Thrive Cast Bible Study Episodes
Episode 115 – Have You Seen These Crazy Cycles Between Managers and Employees?
Men and women need love and respect as human beings in the workplace. Though there are daily demands to fulfill the mission of the organization apart from these emotional...
6: The Book of John, Part 2 (with Lisa Chan)
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Episode 114 – In Business, What’s Love and Respect Got to Do With It?
There are two elements that are foundational to the long-term success of an organization. As odd as this may sound, they are love and respect. Said negatively and drastically,...
5: The Book of John, Part 1
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Episode 113 – Why Confess Our Unloving and Disrespectful Comments?
Why confess our unloving and disrespectful comments? If the roles were reversed, we’d expect another to confess to us. If another was mean to us, blamed us for their...
4: Matthew 17-28
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Episode 112 – Why Do I Rebel Against Being Kind, Loving, and Respectful?
Some of us declare, “It’s my life. I make the rules. Keep your nose out of my affairs.” At one level such independence is commendable and noble. But what...
The Power of the Genogram in Building Healthy Teams
Pete Scazzero and Rich Villodas share how understanding genograms has served as a powerful tool to create a healthy, transformational, team culture at New Life Fellowship over the last...
3: Matthew 1-16
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Episode 111 – Nine Episodes of Untrue Communications: Can You Relate? – Part II
In part 2 of this two part series, Emerson and Jonathan continue to discuss the topic of lying. This stems from Emerson’s recent writing for a new book coming out...
2: The Book of 2 Chronicles
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Episode 110 – 9 Episodes of Untrue Communications – Can You Relate – Part I
In this two part series, Emerson and Jonathan discuss the topic of lying. This stems from Emerson’s recent writing for a new book coming out in 2017. Throughout the 9...
1: The Book of 1 & 2 Chronicles
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Episode 109 – Have You Ever Been Overlooked?
Join Emerson, Jonathan, and their first guest, Joy Eggerichs Reed, on this week’s episode as they discuss what it’s like and what we can do when we are overlooked,...
Episode 108 – Do Some Husbands Live By A Double Standard And Is That Ok Because They Can’t Help It? – Part II
In Part II this week Emerson and Jonathan continue the discussion about some husbands habitually looking at other women and having a double standard. Knowing this double standard exists,...
The Leader’s Spouse, Pt 2
In this month's podcast Pete shares part 2 of his interview with his wife Geri about being a leader's spouse.
Episode 107 – Do Some Husbands Live By A Double Standard And Is That Ok Because They Can’t Help It? – Part I
Do husbands have a double standard? Emerson and Jonathan invite you to join them this week and consider one that they have observed. Some wives hear from their husbands,...
Episode 106 – Do Some Wives Live by A Double Standard, And Is That Ok Because They Are Vulnerable Victims? Part II
In part 2 Emerson answers the question, “Where do we go from here?” continuing the discussion of the double standard that confuses some husbands and will definitely confuse young...
Episode 105 – Do Some Wives Live by A Double Standard, And Is That Ok Because They Are Vulnerable Victims? Part I
In this week’s episode Emerson and Jonathan highlight a double standard that confuses some husbands and will definitely confuse our young sons who will see men and women as...
Episode 104 – What Are The Two Key Ingredients For Successful Relationships? – Part II – Rick Warren Invites Emerson to Speak at Saddleback Church
Part II – Rick Warren invited Emerson to speak at Saddleback Church on the topic of relationships. Presented to more than 20,000 people, listen in as Emerson focuses on...
Episode 103 – What Are the Two Key Ingredients For Successful Relationships? Part I – Rick Warren Invites Emerson To Speak
Rick Warren invited Emerson to speak at Saddleback Church on the topic of relationships. Presented to more than 20,000 people, listen in as Emerson focuses on these three areas...
Episode 102 – Does God Want Me To Divorce To Be Happy?
“God wants you to be happy.” Have you heard this platitude before? Has it perhaps been spoken to you? Maybe you’ve even heard it said in the context of...
Episode 101 – My Response Is My Responsibility – Part II
Join Emerson and Jonathan this week for part 2 of My Response Is My Responsibility. In discussing this challenging but freeing topic they will look at the fact that...
Episode 100 – My Response Is My Responsibility – Part I
We possess a God given right to rule our own inner responses. No one can make us hate them. No one can force us to have contempt for them....
Episode 099 – Can We Manipulate Each Other With The Love And Respect Teaching?
Though God commands the husband to love and a wife to respect, a strange twist might take place. A wife puts on respect for one reason: to get her...
Episode 098 – Why Are Believers Mad At God? Part 2
Join Emerson and Jonathan in Part 2 of this series as they examine four reasons someone might hate or be mad at God: Cursing when suffering, Hostile when disobeying, Hating when proven...
Episode 097 – Why Are Believers Mad At God? Part I
Does the Bible teach that people who claim to believe in God can hate God? Jesus said, “He who hates Me hates My Father also” (John 15:23). So according to...
Episode 096 – Do You Feel Judged as Stupid or Wrong, Which Leaves You Feeling Unloved and Disrespected?
We can feel stupid and wrong in our marriage. When we feel stupid and wrong in the marriage, we can draw conclusions about ourselves that are untrue in the...
Episode 095 – What Did You Do To Come Through Your Marital Crisis?
Are you in or have you come through a marital crisis? You could be the innocent victim with a wounded heart who experienced shock or the remorseful offender with...
Episode 094 – What if Love and Respect Do Not Work With My Spouse?
Some people live in fear that as they seek to apply the Love and Respect message their spouse will not respond in like manner, and then when that happens...
Episode 093 – What is so Unique About Emerson’s Message to Mothers?
Join Emerson and Jonathan this week as they discuss Emerson’s most recent book, Mother & Son: The Respect Effect, a book that Emerson sees as an encyclopedia of information...
Episode 092 – Why Do Good Willed Wives Feel Frustrated?
This week Emerson and Jonathan look at the behavior of a husband who bullies. There are many things that hurt and frustrate wives but there is a type of female...
Episode 091 – Why Do Good Willed Husbands Feel Frustrated?
In this week’s episode Emerson and Jonathan look at a specific example of a husband and wife disagreeing on how they should approach their son, where the husband is...
Episode 090 – 19 Love and Respect Truisms and Principles to Live By
Join Emerson and Jonathan this week as they discuss 19 simple, yet sometimes difficult to do, principles from the Love and Respect message. From monitoring your thoughts and feelings...
Episode 089 – Are Husbands Hyper-Sensitive or Just Highly-Sensitive to Disrespect?
Some husbands are hyper-sensitive to anything that strikes them as disrespectful. They overreact to their good willed wives who do not intend any such disrespect. Sadly, these men read...
Episode 088 – Are Wives HyperSensitive or Just Highly Sensitive to A Husband’s Unclear Comments?
Typically speaking, most husbands are assured of their wives love. Women are virtuous and excellent caregivers. Because of a wife’s loving and nurturing nature few men have an undercurrent...
Episode 087 – 3 Goals in Dating That Lead to a Successful Marriage – Part 3
In Part 3 of this series on dating Emerson looks back briefly at becoming a mature person and looking for a mature person but that for Christians a third...
Episode 086 – 3 Goals in Dating That Lead to a Successful Marriage – Part 2
Emerson and Jonathan continue this three part series on what leads to a successful marriage. In Part 1 they looked at being a mature person. In Part 2 they...
Episode 085 – 3 Goals in Dating That Lead to a Successful Marriage
This three part series is perfect for anyone who is dating or unmarried, but also for anyone who knows someone that is. Additionally, do you have children or plan...
The EHS Course as Discipleship Formation in Your Church
Join Pete Scazzero and Rich Villodas as they discuss how the EHS Course can be a discipleship formation in your church.
Episode 084 – God Joined you together – What Does This Mean?
Does God intend to direct our steps to one and only one person that He designed from eternity past to be our soul-mate? Join Emerson and Jonathan this week...
Episode 083 – What is the Issue When the Issue Isn’t the Issue?
Drawing upon principles of the Crazy Cycle Emerson responds separately to a wife and to a husband about two different issues. He helps them understand that they need to...
Episode 082 – Is Your Wife Really Trying To Be Negative and Disrespectful?
A husband wrote, “My wife and I have been married for almost two years. . . . Our disagreements are centered on her emotional outbursts and my lack of...
Embracing Silence
Join Pete Scazzero and Rich Villodas as they discuss the importance of embracing silence in our daily lives.
Episode 081 – After An Affair Is Ongoing Contact With the Other Person Ok?
Over the years Emerson has received hundred of emails regarding affairs, often from the betrayed spouse asking what they should do. Both Emerson and Jonathan have also listened to...
Episode 080 – What Does Regularly Playing the Lotto Do to the Soul?
In this week’s episode Emerson and Jonathan discuss a number of issues pertaining to playing the lotto and money. Here are some of the topics: two types of people...
Episode 079 – True or False: What Is Desirable In A Man Is His Kindness?
Is it true that what is wanted in a person is for this individual to be friendly, generous, and considerate? Yes. Proverbs 19:22 states, “What is desirable in a...
Episode 078 – Losing Makes Us a Winner! How To Be Resolute
From third grade to eighth grade Emerson was overweight. He wore Husky pants. His legs rubbed together when he ran. His belly hung over the front of his pants....
Hope For Teen Moms
Speaking directly to pregnant teen girls as well as their parents, author Tricia Goyer offers the wisdom she’s gained from looking back at her own experiences as a pregnant...
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Episode 077 – 9 Ways To Fuel Disagreements Into a Feud
Over time, two people can hurt, frustrate, confuse, and anger the other. She feels that her differing opinion and convictions do not matter to him as much as his own...
RAR #37: Cultivating a Reading Life, Anne Bogel
We want to model a love of reading for our kids, but honestly- who’s got the time? Anne Bogel does. Otherwise known as Modern Mrs. Darcy, she’s the best person...
Episode 076 – Three Reasons Some Do Not Have a Filter On Their Words
Some of us need a filter on our speech when we communicate. When we lack a filter we undermine our effectiveness in communicating with people. With whom we communicate falls...
Episode 075 – Are You Offended by the Inoffensive?
Though a person appears to be unloving and disrespectful, to the point where I even feel unloved and disrespected, could I have actually misinterpreted the appearance? When I feel...
Episode 074 – When We Address a Man’s Needs – Why Do Some Women Hijack the Discussion?
Some feel that when we talk about what is true of most males we are implying this is untrue of women. When some ladies feel this way, they change...
Episode 073 – What’s Wrong With Thinking Another Person Is Right?
Do you believe one spouse’s report without ever hearing the other spouse tell their side of the story? Why? Although a question about marriage, listen in as Emerson and...
Episode 072 – 3 Reasons Some Counselors Are Bad At Marriage Counseling
This week Emerson and Jonathan discuss some of the difficulties in finding a good Christian marriage counselor. They discuss how some counselors have a difficult time working with couples...
Episode 071 – Do You Remain Thankful During The Tough Times?
Are you thankful in the good times? Are you thankful in the difficult times? The Bible states that it is God’s will that we be thankful, no matter the...
Episode 070 – Why The Deception In Marriage?
In this episode, Emerson and Jonathan discuss six examples of the hurt the innocent party feels when discovering their husband or wife lies to them: three examples from wives...
Episode 069 – Are Our Parents To Blame For Our Issues?
Many of us look at the things in ourselves that we do not like and at the negative reactions from people we do not like, and we wonder, Do these...
Episode 068 – Parenting God’s Way – Part 2
Listen to Emerson this week as he wraps up his message on parenting. Through three points Emerson will again help listeners understand how to parent God’s way. Love and...
Episode 067 – Parenting God’s Way Part 1
Hear Emerson speak on the topic of parenting this week. A powerful two part sermon on why we parent God’s way, this topic will be enlightening and freeing to...
Episode 066 – Our Marriage Hit Rock Bottom – A Wife’s Story
Listen in this week as Emerson and Jonathan discuss a wife’s story about her marriage hitting rock bottom and what she did about it. Here are a few of...
CNLP 108 – Tony Morgan on Why Churches Get Stuck…and How to Get Your Church Moving Again