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Since 1999, our 15-minute weekly radio program, Family Policy Matters features interviews with nationally recognized experts on a wide range of family policy issues.

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NC Family Policy

April 14, 2025

In Godâ€™s Image: Science, Morality, and the IVF Question (with Dr. Stacy Trasancos)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Adamo Manfra welcomes Dr Stacy Trasancos a professor and author of the book IVF is Not the Way The False Promises of Artificial Procreation to discuss the ethical considerations involved in in vitro fertilization IVF [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 07, 2025

Can Charter Schools be Religious? (With Phil Sechler)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Phil Sechler Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Free Speech at Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss a legal case in Oklahoma that would make St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School the first religious charter school in the country [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 31, 2025

How to Strengthen NC Families (with Aaron Baer & John Rustin)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Aaron Baer President of the Center for Christian Virtue and John Rustin President of NC Family to discuss how North Carolina ranks on the Family Structure Index and how we can strengthen families in our state [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 21, 2025

Salt and Light Seminars: Approaching Politics With a Biblical Worldview (with Adamo Manfra and Lisa Roska)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Adamo Manfra NC Family's Director of Research and Education and Lisa Roska a homeschool mom to discuss NC Family's Salt and Light Student Seminars and how they are equipping young adults to approach politics with a Biblical Worldview [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 17, 2025

A Better Option For Sex Ed (with Brittany Hausmann)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brittany Hausmann Director of Educational Outreach at Alternatives Care Centers to discuss more effective strategies to teach young people about the importance of healthy sexual behavior Parents please note that this episode touches on some mature topics so please be cautious if listening with young children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 10, 2025

How Christians Should Look at Sports Gambling (with Dr. RaShan Frost)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr RaShan Frost Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to discuss how to approach sports gambling from a Biblical perspective [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 03, 2025

How You Can Help Stop Human Trafficking (with Ked Frank)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Ked Frank Founder of Safe Places for Women to discuss effective ways that individuals can help stop human trafficking Parents please note that this episode touches on some mature topics so please be cautious if listening with young children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 24, 2025

How to Find True Love in Today's World (with Jason Evert)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jason Evert co-founder of The Chastity Project to discuss why and how we should reject the cultural lies targeting human love [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 17, 2025

How Public Policy Can Support Stay at Home Parents (with Ivana Greco and Elliot Haspel)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Ivana Greco and Elliot Haspel co-authors of the report Invisible Labor Visible Needs Making Family Policy Work for Stay-At-Home And All Parents to discuss their report and how public policy can support stay at home parents [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 10, 2025

Helping the Victims in Front of Us (with Heidi Olson)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Heidi Olson a forensic nurse and the Founder and President of Paradigm Shift Training and Consulting to discuss her work teaching people how to help the victims of human trafficking who are right in front of them [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 03, 2025

Flying Helicopters to Help Those Affected by Helene (with Eric Robinson)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Eric Robinson co-founder of the non-profit Operation Helo to discuss his work flying helicopters and providing aid to those affected by Hurricane Helene [... more]

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NC Family Policy

January 27, 2025

A Biblical Voice in National Politics (with Brent Leatherwood)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brent Leatherwood President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission ERLC to discuss his work and the ERLC's legislative priorities in the near future [... more]

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NC Family Policy

January 21, 2025

Protecting Women, Girls, and Title IX (with Matt Sharp)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Matt Sharp Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the recent Title IX victories and how leaders are standing up to protect women and girls across the country [... more]

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NC Family Policy

January 13, 2025

Opening Doors for School Choice in North Carolina (with Mike Long)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mike Long President of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina to discuss the Opportunity Scholarship and how families can take advantage of this valuable resource [... more]

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NC Family Policy

January 07, 2025

Noble U: Equipping the Next Generation (with Steve Noble)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Steve Noble former radio show host and founder of Noble U to discuss how God led him to teach high school students across the country and equip them to think and respond biblically [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 30, 2024

Disciple Your Children in an Age-Appropriate Way (with Andrew Walker)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Andrew Walker a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and co-author of the book What Do I Say When A Parents Guide to Navigating Cultural Chaos for Children Teens to discuss how to intentionally disciple your children in an age-appropriate way [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 23, 2024

How to Love People You Don't Agree With (with Jim Dalrymple)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jim Dalrymple a journalist and author of the Nuclear Meltdown newsletter about families to discuss how to love people who you may not always see eye-to-eye with [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 16, 2024

Embracing the Wonder of Christmas (with Dr. Carl Trueman)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Carl Trueman a Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College to discuss the miracle of Christmas and how we can fully embrace the spirit of the season [... more]

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NC Family Policy

December 09, 2024

Nurse Blows Whistle on Hospital Performing "Gender Affirming Care" on Children (with Vanessa Sivadge)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Vanessa Sivadge a nurse who blew the whistle on Texas Children's Hospital after discovering that they were secretly performing gender-affirming procedures on children [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 03, 2024

A Mom Takes a Stand After School Transitions Her Daughter (with January Littlejohn)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes January Littlejohn a mom turned parental rights activist after a local school tried to transition her daughter [... more]

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NC Family Policy

November 25, 2024

A Season of Thanksgiving and Traditions (with NC Family Staff)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes some of the members of NC Family's staff to discuss favorite holiday traditions and the highlights of [... more]

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NC Family Policy

November 18, 2024

How to Handle Our Aging Population (with Dr. Hunter Baker)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Hunter Baker Provost and Dean of Faculty at North Greenville University to discuss the impacts of our aging population and what solutions are available to correct these concerns [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

November 11, 2024

North Carolina's 2024 Election Results (with NC Family Staff)

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin is joined by NC Family's Sharon Sullivan and Jere Royall to discuss the outcomes of the Election Learn more about these outcomes [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

November 04, 2024

1916 and the Rise of the Sexual Revolution, Abortion, and Eugenics in America (with Seth Gruber)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Seth Gruber author and founder of The White Rose Resistance to discuss his new documentary entitled The Project and how Margaret Sanger's work is still causing damage today [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 28, 2024

More than a Burden: A Christian Look at Assisted Suicide (with Dr. Richard Weikart)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Richard Weikart an author and history professor at California State University Stanislaus to discuss the rise of assisted suicide and why it is not the compassionate act that many claim [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

October 21, 2024

Helping Students Find Truth at UNC-Chapel Hill (with Madison Perry)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Madison Perry Founder and Executive Director of The North Carolina Study Center to discuss his motivation for starting this ministry and how it has impacted the community at UNC-Chapel Hill [... more]

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NC Family Policy

October 14, 2024

When a Baseball Field Becomes a Mission Field (with Billie Jauss)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Billie Jauss author speaker and wife of an MLB coach to discuss how she prioritizes her faith amidst her family's professional baseball schedule [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

October 07, 2024

The Christian Duty to be an Informed Voter (with David Closson)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes David Closson Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council to discuss why Christians have a duty to be informed voters and some practical things they can do to start engaging [... more]

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NC Family Policy

September 30, 2024

The Truth About Transgenderism (with Dr. Miriam Grossman)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Miriam Grossman psychiatrist and author to discuss the truth about the transgender movement that has spread like wildfire in American culture [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

September 23, 2024

Why Christians Should Get Involved in Politics (with Bunni Pounds)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Bunni Pounds President and Founder of Christians Engaged to discuss why Christians should be involved in politics and three ways for Christians to start engaging in politics [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

September 16, 2024

Reframing the Life Conversation (with Jason Thacker)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jason Thacker senior fellow in bioethics and director of the research institute at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to discuss the need to reframe the conversation around life and abortion to get back to what really matters [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

September 09, 2024

Why We Need Phone-Free Schools (with Clare Morell)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Clare Morell a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of their Technology and Human Flourishing Project to discuss how phone-free schools work and their potential to improve the health and education of students [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

September 02, 2024

A Restorative Approach to Infertility (with Stephanie Gray Connors)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Stephanie Gray Connors author of the book Conceived by Science Thinking Carefully and Compassionately about Infertility and IVF to discuss alternatives to IVF for couples experiencing infertility [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 26, 2024

Helping Churches Help Families in NC (with J.P. De Gance)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes J P De Gance founder and president of Communio to discuss a new initiative he's working on in Charlotte North Carolina to help churches help strengthen marriages and families [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

August 15, 2024

How to Elect Leaders Who Govern (with Brad Littlejohn)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brad Littlejohn a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center to discuss why it is important to consider a wide variety of factors when voting for elected officials [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 08, 2024

NC Physicians Take Stand to Protect Children (with Dianna Lightfoot & Emily Saunders)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dianna Lightfoot and Emily Saunders from NC Physicians for Freedom to talk about the Doctors Protecting Children Declaration that they recently signed and their work to prevent children from being harmed by transgender care [... more]

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NC Family Policy

August 05, 2024

Put Your Faith Into Action (with Dr. Bill Donohue)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Bill Donohue president of Catholic League and author of Cultural Meltdown The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis to discuss why it is so important for Christians to be engaged in the culture around them [... more]

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NC Family Policy

July 29, 2024

America's Aging Population and the Pro-Life Movement (with Patrick T. Brown)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Patrick T Brown a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center to discuss America's aging population and the impacts that could have on the pro-life movement and public policy [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 22, 2024

How to Protect Your Children from the Dangers of Social Media (with Dr. Leonard Sax)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Leonard Sax a practicing physician and a New York Times bestselling author to discuss how social media is impacting kids and how parents can mitigate its effects [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 15, 2024

The Legal Fight to Protect Title IX (with Matt Sharp)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Matt Sharp Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Public Policy at Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the legal battle that is underway to protect women's and parental rights from the Biden Administration's changes to Title IX [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 01, 2024

How to Fix Our Falling Fertility Rate (with Lyman Stone)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Lyman Stone Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies to discuss America's falling fertility rates what we can do to fix them [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 01, 2024

Celebrating Independence Across the Country (with Gov. Scott Walker)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Governor Scott Walker President of Young America's Foundation to discuss the importance of teaching America's foundational values and the significance of our independence [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 24, 2024

Why People are Leaving the Church (With Michael Graham)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Michael Graham Program Director for The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics to discuss what is known as the great dechurching and how Christians should respond [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 14, 2024

NC Mom Pursues Medical Career After Unplanned Pregnancy (With Angela Sullivan)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Angela Sullivan a North Carolina mom of four to discuss how she has been able to pursue higher education and a medical career after an unplanned pregnancy at the age of eighteen [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 10, 2024

The Sad Truth About Marijuana (With Luke Niforatos)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Luke Niforatos the Executive Vice President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana SAM to disucss attempts to legalize marijuana and the dangerous impacts that could have [... more]

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NC Family Policy

June 03, 2024

Why Christians Must Protect Children: Part 2 (With Katy Faust)

This week on Family Policy Matters hear Part of Katy Faust's keynote address at NC Family's Raleigh Dinner Katy Faust is the founder and president of Them Before Us and speaks on the critical responsibility that Christians have to protect children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 28, 2024

Why Christians Must Protect Children: Part 1 (With Katy Faust)

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 20, 2024

How to Live in an Anti-Christian Culture (With Aaron Renn)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Aaron Renn Senior Fellow at American Reformer and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research to discuss how society's view of Christianity has declined in the United States and how people of faith can live in the new anti-Christian culture [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 13, 2024

"Not an equal protection." Swimmer Speaks Out About NCAA's Transgender Policy (With Carter Satterfield)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Carter Satterfield a swimmer at Roanoke College to discuss her experience swimming with a transgender-identifying male and how that prompted her to join the lawsuit against the NCAA [... more]

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NC Family Policy

May 06, 2024

NC State Swimmer Joins Lawsuit Against the NCAA (With Kylee Alons)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Kylee Alons a former swimmer at NC State University to discuss Kylee s experience swimming against Lia Thomas and why that prompted her to join the lawsuit against the NCAA [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 29, 2024

Stories, Literature, and Sharing the Gospel (With Dr. Holly Ordway)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr Holly Ordway to discuss the growing indifference to religion and how stories and literature can be used to share the Gospel Dr Ordway is the visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University the Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word On Fire Institute and the author of the book Tolkien's Faith A Spiritual Biography [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 22, 2024

NC's Opportunity Scholarship Gives Parents Educational Options (With Mike Long)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Mike Long President of Parents for Educational Freedom North Carolina to discuss North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship and the impact that it has [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 15, 2024

A NC Detransitioner Sues Her Doctors (With Josh Payne)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Josh Payne attorney and co-founder of Campbell Miller Payne PLLC to discuss Prisha Mosley's legal case Prisha is a North Carolina citizen who was pushed to pursue so-called gender-affirming care as a teenager including cross-sex hormones and surgery She has now detransitioned and is seeking to hold her medical team accountable for pushing her down this path [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 08, 2024

The Danger And Detachment Of Surrogacy (With Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) (Re-Air)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing a show from June where host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down again with Dr Jennifer Roback Morse of The Ruth Institute to discuss the issue of surrogacy Dr Morse shares how surrogacy ignores the rights of the child and often leads down a dangerous path to the commodification of both children and women [... more]

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NC Family Policy

April 01, 2024

Perinatal Hospice: Loving Babies Born With Life-Limiting Conditions (With Mary Szoch)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mary Szoch Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council to discuss a new report that explored perinatal hospice as an alternative for babies with a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting medical condition [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 25, 2024

How to Create a Media-Savvy Family (With Adam Holz)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Adam Holz Director at Plugged In and co-author of Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World--And Why We Should to discuss how parents can create healthy media habits for themselves and their children [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 18, 2024

How to Combat a Family-Unfriendly Culture (With Timothy Carney)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Timothy Carney author of Family Unfriendly How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be to discuss how America has created an increasingly family-unfriendly culture and what parents can do to combat it [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 11, 2024

A Biblical View of Immigration (with Joshua Arnold)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Joshua Arnold Senior Writer at The Washington Stand to discuss four biblical principles to inform a Christian approach to immigration [... more]

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NC Family Policy

March 04, 2024

Is Masculinity Really Toxic? (with Nancy Pearcey)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Nancy Pearcey a professor and author of the book The Toxic War on Masculinity to discuss the many cultural challenges that men are facing today The Toxic War on Masculinity https www amazon com Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles dp [... more]

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NC Family Policy

February 26, 2024

How to Teach Your Children a Biblical Worldview (With Dr. George Barna)

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr George Barna author of Raising Spiritual Champions to discuss why it is critical for parents to instill a biblical worldview in their children and some tips for how they can do so [... more]