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What’s a Christian Dad Suppose To Do: Randy Stinson

August 21st by Terry Delaney

What follows is my rough paraphrase and summary of a talk from the 2010 Connecting Church and Home Conference. In this break-out session, Randy Stinson assumed a basic understanding of Ephesians 5:22-33. This message was more about an application for husbands as they lead their families. There are nine applications that build on one another. [...]

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6 Habits of Gospel-Centered Homes: Peter Schemm

August 21st by Terry Delaney

What follows is a rough paraphrase and summary from the 2010 Connecting Chruch & Home Conference. This session was comprised of the eleventh chapter of the forthcoming book, Trained in the Fear of God edited by Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones. While we did not delve deep into each point Schemm has, we did [...]

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Cooking Up Family Devotions with Your Kids

July 26th by Kristin Charles

Psalm 34:8 invites us to, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” Jesus calls Himself the bread of life and He encourages His followers to be the salt of the earth. There are innumerable references to fruit, fish, and oil in the Bible. Sometimes food staples such as these are mentioned as part of [...]

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The 7 Most Important Things You Can Tell A Child

July 22nd by Wayne Stocks

I find that it isn’t all that hard to talk to kids. They like to talk if you can find some common ground and explore something that really interests them. As children’s ministers, and as parents, though, there are things that they need to hear from us. Words are powerful things, and the tongue has [...]

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5 On-The-Go Family Devotions for Summertime

July 6th by Kristin Charles

The flip flops are flopping. The sunscreen is lathered. The baseball hats and sunglasses are on. Juice boxes are packed for the tykes, candy for the husband with a sweet tooth, and coffee is in hand for me. Summertime is my favorite time of year! I’m pretty sure I love it all, bugs and humidity [...]

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Biblical Parenting: 10 Tips for Fathers

June 16th by Wayne Stocks

Several weeks ago at my church, my eyes were opened to a biblical passage. It is one that I have read many times, but this particular sermon would cause me to view it in a whole new way. What I had previously read as a general reprimand to a wayward church now appeared as a [...]

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What Can a 2-Year Old Teach You About Prayer?

June 13th by Wayne Stocks

Everything I Need to Know About Prayer I Learned From My Two-Year-Old One of the things I have committed to doing as a father is instilling in my kids a love for prayer. I try to model prayer for them at all time and in all circumstances. My hope and prayer is that my kids [...]

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Bible Verses for Father’s Day

June 9th by Wayne Stocks

15 Bible Quotes for Fathers about Raising Children In honor of the fact that Father’s Day is fast approaching, here are sixteen principals about being a Dad that we should remember from scripture: All good parenting begins with a fear of the Lord. In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will [...]

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Life Is Not Fair (and Neither Is God)

June 4th by Wayne Stocks

Oftentimes as we grow older and become parents, we find ourselves repeating the things that our own parents have said to us. You know – those sayings that, as a kid, you promised yourself you would never use when you became a parent. Much like God’s blessings and curses travel from generation to generation, so [...]

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Lessons Learned at 3 AM

May 31st by Brandi Riddle

It’s amazing what sort of things we can learn at 3:00 am! I can probably tell you all of the programming for channels 4, 7, 13, 21, 29, and 40 for the early morning hours. I have learned that McKinney Dodge spends a lot of money on advertising. I have learned that there are lots [...]

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