Resources for Families

Convinced that healthy families are the backbone of a church on mission, we want to provide family discipleship resources in a way everyone can use. These resources cover what God says about our priorities, relationships, current trending topics, mental health, and more.

Websites & Apps

Splink | A weekly email providing three free idea-packed activities (called “Splinks”) to help you and your family engage in spiritual conversations.

Parent Cue: Parent Smarter, Not Harder | Trending topics, conversations to have with your kids; Download the app to follow along with what we teach in Base Camp (K-5th).

Pure Hope | Trying to find the words to address the topic of sex? Wondering how to navigate this sexualized, digital age? Find resources for talking to your kids or to your spouse. 

Featured Books

Grace-Filled Marriage by Dr. Tim Kimmel & Kimmel Darcy

Grace-Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel

Don’t Miss It: Parent Every Week Like It Counts by Reggie Joiner & Kristen Ivy

The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch

God’s Design for Sex Series by Stan Jones & Brenna Jones

Books By Interest

Parenting
GENERAL
  1. A Dad’s Guide to Praying for His Kids by Steve Chapman
  2. Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson
  3. Bringing Up Girls by James Dobson
  4. Bumps, Babies and the Gospel: Preparing Your Heart for Parenting by Sarah Dargue
  5. Families Where Grace is in Place by Jeff VanVonden
  6. Family Discipleship by Matt Chandler & Adam Griffin
  7. Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse Fitzpatrick
  8. How to Really Love Your Child by D. Ross Campbell, MD
  9. Life We Never Expected: Hopeful Reflections on the Challenges of Parenting Children with Special Needs by Andrew Wilson
  10. Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies by Hillary Morgan Ferrer
  11. Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God by Gloria Furman
  12. One Year of Dinner Table Devotions and Discussion Starters: 365 Opportunities to Grow Closer to God as a Family by Nancy Guthrie
  13. Pocket Prayers for Moms by Max & Andrea Lucado
  14. Raising Kids in a “You Can Do It” World by Paul Tautges
  15. Raising Kids in the Way of Grace by Bob Kellemen
  16. Raising Men Not Boys: Shepherding Your Sons to be Men of God by Mike Fabarez
  17. Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids by Jack Klumpenhower
  18. Survival Tips for Mums: Practical Ideas for Thriving in the Early Years of Motherhood by Elizabeth El Mostain
  19. The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
  20. The Fruitful Home: Creating a Gospel Culture for Family Life by Ann Benton
  21. Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms by Gloria Furman
  22. Wise Up: Ten-Minute Family Devotions in Proverbs by Marty Machowski
SEX
  1. God’s Design for Sex (Age-Appropriate Series) by Stan & Brenna Jones
  2. How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex by Stan & Brenna Jones
  3. Not If, But When: Preparing Our Children for Worldly Images by John Perritt

See the Contemporary Issues section for more.

  

TECHNOLOGY
  1. ParentChat: The Technology Talk for Every Family by Matt KcKee
  2. Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World by Eliza Huie
  3. Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World by Eliza Huie
  4. The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in its Proper Place by Andy Crouch
TEENS
  1. Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World by Kara Powell, Art Bamford, Brad M. Griffin
  2. Why is My Teenager Feeling Like This? A Guide for Helping Teens Through Anxiety and Depression by David Murray
  3. The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman
Books for Middle School Students
Books for Singles
  1. 7 Myths about Singleness by Sam Allberry
  2. The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition by Gary Chapman
  3. Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him by Jackie Hill Perry and Charlie Dates
  4. Kingdom Single: Living Complete and Fully Free by Tony Evans
  5. Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships in a Confused Culture by Dr. Sean McDowell
  6. Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life by Barry Danylak and John Piper
  7. Whole in Christ: A Biblical Approach to Singleness by Owen Strachan, David Platt, Grant Castleberry, Brittany Lind, and Jasmine Holmes
  8. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Contemporary Issues
GENERAL
  1. The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims by Rebecca McLaughlin
  2. Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World by Gregg Allison
  3. Following Jesus in a Digital Age by Jason Thacker
  4. The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by Jason Thacker
RELATIONSHIPS, BROKENNESS, & ABUSE
  1. The Heart of Domestic Abuse by Chris Moles
  2. The Death of Porn by Ray Ortlund
  3. Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Paul David Tripp
  4. Sexual Sanity for Men: Recreating Your Mind in a Crazy Culture by David White
  5. Sexual Sanity for Women: Healing from Sexual and Relational Brokenness by Ellen Dykas
  6. Toxic Relationships: Taking Refuge in Christ by Ellen Dykas
SEXUALITY
  1. A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Your Children About Gender by Jared Kennedy
  2. Born Again This Way: Coming Out, Coming to Faith, and What Comes Next by Sam Allberry
  3. Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say by Preston Sprinkle
  4. Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry
  5. God and the Gay Christian by Albert Mohler
  6. Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story by Christopher Yuan
  7. Homosexuality and the Bible by Albert Mohler
  8. Is God Anti-Gay? by Sam Allberry
  9. Revolutionary Sex: How the Good News of Jesus Changes Everything by William Taylor
  10. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
  11. Transgender: Christian Compassion, Convictions, and Wisdom for Today’s Big Issues by Vaughan Roberts
  12. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
  13. What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung
  14. Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With? by Sam Allberry

Discussions on life’s joys and challenges in all ages and stages of life.