Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - The Testimony of Augustine
Part 3 - Family Discipleship in Medieval Theology
Part 4 - The Challenge of [...]
Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - The Testimony of Augustine
Part 3 - Family Discipleship in Medieval Theology
Part 4 [...]
One factor that influenced family discipleship during this period was the state of the clergy. Not all clergy during the medieval era served as pastors. In fact, large numbers of clergy had no ministry whatsoever among laypeople. Monasticism had grown in popularity throughout the Middle Ages, and many monks lived their lives [...]
Something great happened this past basketball season for one of my sons.
He sat the bench.
You may be thinking that such news sounds more like a cause for depression than celebration—and at the beginning of the season, my middle-school son would have agreed with you. The truth is, I do not want him to want [...]
Augustine’s theological teachings greatly influenced the intellectual life of the church of the early and high Middle Ages. Whether the topic was the Trinity, [...]
By anyone’s reckoning, the North African pastor Augustine of Hippo was the single most important theologian in the minds of the medieval scholars. Prominent alongside the searching spiritual narrative of Augustine’s Confessions are his remarks about the influence of his mother Monica. According to Augustine’s testimony, Monica was reared by Christian parents with the [...]
“How much more, then, should it not suffice for your spiritual profit that you hear the divine lessons in church, but among your company at home you should engage in [...]
Reinventing Youth Ministry (Again): From Bells & Whistles to Flesh and Blood. By Wayne Rice. Kindle edition; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010, 207 pp., $17.00.
Over the past several years, local church youth ministry has come under fire. These critiques have questioned the validity [...]
In late 2007 and early 2008, Dr. Randy Stinson and I worked together to develop a specific approach to family ministry. We studied dozens of approaches to family ministry, and we identified a handful of churches that were doing what we felt that God was leading us to promote. Then, we worked to develop [...]
Parents need to bring their children into prayer on a regular basis
Jesus taught his disciples by living with His disciples, so we teach our children - they watch what we do, they listen to what we say. You can not have a house of prayer if you are not a man and woman of [...]
From Amazon: This bestselling classic encourages and equips Christian men to lead their families successfully through hazards and ambushes like divorce, promiscuity, suicide, and drug addiction. Men will find practical insight on topics such as a father’s influence, maintaining purity, and husband-and-wife teamwork. In this war, renowned men’s author Steve Farrar emphasizes, Jesus Christ is [...]
