Category: Parenting
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Mom Enough
There should be little debate that the most influential group of people in the world are Moms. While not necessarily true in every individual situation, collectively it is difficult to image any group running even a close second. With this in mind, John Piper plugs a new book, Mom Enough, written by a collection of…
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5 Reasons Church Should Not Be the Primary Place Where Children Learn About God
I agree with those who suggest that a vibrant children’s ministry is one of the five core programs essential to a healthy church or church plant. We are fortunate at the church where I serve to have a very capable godly Children’s Ministry Coordinator on our staff. But even having the best Children’s Ministry Coordinator…
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Pursuing Prodigals
by Barry York Many Christian parents have had the sad experience of seeing a covenant child grow up and wander from the faith. To see one whom you joyfully brought into the world, baptized in the name of the Triune God, sacrificed in love to nurture and provide for, and trained to love Christ and His…
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Parental Blindspots
*** NOTE: This is an excerpt from a longer article found at FamilyMinistries.com. My Thanks to The Aquila Report for posting this edited version. The video above is to add some humor and to lighten things up. Lest anyone think I have aversions to homeschooling, I want it to be known that we homeschooled one…
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Trophy Kids
Who would have thunk it? Parents being obedient to their kids. It seems to be a growing phenomena. I have been noticing it increasingly over the past several years. Parents whose lives revolve around the unceasing activities of their kids – especially sports. Parents desperate for the approval of their children, and fearing rejection. Parents…
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6 Ways to Pursue Christ Thru Fatherhood
Scott Thomas, President of Acts 29 Network, has recently posted a brief article outlining Six Ways Fathers Pursue Christ in Their Fatherhood. In other words, these six principles applied together help fathers to grow in grace even as we seek to lead our families in grace. The 6 ways are: See their children as a blessing from God…
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Teenagers: Tendency Toward Legalism
Do you remember a Brady Bunch episode where Greg and his parents got into a debate about “Exact Words”? Greg, who had been grounded from driving, when confronted about borrowing a friends wheels, insisted that his parents only instruction to him was that he was not drive the family car. The rest of the episode is an illustration of the difficulty…
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Teenagers: Lacking a Hunger for Wisdom
No one likes to be corrected, but the wise person learns to appreciate correction that comes from a reliable source. Proverbs 13.18 tells us: He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. This is a lesson all of us need to remind ourselves. But according to Paul…
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Teen Tendencies & Temptations
The teen years are both exciting and exasperating as young men and young women try to find themsleves and find their place in this world. When I think back to my own teen years I am regularly filled with a feeling wishing I could have a do-over, in every sense of that phrase. There are some aspects of my teen…
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Wobegon Laws
For parents with small children, order sometimes comes from laying down the law. The following are household rules patterned in style after Levitical Law, taken from A Prarie Home Companion. Laws of Forbidden Places Of the beasts of the field, and of the fishes of the sea, and of all foods that are acceptable in my sight…
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Sticks, Stones & Words
Paul Tripp, in this video, offers an interesting, and important, perspective about a problem that has recently effected our youth group and our home: the use of words, or the appropriate use of words. What makes some words acceptable and others “bad”? Tripp offers three distinctions: 1. Some words are condemning and judgmental. The use of these words,…
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Practical (& Humorous) Laws for Young Children
The following are Levitical-style Commandments for families with young children. These “Laws” are taken from an episode of A Prairie Home Companion. Our children are out of the life-stage where these are applicable, but to pass along “wisdom” for parenting – and to get a chuckle – I post these laws here. ******** Laws of Forbidden…
