Building Character/Discipleship
Expectations for Tweens and Teens
November 17, 2021 10:00 AM
Raising 8 children was quite a journey for us, to say the least. Sitting in the middle of all our noise and activity, Mary’s grandmother, who lived with us for years, would often laughingly say, “There’s never a dull moment in your home!”. There was a lot of truth in that observation!
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Mingling With the Gentiles
September 21, 2018 03:36 PM
Isn’t it true that as parents we often find ourselves struggling to navigate our children through some of the very same challenges we face? One of those for us has been constraining worldliness Continue Reading »
Teaching Your Children Self-control
February 10, 2017 10:02 AM
It’s clear that scripture holds the discipline of self-control in high esteem.
Galatians 5: 22-24 lists it as one of the fruits of the spirit: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." Continue Reading »
Discipleship: Part 4
January 20, 2017 01:26 PM
Discipleship as it relates to the stages of development
The Rhetoric Stage
In this series, we’ve taken a deeper look at discipleship in regard to the different stages of your child’s development. We have discussed what it looks like in the grammar stage (preschool-young elementary ages) and the logic stage (5th-9th grades). Now we will look at what discipleship looks like in the rhetoric stage (14 - 18+year olds).
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Discipleship: Part 3
January 13, 2017 01:10 PM
Discipleship as it relates to stages of development
The Logic Stage
In our previous posts we discussed what discipleship is, and what it looks like in the early pre-school and elementary years.
Today, we are going to take a deeper look at discipleship in the tween years or the Logic Stage of discipleship (5th - 9th grades). We’ll discuss practical, effective ways you can help disciple your child in this stage. Continue Reading »
Discipleship: Part 2
January 06, 2017 01:03 AM
Discipleship as it relates to stages of development
The “Grammar” Stage
In Parts 2-4 of our discipleship series we will provide practical and helpful ways to equip you in the faithful discipleship of your children.
Having raised and educated our own eight children we have become believers in the trivium model of the classical approach to learning. Continue Reading »
Discipleship: Part 1
December 30, 2016 12:57 PM
Discipleship as it relates to stages of development
Rich and faithful discipleship should be the hallmark of every Christian home. For most parents it is something that is a genuine desire but often elusive and never fully integrated into family life.Continue Reading »
Sow to Their Flesh, but Reap the Spirit?
December 23, 2016 12:53 PM
Over the years we've interacted with many Christian parents. They have been at all levels of spiritual maturity — some very young in their faith to the seasoned and deeply mature.
One thing, however, is pretty universal — and that is what they desire for their children.
So, Christian parent, let me ask you...
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The Christian Home - What It Could Be
September 02, 2016 05:49 PM
The current state of the Christian home
In the course of time it seems that somewhere, somehow we have lost our way....especially as it relates to the state of our homes. While we would all agree that we desire our homes to be a haven, a shelter, and a place of peace, most of us would sadly have to concede that our family dwellings are a far cry from this description.Continue Reading »