Devotional responsibility
I remember when I was in elementary school, and my dad challenged us to memorize a Bible verse…any verse. Always wanting the easy way out when it came to the Bible, I decided to pick the last verse of the [...]
I remember when I was in elementary school, and my dad challenged us to memorize a Bible verse…any verse. Always wanting the easy way out when it came to the Bible, I decided to pick the last verse of the [...]
As Christian parents, who DOESN’T want their kids to be in God’s Word? We WANT to lead our kids in devotions, but kids usually don’t want any part of it. It gets in the way of “fun,” right? Cara asks, [...]
My youngest daughter Anastasia has always been a pretty good athlete. Just about everything she touched athletically, she was pretty good at. But, just like everything else, if you don’t practice—well, you know what happens. Anastasia was a natural basketball [...]
There are times I feel like a failure when it comes to being a spiritual leader in my family. I KNOW that I need to do family devotions, but, more times than not, I don't. Our men's group at church has talked [...]
As a parent, who doesn’t wish we had a do-over. I sure do. I wish I would have been more faithful in teaching my kids the Word. We talked about it often, but we didn’t study it as much as [...]
What were you thinking when you heard that? A bug infestation? Robbery or unwanted guests? I’m talking about the invasion of anti-biblical values. What parent would allow their kids to hang out with people we see in TV or the [...]
I wish I had asked my kids this question more often when they were growing up. Some of my kids were readers. Others not so much. When it came to studying for tests, the difference between reading notes and studying [...]
That’s something we all want for our kids. The most important thing you can do is to model it in front of them. Make sure that they see you and your spouse studying the Word together, talking about what you [...]
I'll be honest, I'm not a reader. While I do read more now as an adult, I hated to read when I was a teen. But if there was something I was really interested in, that changed everything. I'd consume [...]
As Christian parents, who DOESN’T want their kids to be in God’s Word? We WANT to lead our kids in devotions, but kids usually don’t want any part of it. It gets in the way of “fun,” right? Cara asks, [...]