Writing at YouthWorks.net, Tim Beilharz offers a few ways that churches can encourage dads.
God specially calls fathers to be the head of their households and to raise their kids. Decades of social research has supported this biblical principle, showing that a child’s mental, physical and spiritual health are positively affected in direct correlation [...]
Timothy Paul Jones speaking on family ministry at the Church at Station Hill in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee (part 2 of 2). Click here for part 1.
http://vimeo.com/90764869
Timothy Paul Jones speaking on family ministry at the Church at Station Hill in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee (part 1 of 2).
http://vimeo.com/90764870
“Adoption is greater than the universe.”
So says John Piper, and as sweeping as the statement may sound, it is absolutely true. Because the eternal communion of our triune God is behind, beneath, beside, and above the universe and is the ultimate reason and cause for our adoption.
THE LOVE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE
The eternal story of [...]
“You’re so young,” my anesthesiologist commented as he prepped my back for the ever-so-long epidural needle. I was in the delivery room preparing to give birth to our second daughter, Evangeline.
“I just can’t believe you are already having your second child and you’re only twenty-six,” he continued. “Yes,” was all I could [...]
Think OrangeReggie Joiner, Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide (Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2009), 261pp. $21.99.
A LANDMARK BOOK ON FAMILY MINISTRY
Around the time Reggie Joiner was drafting copies of his second book (his first was a [...]
In the months leading up to my daughter’s birth, I contemplated what it would be like to raise a child. I thought, if I can barely remember to put deodorant on in the mornings, how could I possibly steward another life? More importantly, how will I lead her to cherish Jesus? What [...]
As a young, newly-married man with no children yet, I listened intently to what sounded like a helpful idea for the small congregation where I served at the time.
“I really want to see our church minister to families,” my pastor declared, “and I want my family to connect with families as well!”
To [...]
“Family worship” is an archaic phrase—and an increasingly archaic practice. It sounds austere and intimidating, like an outdated tradition for über-conservative, tightly sheltered, hyper-Christian families who care more about spiritual solemnity than family warmth.
Pastor Jason Helopoulos, assistant pastor at University Reformed Church in [...]
In the last decade, research has demonstrated that today’s Christian teens believe in the Word of God. For instance, a 2005 Gallop Youth Survey reported that 39% of Protestant and Catholic teens surveyed said that the Bible is the “actual word of God” and should be taken literally; 46% said that the Bible is [...]
Setting Their Hope in God: Biblical Intercession for Your Children. By Andrew Case. Louisville, KY: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010, 247 pp., $8.99. “Seldom is there more exuberance than that which erupts when a new soul enters the world” (8). These words begin Andrew Case’s work Setting their Hope in God: Biblical Intercession for Your […]