Episodios

  • Cultural Influences: Powerful Conversation Sparked by Netflix "Adolescence" Series
    Jun 25 2025

    Guests: Gabe Boyd, Justin McAdams, and Eric Leininger

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Parents, this is our final week of the deeper dive into the issues raised by the popular Netflix series “Adolescence.” This week we discuss the power of various cultural influences, including social media, in the lives of our children and families. We will be taking a short break for the month of July and return with new episodes beginning in August - enjoy the rest of your summer!

    Huge shout-out to good friends Gabe Boyd and Justin McAdams from the PCA North campus as well as Eric Leininger, the new Director of Spiritual Development for PCA’s Plano campus for watching this series, digesting the information, and sharing some wisdom from a Biblical perspective on these important conversations!

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    44 m
  • Parenting: Powerful Conversation Sparked by Netflix "Adolescence" Series
    Jun 18 2025

    Guests: Gabe Boyd, Justin McAdams, and Eric Leininger

    NOTICE: my mistake, this episode SHOULD HAVE been released as our FIRST in the series of three, but I released Masculinity first...and now the one on parenting - that was my mistake, please forgive me.

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Parents, this is our second week of the deeper dive into the issues raised by the popular Netflix series “Adolescence.” This week we discuss the topic of parenting, and for the final week we will discuss cultural influences including social media.

    Huge shout-out to good friends Gabe Boyd and Justin McAdams from the PCA North campus as well as Eric Leininger, the new Director of Spiritual Development for PCA’s Plano campus for watching this series, digesting the information, and sharing some wisdom from a Biblical perspective on these important conversations!

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    46 m
  • Masculinity: Powerful Conversation Sparked by Netflix "Adolescence" Series
    Jun 11 2025

    Guests: Gabe Boyd, Justin McAdams, and Eric Leininger

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Parents, we are taking a deeper dive into the issues raised by the popular Netflix series “Adolescence.” This week we discuss the topic of masculinity, next week we will look at the issue of parenting, and for the final week we will discuss cultural influences including social media.

    Huge shout-out to good friends Gabe Boyd and Justin McAdams from the PCA North campus as well as Eric Leininger, the new Director of Spiritual Development for PCA’s Plano campus for watching this series, digesting the information, and sharing some wisdom from a Biblical perspective on these important conversations!

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    46 m
  • Forged in Faith: Old Friends Reunited in New Roles at PCA
    Jun 4 2025

    Guests: Coach Vic Shealy, Chief of Staff, and Dr. Houn Hib, Head of School, Plano campus

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Like many young men, Houn Hib was greatly influenced by the faith and leadership of Coach Vic Shealy. Years later, God would reunite that relationship here at PCA as Coach Shealy is now moving into the newly created Chief of Staff position and his former quarterback turned wide receiver comes to PCA as the new Head of School for the Plano campus. Take a listen to the heart behind these men, the friendship that was forged on the gridiron, and the excitement of these two mighty men of valor getting to lock arms together again to advance Kingdom Education at Prestonwood Christian Academy!

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    22 m
  • Natasha Crain: The Importance of Training Up a Child with a Biblical Worldview
    May 28 2025

    Guest: Natasha Crain

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    We are excited that Christian author and apologist Natasha Crain will be joining us for our 2025 Biblical Worldview Conference (BWC) September 28-30 - make sure you register today for this outstanding event! Natasha shares in this podcast about the importance of parents to be armed with the truth of God’s Word as they equip their students for the world around them. Check out Natasha’s website to learn more about her and her ministry as well as her outstanding books for your family, including her latest book When Culture Hates You: Preserving for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square.

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    31 m
  • 20 Years and 4 Kids through PCA: Personal Reflections on God's Goodness and Provision
    May 21 2025

    Guest: Dan Panetti, Director of Parent Engagement & Ministry, PCA Plano campus

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    If you’ve heard my story, you know that my wife Tricia and I were huge public school advocates - Tricia was teaching in PISD and we wanted to be “salt and light” in the public school system. God had different plans for our family. Twenty-two years ago, I started volunteering at PCA helping out with the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) and then a couple years later, I started a new role as the Worldview Director for PCA. After fifteen years of legal and public policy in the nonprofit world, we had no concept of what the private Christian school was or how we could afford to send four kids to PCA - but God knew, so we trusted Him.

    Now as we look back at those 20 years at PCA, we are amazed how God provided over and over again, more than we could ask or imagine - our fourth child, Campbell, is graduating from PCA and the blessings from our time at PCA and the friends and community we’ve done life with has been remarkable! I hope you enjoy some personal and professional reflections and are encouraged that God has you here at PCA for His purposes - so enjoy the ride, it goes by way too fast!

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    19 m
  • Ruslan KD: A Life Transformed by the Gospel Looking to Transform Others with Truth and Love
    May 14 2025

    Guest: Ruslan KD

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Born Ruslan Karaoglanov to Armenian parents in Baku, Azerbaijan, Ruslan was a child when he immigrated with his family to the United States in 19900 to escape religious persecution after an ethnic conflict broke out in the wake of tensions between the dissolving Soviet Union and the Azerbaijan government. Ruslan broke on the scene as a rapper and YouTube vlogger and now is popular with young people as a YouTube sensation apologist sharing his faith in Christ and taking on all questions and opposition to the Gospel! His book Godly Ambition: Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Time, Talent, and Treasure will be available September 9, 2025 and Ruslan will be a featured speaker at the 2025 Biblical Worldview Conference (BWC) coming to Prestonwood Baptist Church September 28-30, 2025

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    28 m
  • An Overview of the Powerful and Unsettling Netflix Series "Adolscence"
    May 7 2025

    Guests: Gabe Boyd and Justin McAdams

    If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

    Important overview discussion about the Netflix series “Adolescence” that deals with the cultural issues of masculinity, parenting, violence, social media, pornography, education, and loneliness. We plan to dive deeper into each of these components for our summer series - so make sure that you come back to watch/listen to our future podcasts. Also, please like and share these episodes with friends and family who need to hear a Biblical perspective on these cultural issues.

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    29 m