One of our goals as churches and families must be to equip our people to know important theological terms. A little girl in our church (see the above pic) recently took the time to make me a list of key…
Specific Family Prayers Provide Particular Encouragement
Family prayer journals can be used to encourage those for whom we are praying in special ways. Click on the pictures and enlarge them to see how we prayed and what we wrote down. My children write like their father.…
Parents, Require Obedience of Your Children
John Piper gives needed encouraged to parents of young children: I am writing this to plead with Christian parents to require obedience of their children. I am moved to write this by watching young children pay no attention to their…
A Father Knows His Son Had a Super Life, However Short
Our son, Benjamin, is 16 today. Jamie and I are so thankful for him. Like the father in the moving video below, I am so thankful for my son. HT: Alex Chediak
What Are Your Favorite Ways for Children to Play Outside?
What are your favorite outdoor activities as a family? Children need to play outside! Dr. Al Mohler recently wrote an article, Nature Deficit Disorder — Is Your Child at Risk?, in which he expressed concern for children increasingly not being…
The Shocking Truth About Student Debt
HT: David Murray
What You Should Know About Father’s Day
Joe Carter: This Sunday is the day Americans set aside to honor their fathers. Here are 9 things you should know about dads and Father’s Day. 1. After listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909, Sonora Dodd of Spokane,…
Father’s Day Weekend Encouragement From the Holocaust
Auschwitz survivor Victor Frankl explained why he stayed in Austria to face the Nazis: Shortly before the United States entered World War II, I received an invitation to come to the American consulate in Vienna to pick up my immigration…
For Parents of Young Children: The Worst Drug Is . . .
The worst kind of drug is the one you give to someone else for your own benefit. In her landmark book, The Plug-in Drug, Marie Winn argued that television is a dangerous drug because it is one that parents often…
Grandparents & Parents: What to Notice in Max Lucado’s Reading of The Little Boy and the Ocean
If you are a parent or grandparent of young children, at the very least watch the below video of Max Lucado reading aloud. My younger sister’s children are the perfect age for Max Lucado’s new book, The Boy and the…