Many people believe that since I am in ministry full time, I have figured out the magic formula to running a Christian home. Yet, this has been a struggle since Lacacia and I got married. Family devotions have been sporadic at best and much of the family prayer time is done at night before we …
As a husband and parent of four, I am always looking for more time. It is the one asset we can never get more of and we all have 24 hours in a day. The question is, “how do we utilize the time we have?”One of the things I hear from so many believers is …
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When our Son Ben started asking if he could be baptized I didn’t quite know what to say. When he first asked he was only 6 years old and I felt he was too young to understand exactly what that meant. I was baptized when I was 6 and then again when I was 18. …
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One of the greatest privileges of the Christian parent is passing on the torch of faith to the next generation of believers. As parents, we are uniquely charged with the work of spreading the gospel and making disciples for the Kingdom of God, and that work begins in our homes. Children have a natural inclination …
One of the best gifts that God has given me is a spouse that I am compatible with. It is an enormous blessing, and sometimes one that I only recognize when friends ask me for advice on how to handle delicate situations like the inevitable arguments between couples. Usually, I don’t know what to say. …
(You can also download a PDF of this article by Clicking Here) This post is about a 8-minute read. I once saw a documentary in which a young man interviewed rabbis, doctors, and advocates on the topic of circumcision through history and within our present age. One of the rabbis in this documentary said something that …
Post by Jeff Young (This post is about a 10-minute read) Deborah the Judge, what a dame! If there has ever been a “go-to” icon for egalitarianism it’s Deborah the judge. I don’t think I’ve ever had a discussion with an egalitarian about women’s ordination in which Deborah didn’t come up as a poster child …
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Read previous posts from this series by Clicking Here (This post is a 5 minute read) We’ve talked a lot about the subject of biblical submission within marriage recently, and one reason this topic is so important for all of us to understand is that it is the root of a great deal of the …
(Read the last post in this series by Clicking Here) “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Ephesians 5.25 ESV When a husband thinks about his wife’s role, particularly her charge to submit as his wife, few men preface this with the fact that they are supposed …
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Many evangelicals have responded to Abraham Piper’s criticism of evangelicalism, but they are all missing one element.
