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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
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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 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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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 2
Last week we began a short series on fatherhood and regret. We started with David’s regret about his failures with Absalom, but there are plenty of regretful fathers in the Bible. The high priest Eli would be just one such … Continue reading
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Tagged children, David, example, explaining, fatherhood, fathers, kids, parenthood, parents, role model, teachable moments, teaching
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Raising Godly Teens: One Last Word — For Now
Over the past several weeks I’ve been talking about raising teenagers. There are whole books written on the subject, and all that I’ve been able to do is scratch the surface in these articles. And I had planned on finishing … Continue reading
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Tagged difference, discipline, fatherhood, fathers, love, motherhood, mothers, parenthood
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Parenting Godly Teens, #8: Helping to Separate Legalism from Obedience
One of the thornier problems in raising teens is the oft argued question about tradition versus doctrine versus opinion. We may be tempted to think that our teens are simply challenging the status quo for its own sake — … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, disagreements, doctrine, fatherhood, fathers, legalism, motherhood, mothers, parents, traditions
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Parenting Godly Teens #7: Have spiritual conversations with you kids
Many of us have heard this passage many times — I quoted it last week — but it still bears repeating: “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, fatherhood, fathers, motherhood, mothers, parents, questions
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Parenting Godly Teens, #6, Demonstrate Genuine Faith
One of the most ineffective ways to raise a godly teenager is to offer a lot of pious platitudes while living a different way. It will bait plenty of accusations of hypocrisy and insincerity, provide a ready-made comeback for any … Continue reading
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Tagged example, fatherhood, fathers, godliness, motherhood, mothers, parents
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Parenting Godly Teens, #5: Teach them hope
Here’s a topic for raising teens that isn’t raised too often. And yet here’s a topic that really must be addressed, because of the alarming rate at which young people seek to deal with temporary problems with serious, long-term, bad … Continue reading
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Tagged despair, faith, fatherhood, fathers, hope, motherhood, mothers, optimism, parenthood, pessimism, suicide
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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
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Tagged computers, family, fatherhood, fathers, ipads, iphones, ipods, motherhood, mothers, parenthood, parenting
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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 1
King David was good at a lot of things. He was courageous warrior; he was a man after God’s own heart; he was the sweet psalmist of Israel; and he was a loyal friend. But although he fathered many children, … Continue reading →