Foothills Christian Church

Websites

A list by Cynthia Tobias of books and other resources containing practical techniques to motivate your child to learn, and to succeed.

A Christian run website that offers thousands of Christian books as audio files and as hard copies. Sometimes it’s more convenient to read a book by listening to it. They also have a great service where they offer a free book to be downloaded every month!

A great Media rating system for adults to use with their children. The organization is not run by christians, but is a very useful tool. Here’s their “About Us” section: “Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology. We exist because our nation's children spend more time with media and digital activities than they do with their families or in school, which profoundly impacts their social, emotional, and physical development . As a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization, we provide trustworthy information and tools, as well as an independent forum, so that families can have a choice and a voice about the media they consume.”

We’ve all heard porn is bad, but what makes it so bad? This website, Fight the New Drug.org, compares porn addiction to drug addiction to better explain porn’s alarming effects.

Most of the videos played during the weekend services’ announcements on Sundays at Foothills are posted on this page.

Missed a weekend sermon at Foothills? Want to listen to more messages for fun? Curious what is actually taught at Foothills on the weekends? Here are the playable and downloadable archives of Foothills’ sermons.

The Gospel Project is a Christ-centered curriculum that examines the grand narrative of Scripture and how the gospel transforms the lives of those it touches. Over a three-year plan of study, each session immerses participants — adults, students, and kids — in the gospel through every story, theological concept, and call to missions from Genesis to Revelation.

Covenant Eyes offers an Internet browser for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and now the android platform, which you would use in place of Safari or browser. This browser is not filtered, but simply monitors everywhere you go online, rating each Web address for mature content. This information is included in your regular Accountability Report.

A Christian movie review sites to take a look at to when choosing what movies you allow your kids to watch

How can you know if the movie your son or daughter is begging to see is appropriate? Check this out for links to several movie review websites for Christian parents.

Current articles on families and parenting, plus subscribe to free email newsletters on parenting, single moms, homeschooling, etc.

Pinterest.com is an online pinboard where users tag the ideas they like. You can either request an invitation to join & create your own pinboard, or just scroll through and look at the fun ideas for craft projects, recipes, outfits, décor, book recommendations, travel spots.

"Plugged in" is a site by Focus On the Family that's goal is to "Shine a Light on the World of Popular Entertainment". They offer christian viewpoints on all of the current popular culture. Please check out all the stuff your kids are doing through this site.

A christian website dedicated to helping you by means of resources to raise your children in Christ!

There's a lot of great videos with important principles. These videos can be very helpful with raising up christian youth.

A very helpful page where video games are reviewed individually from a Christian standpoint.