Spiritual Nurture: How Do I Discern God’s Will?
When I was in high school, I can remember being asked the question over and over again: “What are you going to do with your life?” It may have been in the form of “what’s your plan for after high…
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Spiritual Nurture: Our Kids and Decision-Making Discernment
The cultural trend is what I call “too much time spent living life in the moment.” This is “Carpe Diem!” and “YOLO” taken to an extreme. While followers of Jesus are called to make the most of every moment, we…
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Spiritual Nurture: Entrusting Your Children to God
How can we entrust our children to Him in a contemporary world full of distractions that so easily leads both children and parents away from the faithful pursuit of the chief end of “glorifying God and enjoying Him forever?” The…
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Spiritual Nurture: Who’s In Charge?
Our kids need parents who will bring them up in the nurture and discipline of the Lord. Gentle, non-judgmental parenting is not good parenting. Have you read Deuteronomy 6 and Ephesians 6? We are to raise them in the nurture…
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Parent Prompt: Teen Loneliness & Smartphone Use
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. One of the great promises of the digital revolution was deeper connection—tools that would give us…
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Parent Prompt: Spiritual Formation in the Home
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. God has given each parent the gift and responsibility of guiding, nurturing, and shaping their child.…
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Family TableTalk – Conversation 108
Examine Yourself Download Conversation 108 here. Check back regularly for new conversations.
Parent Prompt: Teens and Mental Health
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. The APA states that we are in the midst of a “mental health crisis,” beginning approximately…
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Parent Prompt: Identity
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Every person is masterfully designed by God for a unique purpose. God has a special calling…
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Spiritual Nurture: Make Life Hard For Your Kids
In today’s world, parental intervention and running interference for our kids has become standard practice… But are these practices that make for good parenting?” Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here.
Family TableTalk – Conversation 107
Don’t Be Like Everyone Else Download Conversation 107 here. Check back regularly for new conversations.
Spiritual Nurture: Your Kids and Your Time
God has established parents – nobody or nothing else – as the ones primarily responsible for the spiritual nurture of children. Shouldn’t this mean we need to spend our time wisely? Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here.