Responding to Sexual Abuse 5
Today we complete our week long look at childhood sexual abuse and how our churches should respond. Today I will issue a warning – don’t ever let down your guard. Over the course of the last few months our internet…
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Should I Tell My Kids about My Past?
“How much should I tell my kids about my life as a teenager?” Ever wonder about that one? You have if you’re conscious about the mistakes you made during your teenage years and you’re dreading the day one of your…
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Our Kids’ Mistakes and Our Shame
Remember what used to happen to the teenage girl from the Christian family who got pregnant? Maybe you don’t, because you never heard in the first place that the girl was even pregnant. She just disappeared. . . usually halfway…
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Family TableTalk – Conversation 108
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Mother’s Day Truth 3
As we prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, I thought it would be good to spend our week looking at some helpful parenting truths. Today’s truth is this: there are no perfect parents or kids. The Bible teaches us that sin…
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Helping Kids See Their Sin
Advances in neurological science point to the amazing complexity of our God-made brains. Because their brains are still developing, our children, teens, and even young adults have what is called an underdeveloped impulse control. This makes them less prone to…
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What to do with our Sinful Kids
All teenagers face great temptation. All teenagers make sinful choices that are at times devastating to themselves and to others. It’s who we are as broken human beings. But here’s some great advice for parents: The most important factor in…
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What to do with our Sinful Kids
All teenagers face great temptation. All teenagers make sinful choices that are at times devastating to themselves and to others. It’s who we are as broken human beings. But here’s some great advice for parents: The most important factor in…
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The Beauty of a Rule of Life
My friend Luke Bobo recently wrote an article in which he encourages all of us to establish what’s known as “a rule of life.” Luke tells us that establishing a rule of life helps us to develop intentional habits that…
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Building Our Own Little Worlds
The Genesis eleven story of the tower of Babel is one we need to pay attention to in our social media saturated world. In his book, This World is Not My Home, Mark Johnston writes that man’s motive behind the…
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Engaging Culture 5
Today we conclude this week’s look at strategies for engaging the soul of today’s youth culture. The strategy we need to address is one that is difficult, simply because it’s employed in times of deep family pain and hurt. It’s…
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Helping Kids See Their Sin
Advances in neurological science point to the amazing complexity of our God-made brains. Because their brains are still developing, our children, teens, and even young adults have what is called an underdeveloped impulse control. This makes them less prone to…
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