Family Foundations
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -This podcast focuses on:
- A God-centered approach to relationships
- Better understanding and communication
- Biblical tools to overcome everyday problems & obstacles
Lessons are from Family Foundations, the couples' Sunday School class at Faith Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington, taught by Pastor Daniel Kirchner.
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Episodes
God Knows the End from the Beginning (Season 6 - Episode 12)
April 15, 2024 18:08 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWith the conclusion to the Fresh Perspective series, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will be teaching independent lessons before his next series. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how we can't know how our lives will turn out, which is why it's important to lean on the God Who does. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
Better Than (Season 6 - Episode 11)
April 08, 2024 22:43 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBWith the conclusion to the Fresh Perspective series, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will be teaching independent lessons before his next series. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of searching for the next stage of growth in your marriage and how to find that "better than" as a united front. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Building Your House on a Solid Rock (Season 6 - Episode 10)
March 25, 2024 22:22 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of building your house on a firm foundation through God and how to build a better house. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - God Speaks Everyone's Language (Season 6 - Episode 9)
March 25, 2024 20:22 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how two people may say the same thing, yet be interpreting it completely differently and how to better understand how your spouse thinks and speaks. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Adjusting and Adapting to Life (Season 6 - Episode 8)
March 04, 2024 22:51 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how to make adjustments to the changes that come in life and how to ensure that you aren't blind to your own areas of improvement. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Consider Our Weight (Season 6 - Episode 7)
February 26, 2024 19:52 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of managing one's weight, how the battle for weight loss or gains is not as clear as the industry makes it seem, and how you can help support your spouse through this process. Tune in to hear what the Bible teach...
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Fighting FOR Your Spouse (Season 6 - Episode 6)
February 20, 2024 17:43 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we take the time to discuss how to fight FOR your spouse rather than against them during verbal disagreements. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Looking in the Mirror (Season 6 - Episode 5)
February 12, 2024 22:02 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look into the proverbial mirror and learn the importance of self perception and self deception. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - You Don't Know What You Don't Know (Season 6 - Episode 4)
February 08, 2024 18:43 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at how assuming your spouse's intention behind their actions can lead to issues and how to better communicate these intentions and emotions every day. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - The Engrafting Word (Season 6 - Episode 3)
January 29, 2024 18:42 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at the importance of the "engrafting word" and how our anger and emotions can blind us from growing together in our marriages. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage - Learning to Listen (Season 6 - Episode 2)
January 22, 2024 23:50 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at the importance of listening "the soil in which the love of marriage is planted." Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
A Fresh Perspective on Marriage (Season 6 - Episode 1)
January 17, 2024 01:36 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBPastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.
Making a Better Marriage in the New Year
January 16, 2024 22:59 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches a lesson on reflection towards the accomplishments of the previous year and how looking back at the successes can help encourage you and your spouse into making your marriage even greater this new year.
Bible Marriages - Hosea & Gomer (Season 5 - Episode 8)
January 15, 2024 23:40 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses the love life of Hosea the prophet and the prostitute Gomer and how differing values can affect a marriage.
Bible Marriages - Ahab & Jezebel "Toxic Marriages" (Season 5 - Episode 7)
December 11, 2023 19:23 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how living carnally can affect a marriage toxically and ways to avoid and grow from these toxic situations.
Bible Marriages - Solomon Marries Everyone (Season 5 - Episode 6)
December 04, 2023 18:51 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses the importance of having one spouse and how taking the time to work on that individual marriage can make all the difference in the world.
Bible Marriages - David & Abigail (Season 5 - Episode 5)
November 27, 2023 19:52 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how the wisdom of Abigail helped her soon-to-be husband, David, think clearly through his decision making and how that can apply to your ma...
Bible Marriages - Samson (Season 5 - Episode 4)
November 20, 2023 23:12 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how Samson's view of marriage and love was altered through time and how it is important to ensure that one's children's views on marriage are ...
Bible Marriages - Isaac & Rebecca (Season 5 - Episode 3)
October 23, 2023 20:38 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discussed how Isaac and Rebecca became married and how they communicated their values to each other.
Bible Marriages - If It Had Been Too Little (Season 5 - Episode 2)
October 17, 2023 22:20 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discussed the reasoning behind why we have several examples of men wanting multiple wives and how this mentality negatively affected their lives.
Bible Marriages - Adam & Eve (Season 5 - Episode 1)
October 10, 2023 18:46 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he will be teaching on Adam and Eve and how their decision making directly affected their family for years to come.
Winterizing Your Marriage (Season 4 - Episode 3)
September 18, 2023 20:23 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. In this episode, he discusses the comparisons between being a seasoned home-owner and a seasoned married couple and how to address newly revealed issues when they appear and known issues before they occur.
Winterizing Your Marriage (Season 4 - Episode 2)
September 11, 2023 20:23 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. In this episode, he discusses how much like the seasons of weather change through cycles, so do the seasons of life. Knowing that these cycles exist, it's important to establish what systems best help you support yourselves through each season.
Winterizing Your Marriage (Season 4 - Episode 1)
September 05, 2023 21:34 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. Similar to how we prepare for the winter season by closing our water pipes, there are seasons of marriage that are known and can be prepared for before the effects of "marriage's winter" take place.
Delighting in Marriage - Final Lesson (Season 3 - Episode 22)
August 29, 2023 00:01 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner concludes the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses, in light of everything he has taught this season, what the fundamental glue to delighting in marriage truly is.
Delighting in Marriage - Dealing with Self Deception and Faults (Season 3 - Episode 21)
August 21, 2023 18:25 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he outlines how the voices in the male and female minds give them their self-perception and how each of them navigates the faults in their own lives.
Delighting in Marriage - Patience for Each Other (Season 3 - Episode 20)
August 14, 2023 17:51 - 34 minutes - 32 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the importance of patience when you have been wronged by your spouse and what to do if you are the one who is wronging your spouse.
Delighting in Marriage - The Natural Use of Marriage (Season 3 - Episode 19)
July 31, 2023 21:08 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the natural use of marriage through physical, emotional, and mental companionship.
Delighting in Marriage - Delighting in Differences (Season 3 - Episode 18)
July 17, 2023 18:10 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses how difficulties in marriage are truly blessings in disguise.
Delighting in Marriage - The Affection Connection (Season 3 - Episode 17)
July 10, 2023 17:11 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the role and important affects of physical touch in the marriage relationship.
Delighting in Marriage - Loving the Differences (Season 3 - Episode 16)
July 06, 2023 16:43 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the important difference between minutes and moments and how these can affect our memories when looking back at our marriages. Yet, even if there are bad memories and bad minutes, so long as you are together, there is still hope for a brighter future.
Delighting in Marriage - You're Still Alive so There Is Hope (Season 3 - Episode 15)
June 26, 2023 17:10 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the important difference between minutes and moments and how these can affect our memories when looking back at our marriages. Yet, even if there are bad memories and bad minutes, so long as you are together, there is still hope for a brighter future.
Delighting in Marriage - Life Is Unfair, Enjoy It Anyways (Season 3 - Episode 14)
June 19, 2023 18:47 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the fact that life is going to be unfair. With that knowledge, the wisdom of Solomon encourages us to enjoy life anyway.
Delighting in Marriage - A Good Reward for Your Labor (Season 3 - Episode 13)
June 12, 2023 17:09 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with a lesson teaching the importance of focusing on investing in things that bring a good return to your relationship.
A Good Reward for Your Labor (Season 3 - Episode 13)
June 12, 2023 17:09 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with a lesson teaching the importance of focusing on investing in things that bring a good return to your relationship.
Delighting in Marriage - Don't Lose Your Sweetness (Season 3 - Episode 12)
June 06, 2023 17:39 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with this simple statement: "don't lose your sweetness."
Don't Lose Your Sweetness (Season 3 - Episode 12)
June 06, 2023 17:39 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with this simple statement: "don't lose your sweetness."
Delighting in Marriage - Enjoying Your Marriage (Season 3 - Episode 11)
June 01, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner utilizes million-dollar sports cars as an analogy to teach the importance of purposefully enjoying your marriage.
Enjoying Your Marriage (Season 3 - Episode 11)
June 01, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner utilizes million-dollar sports cars as an analogy to teach the importance of purposefully enjoying your marriage.
Defending Marriage - Avoiding Creating Conflicts (Season 3 - Episode 10)
May 30, 2023 18:42 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on defending marriage. In this specific lesson, he teaches on the methods and mentality required to help avoid creating unnecessary conflicts with your spouse and how to best communicate with each other when conflicts arise.
Developing Marriage -Support vs. Separation (Season 3 - Episode 9)
May 15, 2023 18:54 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the differences between separating and supporting in marriage and how to identify and resolve these conflicts as they appear.
Support vs. Separation (Season 3 - Episode 9)
May 15, 2023 18:54 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the differences between separating and supporting in marriage and how to identify and resolve these conflicts as they appear.
Developing Marriage - Support vs. Separation (Season 3 - Episode 9)
May 15, 2023 18:54 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the differences between separating and supporting in marriage and how to identify and resolve these conflicts as they appear.
Developing Marriage - Don't Live in the Past (Season 3 - Episode 8)
April 24, 2023 23:23 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the importance of living in the moment and focusing on the daily joys that comes from marriage as opposed to holding on to the grudges or mistakes from the past.
Don't Live in the Past (Season 3 - Episode 8)
April 24, 2023 23:23 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the importance of living in the moment and focusing on the daily joys that comes from marriage as opposed to holding on to the grudges or mistakes from the past.
Defending Marriage - Outside of Our Normal Character (Season 3 - Episode 7)
April 03, 2023 21:42 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on defending marriage with a lesson on how to approach a situation in which you or your spouse are not acting within your normal character.
Defending Marriage - Seeking God's Wisdom (Season 3 - Episode 6)
March 27, 2023 21:06 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner returns with a lesson on seeking God's wisdom in decision-making. The class begins with a simple question: How can we know that we've made the best decision unless we understand what God's Will is first?
Defending Marriage - Helping or Hurting? (Season 3 - Episode 5)
February 27, 2023 19:20 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on how the close connection between you and your spouse will either be the greatest help or the worst hindrance to your lives.
Defending Marriage - Two Is Better Than One (Season 3 - Episode 4)
February 21, 2023 23:45 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the vitality of depending on your spouse and how to pick each other up after one falls from their own faults.
Defending Marriage - The Salesman of Sin (Season 3 - Episode 3)
February 13, 2023 23:15 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the inner voices of our sin nature, how those voices affect the thought life of your spouse, and how you can resolve those inner conflicts as a couple.