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O How We've Longed | Behind The Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - December 16, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutesThe story of humanity is a story of longing and aching. The Bible documents one big longing echoing throughout all of history. And that all of this longing culminates and finds its fulfillment in Jesus. Join us on this episode as we take a deep dive into the ninth song on our Advent album, "Tell...
Tell Me The Story | Behind The Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - December 16, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutesIt's Christmas week! And we are excited to jump into all of our fun family festivities this Christmas season. But we are also looking forward to hearing the story of the incarnation of Christ over and over again as we awaken our wonder at who Jesus is and what He has done. In this episode, we de...
The Unexpected Ones | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - December 14, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour“The real Jesus attracted failures, exiles, rejects, underachievers, weaklings, compromisers, and losers - the scum of the earth. Every kind of defeated, fed-up sinner found a welcome with him.” That’s a quote from Ray Ortlund that sums up the message of the song, “The Unexpected Ones.” W...
This Christmas | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 30, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutesChristmas is a hard time of year for so many of us. It’s a time of the year that can feel like salt in the wound of our broken hearts. In our disillusionment and disappointment it’s easy to feel hopeless and depressed - especially when the cheer of Christmas isn’t strong enough to out of the dar...
The Impossible | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 30, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutesToday on the podcast we are going to go on a journey through scripture and I hope it leaves you as amazed and overjoyed as I was at the impossible work of salvation that God has achieved and offered to us in the gift of His son Jesus. If you haven’t been following along with us recently. We are ...
Happy Christmas (UPDATED) | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 22, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutesHey friends, the first time we uploaded this podcast it only uploaded the first 15 minutes! Sorry about that! This updated version is the FULL podcast episode Can Christians have fun? Is it frivolous for us to be happy and full of cheer during the Christmas season? A couple of Spurgeon sermons,...
Happy Christmas | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 16, 2021 17:00 - 14 minutesCan Christians have fun? Is it frivolous for us to be happy and full of cheer during the Christmas season? A couple of Spurgeon sermons, “Hoping for Happiness” by Barnabas W. Piper, and “Enjoy” by Trillia Newbell were super helpful to me this year in understanding the place for fun and happiness...
Jesus, The Servant of All | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 09, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutesToday on the podcast we are going to marvel together at the great and beautiful humility of Christ. If you haven’t been following along with us recently. We are in the middle of a series here on the podcast where we take a deep dive into the songs on our brand new Christmas album, “Tell Me the S...
Come, Let Us Gather | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 02, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutesFor Christians, what is the point of Christmas? Why do we celebrate it every year? Why is it important for us to remember the Christmas story together? These are some of the questions we are going to address today as we continue in our behind the song series - in this episode we are going ...
God Came Down To Us | Behind The Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - October 26, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutesWelcome friends! In Genesis 11, we see all of humanity band together in all their independence and self-sufficiency. They set out to build a tower to the heavens because they believed they reach God on their own. They believed they could be on god’s level if they tried hard enough. If we’re hon...
The Light Has Come | Behind the Song
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - October 19, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutesChristmas is coming and we've got 10 brand new Christmas songs releasing on November 5th! For the next 10 weeks on the podcast, we are going to be zooming in on each of these brand new songs in order to enhance the listening experience for you all. On these episodes we'll share all the things t...
Ideas On How To Have Fun As A Family
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - April 28, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutesIn today's episode We're share a ton of things that we do for fun as a family but as we do, we talk about why planning is so helpful in creating a culture of having fun with our family, and we talk about how we plan for our fun and at the end of this episode....and we bring on an extra special ...
Enjoy Life, Be Happy, Worship God
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - April 14, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutesSomewhere along the way, we may have picked up the idea that to be a mature Christian means that we must be stoically serious all the time. Even if we don't believe that this is true, it might be the impression we give when we are discipling our kids if we forget to help them see that even our f...
4 Major Pitfalls of Having Fun
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - April 07, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutesHaving fun together is simply a blast - but another reason why we should diligently have some fun with our kids is so that we can teach them HOW to have fun. We all desire happiness, fun, enjoyment, and pleasure, and there are a LOT of good things that God has given to us to enjoy. But, because...
3 Ways We are Like God When We Are Having Fun
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - March 31, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutesIs fun a "lesser" thing to pursue? Among Christians, sometimes it seems like this is true! But today on the podcast we're going consider a higher view of fun. And what higher thing is there to consider than God Himself. So we're going to talk about 3 ways we're like God when we're having fun. On...
Why Having Fun Together Is Absolutely Crucial to Family Discipleship
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - March 24, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutesHow important is it to have fun together as a family? Maybe that's a question you're asking because sometimes having fun can seem frivolous and trivial. Surely we should be doing much more important things like reading the Word, praying, or worshipping God. And isn't having fun kinda dangerous? ...
Behind the Song: "Praise God"
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - March 17, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutesWe are unlocking the podcast vault and letting you in on an exclusive podcast episode that has never before been released to the public! In March 2019, we recorded 10 podcast episodes, each featuring one of the songs from our "God of Generations" album, and we shared the inspiration, scripture, ...
5 Tips For A Healthy Marriage
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - March 03, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesRelationships require intentional time and energy. But, if we're honest, we struggle with this. Especially when it comes to long-term relationships. Relationships with God, our spouse, our kids - we can start to neglect the intentional energy needed to maintain healthy intimacy and closeness tha...
5 Tips For A Healthy Marriage
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - March 03, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesRelationships require intentional time and energy. But, if we're honest, we struggle with this. Especially when it comes to long-term relationships. Relationships with God, our spouse, our kids - we can start to neglect the intentional energy needed to maintain healthy intimacy and closeness tha...
How Your Marriage Impacts the World
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - February 24, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutesMarriage is given to us so that we may enjoy it. God loves giving us good gifts. But He also gave us the gift of marriage for a greater purpose. Our non flashy marriages have the ability to change the world around us. There is something heroic about two people sacrificially loving each other to ...
How Marriage Changes Us
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - February 17, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutesThough marriage is wonderful, it's also incredibly difficult - and it's often difficult in ways many of us didn't see coming. The difficulty comes with the fact that having a great marriage eventually requires adjustments and change in both of us. Today we are going to be talking about why the n...
The Sneaky Killer of Love
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - February 10, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutesLast week we saw in the Word the call to prioritize our marriage relationship above all others. This week we're going to consider why this beneficial. The truth is that there is a nefarious enemy to love, and that enemy is not hate. It's an enemy that can sneak up on any relationship, and it is ...
Marriage: The Most Important Relationship You Will Ever Have
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - February 03, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesWe all want to be known. We want meaningful relationships that run deep. We want people we are safe with, people we belong to. Our marriages are a gift from God that is meant to be the deepest, most meaningful relationship we have. Our marriages are meant to be the one place where we are safe to...
Planning for Struggles in Marriage
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - January 27, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesMany couples spend time planning for the wedding, planning for kids, planning for all kinds of things, but rarely do we plan for how we are going to win in our marriages. The truth is for, struggles and conflicts are a part of marriage. In today's podcast we are going to talk about how planning ...
What Do You Want From Marriage?
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - January 20, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutesAll of us have hopes and expectations when we think about being married. To start this six week series on marriage, we're going to take some time to think deeply about our longings and desire for marriage. Is it good to want to be married? What are we hoping to get out of marriage? And how is Go...
Why Kids Need to See Mom and Dad Loving Each Other Well
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - December 16, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutesIsn't it fascinating that when we are hurt by someone our tendency isn't just to be skeptical of that person's love, but often we find ourselves skeptical of God's love. No one is going to be able to practice perfect love every moment of every day. Even still, we should take seriously the fact t...
Loving Family Is Difficult
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - December 03, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutesWe live in a culture that believes that loving another person is something that comes to us naturally. And yet all around us, we see that truly loving one another, especially the closest people around us is incredibly difficult. If we want to be intentional about loving one another well in our f...
5 Keys To Loving Your Family Well
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 18, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutesLast week we started our deep dive into the pillar of family worship that we call: Loving Each Other Well. Our love for one another is linked to our ability to worship God - especially our ability to worship God together. This week we are looking at 5 key things to consider that can help us cont...
Worship Requires Loving Each Other
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - November 11, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutesIf we want to worship God as families we have to be intentional about loving each other. In today's podcast, we're going to look at four reasons why loving each other is essential to worshipping God together.
Behind the Song: "The Lord's Prayer"
As You Go with Jonathan & Emily Martin - October 28, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode, we talk about the writing and recording of our song "The Lord's Prayer." We're so thankful that Jesus gave us the templated prayer to help us in our praying! He knows that we struggle with prayer and that we need help. On the podcast, we'll talk about how you can use this song t...
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