According to the Barna Research Group, 87% of millennials who don’t go to church say they see Christians as judgmental. How did they come to this conclusion about a faith that teaches not to judge, …
Teaching Kids About Prayer
If you are interested in teaching kids about prayer, but aren’t sure where to start, we have some guidance and tips to help you teach your kids to pray.
What Does It Mean To Repent?
“Repent! Repent!” I’ve heard many street preachers yell. I’ve often wondered what those preachers think a passerby will do upon hearing this word used nowhere else in our English vocabulary. What does it mean to …
How To Make Your Home A Sanctuary
Your home may have once been a sanctuary, but when you have kids, you introduce noise and chaos into your home. The more kids, the more noise, battles, and tension can build. It takes work …
Surrender: Trusting God
Surrender. especially in American culture, is rarely seen as something positive. It means accepting that the battle has been won not on your terms, and you are willingly giving your life over to the authority …
Teaching Your Kids Self-Control
An essential practice of Christ-like living is the exercise of self-control. As Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. …
God is devoted, interested, and generous
In my last post I began to look at the creation story to see if we can find the fatherly attributes of our unchanging, eternal Creator. Genesis 1:27 says, “God created man in his own image. …