thing to do it about.\u201d We are going to be doing it in our home this year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think, too, the Disneyland illustration is a good one\u2014to say: \u201cBuild some anticipation \/ have some fun with it. You might figure out a way to maybe supplement one of these\u2014like the one you just read with the scavenger hunt; you know?\u2014and run around the yard and find things\u2014but then come back and talk about these clues and how they are pointing to Christ.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The idea of incorporating activities\u2014I know you built some in to each day\u2014having something that kids can <em>do<\/em> in the middle of this. Moms can be creative as they go through this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Absolutely!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and expand it out however fits their family; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly! That\u2019s the whole idea\u2014is to make learning about the Bible interesting and fun. Because this has the little activity, where you move the marker every day, there is something that engages the kids every single day. There are some activities that we\u2019ve included on a few of these\u2014not every one\u2014because I didn\u2019t want moms to feel like failures because they couldn\u2019t do them all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s open to all kinds of possibilities. I <em>love<\/em> the fact that God allows us to be creative. He made us to be creative. Moms and dads can be creative in adding what they know will work with their kids into this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If your kids were middle school and high school age\u2014you didn\u2019t have any young ones at home\u2014would you still do this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would, because I want my children to understand the Bible. I want them to understand how all of this was woven together by God to a grand culmination on Resurrection Day. Even if they already knew some of it, I would bet that most middle school and high school kids don\u2019t know it all. They may roll their eyes and they\u2014because our kids did\u2014and they may act uninterested and bored\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cDo we have to do this kiddie stuff?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, yes; I know. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut if you start when they are younger, it\u2019s a tradition that they will anticipate and they know it\u2019s going to happen\u2014again they may roll their eyes and complain\u2014but again, you\u2019re the parent; and you want to\u2014you want to teach your kids why Easter matters. Go for it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I just want to encourage a parent to do\u2014is look past the kid, who\u2019s rolling her eyes or his eyes. I\u2019ll never forget one of our kids put a napkin over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014her face!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014over her face and leaned back\u2014it was like a burial cloth or something. [Laughter] It was like: \u201cI am not interested in this. I don\u2019t to hear any of it\u201d; but the reality is\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they <em>do listen<\/em>. They <em>really<\/em> are hearing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; they do!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You don\u2019t think they are; but \u201cDon\u2019t lose heart in well doing,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGalatians, Chapter 6. You may need to memorize that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHave you noticed that your kids pay attention to not paying attention?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; my five-year-old will cover her ears if I\u2019m telling her something she doesn\u2019t want to hear. [Laughter] But it\u2019s interesting\u2014because usually, within an hour\u2019s time, that\u2019s what she\u2019s telling my three-year-old\u2014is the same instruction she <em>apparently<\/em> didn\u2019t hear. I can see, just in that short time span, she\u2019s getting it. I can trust that will happen here too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If this did become a tradition in a family\u2014and if every year, for ten years, you went through these same verses leading up to the celebration of Easter\u2014your kids would have a pretty powerful apologetic for how the Old Testament points us to Jesus and how God, all the way through history, was leaving clues and signs so that, when the Messiah came, they would go, \u201cThis is the One who has been prophesied.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Bob, you are hitting on something <em>really<\/em> important. It\u2019s a parent\u2019s responsibility to equip their kids to know how to handle those who are going to say, \u201cThere is no God,\u201d when they leave home and high school\u2014and to go away to work, to college, to service, to their own houses\u2014and a bunch of other messages crowd into their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, when I was a junior in college, hearing Josh McDowell, at the University of Arkansas, speak about the evidence that demanded a verdict\u2014the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I remember what that did for my faith\u2014to say: \u201cYes! This is a <em>fact<\/em> in history as much as you can prove <em>any<\/em> fact in history.\u201d There is all kinds of evidence that <em>does<\/em> demand a verdict by individual people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou, as a parent\u2014you\u2019ve got to prepare your kids for this; because they are going to have their faith undermined as they go away to college, to service, to work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going to have people who don\u2019t think and believe like them. Give your kids the foundation \/ the apologetic for their faith so they can stand firm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It reminds me of something that a really good friend of ours once said\u2014that I\u2019ve never forgotten. Crawford Loritts\u2014we\u2019ve known for decades \/ he\u2019s a pastor in Atlanta\u2014and he said, years ago: \u201cThere\u2019s a problem\u201d\u2014he believes\u2014\u201cin the Christian community \/ in the church of biblical illiteracy.\u201d That really stuck with me because I thought: \u201cYou know, he\u2019s right. We go to church, but a lot of people don\u2019t know the Bible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a way that parents can help their kids know the Bible; because they need to know what God\u2019s Word says, because it will give them the foundation\u2014just as you were talking about\u2014for their lives. They may have questions and they may act like they\u2019re not interested; but they are hearing, and it will plant the seeds of God\u2019s truth in their heart if you go through this with your kids, year after year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There are some families, who go to churches, where Lent is talked about \/ where it\u2019s observed. If you are in one of those churches, you\u2019re already hearing about Lent; because it starts on February 14<sup>th<\/sup> this year. Easter is April 1<sup>st<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are <em>not<\/em> in one of those churches, you might think Lent seems unusual or like it\u2019s something that you don\u2019t believe in. All Lent is\u2014is a marking out of the period before Easter for focused attention, concentration, some spiritual disciplines in there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know people talk about giving things up for Lent. Do you give things up for Lent?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> We have, but I would much rather focus on learning more about who Jesus is and what He did. If I still had kids at home, that would be my focus\u2014not on what we give up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; well, again, I want to encourage listeners to go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to see what you\u2019ve been working on to help moms \/ to help families be focused and intentional in the days that lead up to Easter, the celebration of Jesus\u2019 resurrection. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014and look at <em>The Messiah Mystery<\/em> Lent kit that Barbara\u2019s put together \/ also, the <em>Waiting for the Lamb<\/em> Easter banner\u2014other resources that are there. Again, the website, FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you have any questions about these resources. Or if you\u2019d like to order by phone, again, the number is 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to just take a minute here and say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who are regular supporters of the ministry of FamilyLife\u2014those of you who are Legacy Partners and who, regularly, invest in this ministry. We are grateful for your partnership with us as we seek to expand the <em>reach<\/em> of this ministry\u2014to reach out to more people more regularly with God\u2019s blueprints for marriage and family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the ways we are doing that, this spring, is through the <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em>\u2122 event that we are going to be hosting in Charlotte, North Carolina. It\u2019s actually going to be available via livestream in churches and communities all across the country. The date is April 21<sup>st<\/sup>; Ron Deal is giving leadership to that event. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen you support this ministry, you are helping us defray the cost of making that event available to more people. Last year, we had between twelve and thirteen thousand people who were able to participate in the event. We\u2019re hoping to reach even more this year. So, keep in mind\u2014when you support FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, you\u2019re helping us provide practical biblical help and hope to people in every family situation, helping them understand God\u2019s design for marriage and for family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are a regular listener to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and maybe you\u2019ve never made a donation, today would be a <em>great<\/em> day to go to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014you can donate online\u2014or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate over the phone. You can also mail a donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we want to talk about your kids and the world in which they live and what you know about that world\u2014or maybe, better\u2014what you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know about their world. 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