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Of Heroes and Dads
While it is true that in youth I admired lots of heroes—Davy Crocket, Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain, Don Meredith, and the Beatles—there was always one constant hero from toddler, to teen, to adult. I’m speaking about my dad, and I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, Parenting
Tagged children, church attendance, consistency, courage, dads, discipline, faith, faithfulness, family, father's day, fatherhood, fathers, heroes, integrity, kids, love, parents, religion, strength, wisdom
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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 4
Fathers, you hold a really important place in the home; don’t ever let anyone tell you differently. In actual practice, it is probably more important than you would really prefer it to be. You are far more than a sperm … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Parenting
Tagged affection, busyness, children, discipline of children, family, fathers, guilt, hugging, I'm too busy, importance of fathers, leadership, love, regrets, sons, time with family, wisdom
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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 3
It’s just an observation, but one of the major ways that fathers create regret for themselves is through failing in the area of discipline of their children. There is plenty of indication of this in Scripture… Proverbs 17:21 “He who … Continue reading
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Tagged children, discipline, family, fatherhood, fathers, kids, parental guidance, parenthood
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Who Are We; And What Are We About? (part 1)
A youth minister that a few of our old-timers will remember, Reid Moon, was fairly famous for his questions that seemed to come right out of left field—that would make you think a little deeper. One of his more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged body of Christ, bride of Christ, church, false teaching, family, household of God, identification, identity, love, Messiah, new Israel, obedience, pattern, philanthropy, priesthood, priests, religion, social club, the saved, theology
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The Same, but Different
Romans 6:3, 4 “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ … Continue reading
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Tagged attendance, baptism, baptize, Bible, changes, courage, dealing with temptation, different, family, generosity, grace, life changes, love, meaning of life, money, prayer, purpose, religion, salvation, stresses, suffering, time usage, trials, use of time, wisdom
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The Marriage Covenant
I’ve heard people joke about it before, but never really heard anyone speak about it seriously. Yet, there it was on the radio being seriously discussed like it was a desirable, workable possibility—contractual time limits for marriage, an end point … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged adultery, changes, covenant, divorce, exclusivity, excuses, family, family adoption, handshake agreement, life-long, love, marriage, marriage vows, meaning of life, narcissism, obedience, paper contract, personal growth, pride, religion, self-indulgence, sex, sin, wisdom
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Raising Godly Teens #4: Keeping Electronics Under Control
OK, this one may seem like a little hypocrisy coming from a guy who loves his electronics. The other difficulty with even writing this article is that everyone has a slightly different idea about what is “under control” and what … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Parenting
Tagged computers, family, fatherhood, fathers, ipads, iphones, ipods, motherhood, mothers, parenthood, parenting
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Hang tough – Hebrews 12,13
The great crowd of witnesses — 12:1 Although it isn’t likely that those who have gone on before can really see what the current world is doing, the figure of speech here does motivate us to faithfulness to think that … Continue reading
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Tagged abundant life, beautiful life, Christ, christian faith, church, comfort, covenant, disciple, discipleship, discipline, discouragement, divide, division, doctrinal controversy, doctrinal matters, encouragement, example, faith, faithfulness, false prophets, false religion, false teaching, family, generosity, generous, heaven, home in heaven, household of God, immoral, immorality, jew and gentile, Jewish, jewish messiah, kingdom, kingdom of god, kingdoms, loyalty, money, parable, perseverance, praise, prayer, sexual immorality, sexual morality, sexual purity, sexuality, spiritual, spiritual reality, suffering, Temple, Temple of God, temptation, temptations
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Family Commuication, Part 3; Speaking the Truth in Love
We’ve been thinking about healthy communication skills in this bulletin space for the last couple of weeks. We’ve talked about the importance of listening and letting the other person finish talking, and the clear wisdom of thinking before you speak. … Continue reading →