I’m a hypocrite, my kids hate me.
It can be challenging to lead our families when we wrestle with sin. Start at 1 John 1:9. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." [...]
It can be challenging to lead our families when we wrestle with sin. Start at 1 John 1:9. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." [...]
Many parents say ADHD lets a lot of kids off the hook for their bad behavior. Others say life is new since the diagnosis. I’m not here to tell you whether or not an ADHD diagnosis is right or wrong. [...]
Sin. Sin separates us from an intimate relationship with Christ. For those of us who know Christ, sin is something that drives us crazy. Why do we sin? Old nature. Satan uses our weaknesses EVERY TIME to tempt, trick, challenge, [...]
I recently heard someone who is supposedly an expert on child development that we shouldn’t tell kids they made poor choices or did something wrong. The words she said to use were, “You didn’t do anything wrong on purpose. You [...]
One day my wife and I weren’t having very good days. It’s not often that we both have a bad day on the same day, but it happened this day. We got home, and we started complaining about work, people, [...]
The common thing to say is, “Pray, Sammy, that God will give you the power over your sin and that He will help you make good choices.” Hasn’t Jesus already done that? As Christians, didn’t Christ’s death on the cross [...]
If you’ve lived long at all, you know certain kinds of sins tend to run in families. Some struggle with poor work habits, dishonesty, or even legalism. My family? We can be pretty judgmental. We worry a lot. And discouragement [...]
Unfortunately, that’s a common theme in some evangelical circles. We’re so concerned about people feeling good about themselves we fail to understand that if we don’t mention sin and how dead we are without Christ, they’ll miss the whole point [...]
Isn’t it interesting that kids don’t have to learn how to sin? They don’t have to learn to be selfish, throw tantrums, talk back, or lie. The question is, what do we do when our four-year-old lies? Sometimes we can [...]
Sin. Sin separates us from an intimate relationship with Christ. For those of us who know Christ, sin is something that drives us crazy. Why do we sin? Old nature. Satan uses our weaknesses EVERY TIME to tempt, trick, challenge, [...]