Foundation Worldview Podcast

Are popular Christian worship songs actually biblical? On this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz tackles a question we receive often from parents: how do we teach our kids to think critically about Christian music without raising a generation of cynics?
Elizabeth begins with an important caveat about pursuing discernment with humility rather than pride, then walks through a simple framework parents can use at home. She introduces three categories every Christian worship song tends to fall into and models the evaluation process by going line by line through Hillsong's "What a Beautiful Name," comparing each verse and chorus against passages from John 1, Romans 1, Hebrews 1, Philippians 2, Acts 17, and Romans 8.
Along the way, Elizabeth touches on songs by MercyMe, Jesus Culture, and Michael W. Smith, and closes with two diagnostic questions every Christian parent can ask the next time a worship song comes on in the car. Whether you're trying to choose songs for family worship, evaluate what your kids are hearing at youth group, or simply build a stronger habit of biblical discernment in your home, this episode gives you a practical place to start.
If you'd like to equip your children to read, interpret, and apply Scripture on their own (the foundation that makes biblical evaluation of anything possible), check out the Foundation Worldview Studying the Bible curriculum at foundationworldview.com.

How do you teach a young child that sex is private and special without making them feel ashamed of it, and without accidentally training them to keep secrets from you, which is the exact tactic abusers count on?

In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through a simple framework Christian parents can use with kids as young as four: the difference between good secrets (protecting something valuable) and bad secrets (trying to cover up sin). She also shares the single rule every parent should teach their child about secrets, and how to respond when your child confesses something hard so they keep coming back to you.

If you're looking for help starting the basic sex conversations with your young child, Foundation Worldview's "The Talk"...Made Easy is a three-video resource that walks parents through anatomy, the mechanics of sex, and reproduction. You can find it at foundationworldview.com.

What do you do when your child won't say "I love you" — because she's being honest and doesn't want to lie?
In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers a question from a parent whose five-year-old refuses to tell others she loves them because she doesn't actually feel affection for them. Together we'll work through how to coach young children toward truthful responses, how to use 1 Corinthians 13 to teach kids that love is a choice rather than a feeling, and a simple one-quality-per-week practice that builds biblical love into the rhythm of your family. For parents of older children, Elizabeth also addresses how to spot the difference between the biblical definition of love and the way our culture uses the word — including in phrases like "love is love."
In this episode you'll learn:
Three truthful phrases to coach your child toward when "I love you" isn't honest
How to walk a young child through 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
A practical one-quality-per-week practice for the whole family
How to help older kids evaluate cultural definitions of love against Scripture
Mentioned in this episode:
Foundation Worldview Careful Thinking Curriculum: https://foundationworldview.com/curriculum/careful-thinking
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How do you help your kids see Jesus in every Old Testament story? Most children hear the Bible as a stack of disconnected accounts — Noah's ark over here, David and Goliath over there, Jesus somewhere in the New Testament. But the Bible is one cohesive story, and every chapter of the Old Testament is pointing toward Christ.

In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through a simple framework parents can use at home:

- How to tell the Bible's story as one connected whole, broken into 16 memorable time periods from creation to the return of Jesus
- Four Old Testament passages that point directly to Christ — Genesis 3:15, Genesis 12:3, the Passover lamb in Exodus 12, and Moses's promise of a coming prophet in Deuteronomy 18
- A daily reading habit that anchors every passage your family encounters in the Bible's bigger story

If this episode is helpful, our Studying the Bible curriculum walks families through the full method Elizabeth modeled here — the Bible timeline, the Old Testament clues that point to Jesus, and the basic skills kids need to read, interpret, and apply Scripture for themselves. You can find it at foundationworldview.com/studying-the-bible.

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Thinking of taking your kids to see the new Animal Farm movie? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks Christian parents through the film's plot, positive and negative elements, and four biblical worldview questions to discuss with your kids before or after watching.

Resource mention:
Helping Your Child Understand That Love Is a Choice, Not Just a Feeling