Gray Areas: Personal Conscience in Motherhood | Ep. 118

It’s our first episode of 2019, and we’re talking about the little voice in your head. The one that pipes up when you feel guilt over letting your kids eat too many cookies or sets off an alarm bell when you watch something questionable. All of us have one, but it’s not the Holy Spirit. What is it exactly? In this episode, Emily and Laura start the conversation on personal conscience. God gave each of us a conscience to help discern what’s right and wrong in the everyday “gray” areas of life. While it can be dulled by sin, God recalibrates our consciences through the study of his word and fellowship with believers, so we can do all things in faith with love.

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• Conscience: What it is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ, Naselli & Crowley

• That Little Voice in Your Head: Learning About Your Conscience, Naselli (Kids version)

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