Realistic Parenting
Why is it that so many of us feel like failures when we or our children make a mistake? My guess is that we are disappointed because we expect ourselves and our kids to be perfect – a very unrealistic…
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Episode 164: “Suffering Draws Us Closer To God” with Dan and Kristin Sterk
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We’re All Sinners
As a youth culture analyst there’s one question I get asked more often than any other: “What’s the greatest problem facing teenagers today?” The one-word answer is very simple: sin. It’s the same greatest problem facing people of all ages…
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Sinners in Need of Salvation
In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus tells his disciples, “see that no one leads you astray.” He tells them that many false prophets will arise to lead many astray. In today’s world, we must heed this warning as many in the…
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What’s Wrong with the World
The story is told that in the early twentieth century, a London newspaper published an article asking the question, “What’s wrong with the world.” Numerous readers wrote the paper to offer up their answers to the question. The shortest answer…
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Kintsugi and our Kids
Parents, if you are looking for a visual metaphor to share with your kids about the redemptive work God does in the lives of broken sinners, google the word Kintsugi. This Japanese word is spelled K-I-N-T-S-U-G-I. Kintsugi, translated “golden joinery”…
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Episode 8 – The Story of Scripture
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Stott 4 – Listening to Brokenness
All this week I’m passing on some great words of wisdom from one of my heroes of the faith. Dr. John Stott was a theologian whose writings have shaped the way I think about faith, life, and family. In his…
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Episode 5 – Teaching Difficult Passages: Romans 5
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Episode 127: “Purity Culture, Modesty, and a Better View of Biblical Sexuality” with Rachel Joy Welcher
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Sexual Objectification
As a man, I believe that one of the most sobering messages from Jesus about relationships and sexuality is the one found in Matthew 5:28. It is here that Jesus says, “But I say to you that everyone who looks…
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