Congratulations! You are about to graduate high school or college! Graduations are gateways to greater freedom and responsibility. To slightly edit the famous words of Peter Parker’s (read: Spiderman) Uncle Ben, “With great freedom comes great responsibility.” For the Christian increased freedom comes with the increased responsibility to prioritize godliness and wisdom. Do this and …
Resources for family discipleship can extremely useful in the making and maturing of your children into disciples of Jesus Christ. It is tough to find reliable and engaging resources that remain, above all, Christ and Bible centered. In an effort to help us all disciple our own family well (or prepare to disciple your future …
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A wolf in sheep’s clothing is someone or something who appears to be friendly but is in reality harmful. Jude warns an undisclosed church that some ungodly people have snuck in and seek to do them harm. They aim to replace the truth of the gospel with their ungodly truth; beliefs based on their instincts, …
Recently, my wife and I went flew down to Florida with our energetic 2 year old and our 5 month old. Real smart, right? As you may expect, the flight was trying - we sat on the tarmac for an extra 45 minutes, our 2 year old wanted nothing to do with his seat, his …
Parenting is full of rough seas, from stress-filled dinners to the backlash from a teen to joylessness to a child's habitual, embarrassing disobedience. Parents can feel overwhelmed by it all, as if they are trapped in an ever-shifting, unsolvable puzzle and the only other sentient beings alongside them are their rebellious children. It is in these difficult or perplexing times parents turn to what they truly believe will offer them help, thus these are the times that parents are tempted to turn to their idols for help in raising their kids.
As long as I can remember, and at as many churches as I can remember, there has been one staple youth event each and every year: a youth retreat during the winter. Call it what you will but it seems that every church with a youth program takes time during the winter months to bring …
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