Helping you grow in God's all-sufficient grace and truth
This past Sunday, I was asked to read my new children’s book to the elementary age children during our worship service. Several teachers also read it to the toddler and preschool classes, and our autistic daughter got to read it
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Many faithful Christian parents have been taught that Proverbs 22:6 is a sure-fire promise, not a general life principle. This, along with being told that if you parent a certain way your children will always make the right decisions and
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Have you ever experienced the pain of watching a loved one leave the faith? Even in the most discouraging moments we can be encouraged because God is in the business of leading prodigals home. In this episode of the Great
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How much of the anger in my home is caused by me? That’s a painful question. As parents, fathers in particular, we must heed God’s Word from Ephesians 6:4. Of course, this is not to say that all of our
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Bethel Baptist Church will host a two-day Gospel-Shaped Parenting conference on November 17-18. The focus of my teaching will be on how to keep the gospel in focus while we train our children in humility, help them to see how
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These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 You may personally know the pain of watching a child
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Most teenagers don’t walk into the family room and say, “You know, Dad, I was just thinking how wise you are and what a good thing it is that God put you in my life so that I could gain
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Darkest Night, Brightest Day is a beautiful new children’s book/family devotional from Marty Machowski. The illustrations by Phil Schorr are gorgeous and the daily readings are at a good reading level, but not dumbed down (My 12-year-old son and I
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Here are some nuggets of wisdom to help you grow in grace and truth as you minister God’s Word to one another. “Wisdom is worth more than silver; it brings more profit than gold” (Prov. 3:14). Parenting Teens with Anxiety
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God Made Me in His Image is a new hardcover children’s book from Justin and Lindsey Holcomb and another discipleship tool for parents from New Growth Press. The subtitle, Helping Children Appreciate Their Bodies, adequately explains their goal. Because bodies
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One evening, a couple weeks ago, my daughter and I took turns reading every other page of this new book, while my younger sons eagerly listened. We intended to read only a few chapters, but couldn’t put it down. So,
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Last week, I received my order of Kathleen Nielson’s new four-volume set of Prayers of a Parents books and, O, how I love them already! The following is from the first volume, Prayers of a Parent for Young Children. Lord,
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There is more than one explanation for broken relationships between parents and children. Sometimes the most diligent and careful parenting cannot curb the rebellious bent of a child’s heart. It’s Not Too Late: Restoring Restoring Broken Relationships with Teenage and
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Here’s another recommended Resource List as you minister grace and truth. There are many more list links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. MINI-BOOKS BOOKS (on Christian parenting) ONLINE AUDIO/VISUAL Print this entry
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In this recent episode of Revive Our Hearts’ testimony-rich feature they call “Blessed to be a Blessing” three women are interviewed. Together, through three very unique testimonies, we see how God works through His Word as women love one another
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Here’s another recommended Resource List as you minister grace and truth. There are more list links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. BOOKS & MINI-BOOKS Come Back, Barbara: A Father’s Pursuit of a Prodigal Daughter (John Miller and Barbara
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Whether you’re aware of it or not, there is silent pain and secret shame in your church. Cheerful greetings are exchanged each Sunday morning. The “How are you?” greeting is politely met with “Fine” or the more daring “I’ve been
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*Today’s article is written by Dave and Nancy Deuel, and is drawn from their new mini-book, Help! My Child has a Disability. It was a busy time in our lives. Dave tells the story. We had gotten married, and I
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
