Family Ministry Today
The Center for Christian Family Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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- Study Bibles for Teens and Graduates
- by Derek Brown – May 13
J. B. Cheaney, writing at RedeemedReader.com, has provided a helpful review of several popular study Bibles for teenagers. She gives a brief summary of each study Bible, offers some evaluative comments, and ends each review with a score (1-5) for overall value.
In this week’s WORLD column, I wrote about the need for young people [...]
Recent Posts
- When Mother’s Day is Hard
- by Derek Brown – May 10
A brief yet helpful article from Trilla Newbell at The Gospel Coalition for those who are struggling to rejoice with those who rejoice this Mother’s Day.
Several of my friends have recently suffered miscarriages. They endure the anguish of feeling their bodies begin to change to make room for a growing baby only [...]
- Marriage, Celibacy, and the Hierarchy of Merit in the Jovinian Controversy
- by C. Michael Wren, Jr. – May 1
Discussions in the early church regarding the doctrine of the Trinity, the relationship of the deity and humanity of Christ, the doctrine of predestination, and the consequences of Adam’s sin are widely-known and well documented. The church fathers did not, however, neglect the institution of marriage or ignore its place in the life of [...]
- Family Physician: Embryo Adoption
- by William Cutrer, M.D. – Apr 26
Early one morning at the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, the embryologist has already begun a day of transfers. She carefully withdraws tiny plastic straws from liquid nitrogen tanks and dips the tubes into a controlled-temperature bath. She checks and rechecks names and numbers.
After taking the straws to the microscope’s stage, she snips [...]
- Equipping the Generations: Some Practical Suggestions For Worshipping Together as a Family
- by Noel Piper – Apr 25
When our four sons grew to be young men, we assumed that the worship-training chapter of our life had ended. But God has wonderful surprises. Our youngest son was twelve when we adopted our daughter, who was just a couple of months old. So our experience with young children in the pew continued a [...]
- Leading Your Child to Christ
- by Andy Johnson – Apr 22
Introduction
It is a truly exciting thing to be involved in your child’s spiritual journey. The fact that you are reading this is proof that you are genuinely invested in your child’s spiritual future. Ensuring your child is well cared for in terms of physical and emotional provision is certainly important. However, the greatest contribution [...]
- Book Review: ‘Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids’ by Kara Powell and Chap Clark
- by Benjamin D. Espinoza – Apr 19
Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids. By Kara E. Powell and Chap Clark. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011, 224 pp. $14.99. Paperback.
Why are college students so prone to walking away from, or completely rejecting, the [...]
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Dr. Randy Stinson
Dean of the School of Church Ministries
Dr. William Cutrer
C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry; Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry