Tim Challies Within the New Testament there are two clear instructions to parents and this word features prominently in both of them. It is the word provoke. I’d like to suggest a number of ways that we, as parents, may sinfully, unjustly provoke our children.
Read MoreCollin Hansen Matt and Lauren joined me on The Gospel Coalition Podcast to answer some tough questions on singleness and dating. We talked about various dating scenarios, about women who hold themselves back so as not to be intimidating, and about the emphasis often placed on compatibility, and what that relationship should look like from a gospel-shaped perspective.
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Chelsea Kingston Somewhere along the way, though, I had bought the lie that my diplomas define me.
Meet the god of academic achievement. This beloved idol is subtle...
Erik Raymond Is it important for married couples to spend intentional time together each day? Few would argue with the wisdom of the practice but many would balk at its practicality. For many today the practice is simply not happening...
Read MoreJulie Ganschow I know today’s blog will hit painfully close to home for some of you. You are the parent of a child or children that you have raised in a Christian home...You are shocked and dismayed as
you see your children, who professed Christ at one point in their lives, now happily living a worldly lifestyle...
Paul Tautges “What is the number one question an expectant parent is asked? ‘Are you hoping for a boy or a girl?’ And what is the typical response? ‘It doesn’t matter as long as my baby is healthy.’ That seemingly innocent exchange may reveal a foundational belief that resides in the hearts of many of us—that there are few things worse for a parent than having a child who is not healthy."
Read MoreJen Wilkin If you asked me the single-most important insight that has shaped my parenting, it would be this: Children are people...
Read MoreJeff Robinson It wasn’t the first thing to enter my mind, but it might have been the second: How am I going to tell the kids? The doctor had just laid out the cold, hard truth: “Your friend, Ken, has passed”...
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