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How Parents can Make Personal Devotions a Priority

How Parents can Make Personal Devotions a Priority

As a husband and parent of four, I am always looking for more time. It…

Three Things to Consider Before Baptizing Your Child

Three Things to Consider Before Baptizing Your Child

When our Son Ben started asking if he could be baptized I didn’t quite know…

“I’m Not Equipped to Teach my Kids the Bible”

“I’m Not Equipped to Teach my Kids the Bible”

One of the greatest privileges of the Christian parent is passing on the torch of…

Conflict Resolution (in Marriage)

Conflict Resolution (in Marriage)

One of the best gifts that God has given me is a spouse that I…

The Significance of Circumcision

The Significance of Circumcision

(You can also download a PDF of this article by Clicking Here) This post is about…

Deborah the Judge Doesn’t Justify Egalitarianism

Deborah the Judge Doesn’t Justify Egalitarianism

Post by Jeff Young (This post is about a 10-minute read) Deborah the Judge, what…

Wives and Submission to their husband

Wives and Submission to their husband

Read previous posts from this series by Clicking Here (This post is a 5 minute…

Husbands: Love Your Wife as Christ Loved the Church

Husbands: Love Your Wife as Christ Loved the Church

(Read the last post in this series by Clicking Here)  “Husbands, love your wives, as…

Husbands: Understand & Honor

Husbands: Understand & Honor

“Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman…

Godly Submission as a Wife

Godly Submission as a Wife

What was your first year of marriage like?  I’ll never forget the shock of reality…

Husbands Must Submit

Husbands Must Submit

One of the primary indicators that a man is leading his family correctly and biblically…

Asking Others to Pray for Me

Asking Others to Pray for Me

How often do you share prayer requests with others?  I went to a prayer meeting…

The Role of a Husband

The Role of a Husband

(Read the first post in this series by Clicking Here) When we discuss the biblical…

5 Tips for Starting a Prayer Group

5 Tips for Starting a Prayer Group

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with…

Prayer is a Conversation

Prayer is a Conversation

Last week I was doing some yard work while listening to Timothy Keller’s book on…

Does My Prayer Accomplish Anything?

Does My Prayer Accomplish Anything?

The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.(James 5.16 NAS95)  For some time…

What is the Point of Prayer

What is the Point of Prayer

Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17) In recent months I have slowly made my way…

A Perfect Gospel for Imperfect People

A Perfect Gospel for Imperfect People

(Read the first post in this series by Clicking Here)   One of the wonders…

What Causes Gospel Aversion?

What Causes Gospel Aversion?

(Read the first post in this series by Clicking Here) In my last post, we…

Tired of hearing the Gospel? I have Good News

Tired of hearing the Gospel? I have Good News

Recently, a loved one was defending not attending any church regularly (or ever, if we’re…

What to Look for in a Church: 4 Things you Should Consider “Deal Breakers”

What to Look for in a Church: 4 Things you Should Consider “Deal Breakers”

When you think about finding a church to attend, what key elements should it have?…

Why You Need a Church

Why You Need a Church

Is being part of a Church important?   Now more than ever, Christians are turning to the…

The Question Every Christian Asks

The Question Every Christian Asks

Why is our sin so hard to see?  Seemingly out of nowhere, I was confronted…

Creating Godly Goals

Creating Godly Goals

Every year at the end of August I become almost alarmingly motivated. After years of…

5 Ways to get the Most out of your Family Devotions

5 Ways to get the Most out of your Family Devotions

  As parents of little children, we continually struggle to keep our family devotions on…

Navigating a Season of Chaos

Navigating a Season of Chaos

Why is it so frustrating to not be in control? If you’re anything like me,…

Being Scared of Losing Control

Being Scared of Losing Control

The current feal of our times might be described as uneasy. First Covid19 hits the…

Praying for Leadership

Praying for Leadership

I really enjoy writing about subjects that I am working through or topics that I…

What Isolation is Teaching Me

What Isolation is Teaching Me

I live in Washington state, where we have been issued a “stay-at-home” order since about…

Becoming a Prayer Warrior

Becoming a Prayer Warrior

I’ve heard terms like “Prayer Warrior” applied to people in my life, and it is…

Understanding the Trinity: What is Divine Simplicity?

Understanding the Trinity: What is Divine Simplicity?

Not too long ago I was having a discussion on twitter. The person I was chatting with…

Praise

Praise

It took me years- almost my entire adult life- to understand what the Bible is…

5 Tips in Preparing to Defend Your Faith

5 Tips in Preparing to Defend Your Faith

Standing up to those who oppose our beliefs can be daunting. There has only been…

Joy in Every Circumstance

Joy in Every Circumstance

What comes to mind when you hear the word JOY?   Now that it’s January I…

Our Dedication as Believers

Our Dedication as Believers

Click Here for More Posts by Caleb Hegg About six months ago my (then) six-year-old…

Making Resolutions that Matter

Making Resolutions that Matter

With the start of the new year, and a new decade, it feels like a…

Strength When You Need It

Strength When You Need It

Have you ever encountered a situation where you doubt whether you are strong enough to…

When I Want My Weekends Back!

When I Want My Weekends Back!

Why do I need to be in community every week? As Christians, we are called…

Preparing to Share the Gospel in Your Day to Day Life

Preparing to Share the Gospel in Your Day to Day Life

This past Saturday morning, while flipping pancakes and sipping on a cup of coffee, I glanced out my kitchen window to…

Renewed and Ready

Renewed and Ready

Every single year I greet the first few sunny spring days here in the Pacific…

Learning to Pray

Learning to Pray

I walked past the chapel along the path into the wooded area. The sun broke…

Is “Online Church” Real Community?

Is “Online Church” Real Community?

Have you ever heard the saying that family isn’t a word, it’s a sentence? Right…

Prioritizing Fatherhood

Prioritizing Fatherhood

What Really Comes First? Several months ago I went to meet up with my friend…

Believers and Difficult Relationships

Believers and Difficult Relationships

Facing Conflict in Relationships Recently I’ve been wrestling with what to do about a relationship…

Is God Listening?

Is God Listening?

Have you ever wondered, “is God listening?” In my last post, I talked about glorifying…

Motherhood – A Recipe for Burnout and the Cure

Motherhood – A Recipe for Burnout and the Cure

Self Care: What Is It and Why Is it So Important One of my favorite…

Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

Last August we attended the annual Family Camp that my husband’s employer hosted for it’s…

God’s Purpose for Your Life

God’s Purpose for Your Life

It seems difficult to start a conversation from scratch. There is a piece of me…

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