Parenting in today’s culture can feel overwhelming, with countless voices in secular media competing for your child’s heart and mind. Dr. Zach Clinton is joined by actor, director, and producer Scotty Curlee to discuss how parents can turn everyday moments, like watching a movie together, into opportunities for discipleship. Scotty reminds parents that while you can’t raise kids in a bubble, you can set boundaries and equip them with the armor of God so they grow into men and women of faith with courage and conviction.
Life, Love, Faith, and Family, with cohosts Dr. Tim Clinton, and his son, Dr. Zach Clinton, offers timely and topical conversations with national leaders in faith, mental health, and family advocacy. Anchored in a biblical perspective to help you navigate today’s culture, each episode provides a word of hope and encouragement to help strengthen your life, your love, and your relationships with those you love most. Each day, we want to remind you that God loves you and is there for you! Our goal is to equip you to face everyday challenges, move from “survive” to “thrive,” and embrace the life that God has designed for you. Filled with wisdom, testimonials, timeless truths, and both clinical and practical tips to address the emotional and spiritual needs that most often affect people, the program covers everything from stress and anxiety to trust, intimacy, grace, and even forgiveness. Life, Love, Faith, and Family explores the dynamics of marriage, raising children, and building a better life for yourself and your family.
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Remembering 9/11: Honoring Lives Lost, Heroes, and Their Families
On the 24th anniversary of the day that altered our nation forever, Dr. Tim Clinton sits down with colleagues and trauma experts Jennifer Ellers and Jim Cress to reflect on their experiences providing first-response mental health care in Manhattan in September 2001. Though years have passed, they how for them, and for all who were impacted by the attacks, the memories and stories from 9/11 and the days that followed will remain with them forever.
How to Raise Your Kids to Embrace God’s Design for Who They Are
Dr. Tim Clinton is joined by child development expert Dr. Kathy Koch to discuss one of the biggest issues impacting kids today—gender ideology. Dr. Kathy shares wisdom with parents and educators, encouraging us all to celebrate children for who they are and to affirm God as a good Creator. She warns against the dangers of gender stereotypes, because while wrestling with identity is a normal part of adolescence, what a child’s soul truly longs for cannot be found in a superficial label, but only in knowing his or her Creator.
Kiss the Fire: 7 Ways to Get Back Up When You Want to Give Up
From a childhood marked by brokenness to leading one of the fastest-growing churches in America, Pastor Shawn Johnson from Red Rocks Church has a story of hope and resilience. In this conversation with Dr. Zach Clinton, he shares how God has redeemed his deepest struggles, including seasons of anxiety, depression, and even a life-changing diagnosis, for a purpose greater than he could imagine and to encourage others walking through hard times.
How to Transform Your Relationship with God and Others: Be Curious, Free, and Brave
Dr. Zach Clinton welcomes Bible teacher and Extraordinary Women speaker Jada Edwards to talk about her debut book, A New Way to Love Your Neighbor . Jada shares how receiving God’s love shapes the way we treat people at home, at work, and in our communities—and how our past experiences with love, or the lack of it, can influence how we see God’s love for us. Their conversation will inspire you to live out the great commandment with fresh eyes and a renewed heart.
Training Champions for Christ: How One Coach Turns The Football Field into a Mission Field
Dr. Zach Clinton sits down with Liberty University Head Football Coach Jamey Chadwell to discuss life on and off the field as a new season begins. Coach Chadwell views his career as a mission field, where God is continually at work in his life and in the lives of his players. Through every high and low of coaching, he stays anchored by prioritizing his role as a husband and father above all else.
The Avatar: Jonathan Cahn on America’s Future as Biblical Judgement Looms, Pt. 2
In part 2 of their conversation, Dr. Tim Clinton and Rabbi Jonathan Cahn dive deeper into The Avatar , revealing striking biblical parallels to today’s leaders and events. Rabbi Cahn explains how spiritual powers are shaping culture, government, and national life, warning that America stands at a critical crossroads. He challenges the Church to rise up, pursue revival, and boldly stand in the fight between God and the gods.
The Avatar: Jonathan Cahn on America’s Future as Biblical Judgement Looms, Pt. 1
In part 1 of this conversation, Dr. Tim Clinton welcomes Rabbi Jonathan Cahn to discuss his explosive new book, The Avatar: The Return of the Ancients and the Future of America . Together they uncover the spiritual battle behind today’s cultural and political upheaval, showing how ancient forces are resurfacing in our time. Jonathan urgently calls believers to recognize the darkness at work and stand firm in Christ.
Walk Worthy of the Calling You Have Received
Drs. Tim and Zach Clinton sit down with friend and ministry partner Joshua Broome as he shares his story of redemption, from years in the pornography industry to finding new life in Christ. Now leading a new AACC ministry, Walk Worthy , Josh unpacks how it equips believers to live with purity, courage, and unwavering faith, walking worthy of their calling in Ephesians 4:1.
Living the Vibrant Holy Spirit-Filled Life
Dr. Zach Clinton talks with Pastor Sam Rodriguez about his latest book on the Holy Spirit— Fresh Oil, Holy Fire, New Wine . Sam warns against limiting or ignoring the Spirit’s work and shares how His power, hope, and renewal can transform us when we fully surrender. This conversation invites us to pray with expectation and trust God to fill us with His Spirit, because He is always faithful. Let His holy fire change your life!
About Dr. Tim Clinton
and Dr. Zach Clinton
Tim Clinton, Ed.D., LPC, LMFT, is President of The American Association of Christian Counselors, (AACC), the world’s largest and most diverse Christian counseling organization, with over 50,000 active members and students. He also serves as Executive Director of the Global Center for Mental Health, Addiction, and Recovery and Professor Emeritus at Liberty University. Dr. Clinton previously served as co-host of the Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk nationally syndicated radio program, from 2018 to 2023. Dr. Clinton hosts a weekend television news talk program, Sunday The Road Forward, which airs on Real America’s Voice News Network and is available across numerous streaming platforms. Licensed as a professional counselor and as a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Clinton is recognized as an expert on mental health and relationship issues and spends much of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes.
Dr. Clinton has authored or edited nearly 30 books, including Take It Back: Reclaiming Biblical Masculinity, and Focus on the Future: Your Family, Your Faith, and Your Voice Matter Now More Than Ever. Tim has been married for over 44 years to his wife, Julie, and together they have two children, Megan (married to Ben) and Zach (married to Evelyn), and two granddaughters, Olivia and Sophia, who have stolen their hearts.
Dr. Zach Clinton, Ph.D., serves as Vice President of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the world’s largest and most diverse Christian counseling organization. He is the Host of the renowned Built Different Podcast as well as President and Host of Ignite Men’s Ministry and Conferences. Dr. Zach is also a Licensed Professional Counseling Resident at Light Counseling as well as an athletic counselor specializing in sport and performance psychology at Liberty University. As a former Division 1 college baseball player, Dr. Clinton loves working with professional & collegiate athletes and enjoys speaking into the lives of today’s generations as he has a deep passion for helping people build self-esteem, emotion regulation, leadership qualities, and perspective shifts. He has dedicated his life to reminding people that no matter how dark, difficult, or painful life can be, they are never out of the fight! He is the author of Even If and is currently working on his next book, Remember My Chains: Helping You Move from Bondage to Breakthrough. Dr. Zach is thrilled to be married to his lovely wife, Evelyn, as they make their home in Central Virginia.