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Parenting Advice for Type A Parents Raising Type B Children (and vice-versa)

By On October 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Children, Family, Fatherhood, Homeschool, Motherhood, Youth Ministry

SUE SHELLENBARGER, over at the Wall Street Journal, has a helpful article on the challenges parents face when raising a kid with a different personality titled “Parenting Advice for Type A Parents Raising Type B Children – WSJ.com“ that makes some helpful observations. I don’t know what personality type I am (have been [...]

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God Marriage and Family

Book Review of Andreas Kostenberger’s (Ed) “God, Marriage, and Family” and some thoughts on the “Family Integrated Church” movement

By On July 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, Children, Family, Fatherhood, Homeschool, Marriage, Motherhood, Womanhood, Youth Ministry

Baptists are often accused of not having a thorough Biblical theology of family, but this book has made a large impression in the Evangelical world, even considered by many to be “thee” book on family. I read this book in preparation for a sermon series on the family and I found many [...]

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Give-Them-Grace

Book Review of Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson’s “Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus”

By On June 7, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, Children, Family, Fatherhood, Homeschool, Motherhood, Youth Ministry

Fitzpatrick, Elyse M. & Thompson, Jessica. 2011. Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. Crossway: Wheaton, IL

I want to thank the fine folks at Crossway for offering yet another wonderful resource to the church and for sending me this review copy of “Give [...]

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The Sins of the Father in Neglecting Corporate Worship Makes a 73% Difference in Whether Children Continue in the Faith

By On December 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Children, Family, Fatherhood, Youth Ministry

Justin Taylor cites the findings of Robbie Low from Touchstone magazine about the father’s role in nurturing the faith of his children. I have read these findings before and want to note a finding that confirms how important the role of the father is in passing down the faith. If the [...]

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Free Ebook from Al Mohler – "From Boy to Man: The Marks of Manhood"

By On December 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Children, Family, Fatherhood, Free Ebooks, Free Resources, Youth Ministry

Here it is: http://www.sbts.edu/resources/files/2010/09/boy-to-man.pdf

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Pastor Rick Hogaboam's address at Gospel-Powered Parenting Conference – "Precept-Driven, Proverb-Driven, Spirit-Filled Parenting in Truth, Goodness, and Beauty"

By On November 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Children, Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Proverbs, Youth Ministry

The following are my notes from my address at the Gospel-Powered Parenting Conference. You can also find the audio here (link).

Ephesians 5:15–6:4 (ESV) — 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days [...]

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Do Not Hinder the Children

By On November 3, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Baptism, Children, Communion/Lord's Supper, Family, Fatherhood, Homeschool, Motherhood, Theology, Youth Ministry

As a father and former child myself, I have found myself searching the Scriptures more and more lately in developing a Biblically grounded theology of children. The Church has been doing this for years and there is hardly any consensus on how exactly our children are initiated into the full membership of [...]

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Interview with Pastor/Author Bill Farley on "Gospel-Powered Parenting"

By On October 14, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Audio Sermons, Children, Discipleship/Sanctification, Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Youth Ministry

I had the most pleasant time interviewing Bill Farley about his conversion, family life, and his book, “Gospel-Powered Parenting”. I conducted the interview as part of the show “Faith and Reason” on 10/12/2010 while filling in for Christian apologist Matt Slick of Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (www.carm.org).  

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Parents, Don't Raise "Fake" or "Mutated" Christian Children (even CNN is telling us what's wrong with Christianity…and they are, gulp, right!!!)

By On August 28, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Children, Christ & Culture, Discipleship/Sanctification, Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, The Mysterious World of American Evangelicalism, Youth Ministry

A recent piece from CNN, titled “More Teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians”, is yet another confirmation from “secular” media about what’s wrong with modern day American Evangelicalism.

If you’re the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning:Your child is following a “mutant” form of Christianity, and you may be [...]

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More Teens "Dropping Out" From Church

By On August 10, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Children, Discipleship/Sanctification, Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Youth Ministry

Fresh off my post challenging parents to embrace a “whole” Gospel for their children, which includes the mission of Jesus for sinners, I now read further evidence that children are in fact falling away from the church in increasingly alarming rates. The article notes that 16 is the magic [...]

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Fear-Based "Christian" American Parenting that Bows to the Idols of Safety and Seclusion

By On August 10, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Children, Discipleship/Sanctification, Family, Fatherhood, Homeschool, Missional Thought, Motherhood, Youth Ministry

Francis Chan is a cool Asian brother from another mother. Some may label him overly pietistic, however I think he grasps the radical nature of discipleship and what it means to follow Jesus. In the attached youtube clip, Francis calls out all parents who use their kids as an excuse to live the safest life [...]

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Youth Ministry: Parents, Community, Peers, and More

By On June 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Children, Discipleship/Sanctification, Family, Youth Ministry

This is a very rough outline I used in a lecture some years back on the role of youth ministry within the Church. I did warn it is a rough outline that was only intended for my eyes while giving the lecture, but I make it available here for you to decipher if you are [...]

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The Suburban Megachurch Youth Pastor…Gagggg

By On May 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Discipleship/Sanctification, Missional Thought, The Mysterious World of American Evangelicalism, Youth Ministry

All I got to say is that I strived to be genuine and authentic in my time of youth ministry. The youth needed to hear about Jesus more than what movies I watched, what games I play, what sort of clothes I am wearing, etc.  The youth pastors that made the greatest difference in my [...]

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