Todd HainsEvery morning and every evening I pray for my children. I pray the words God has placed over my children and over me. Because God’s Word interprets the world, these words are how God wants me to see my children. In baptism, God has given my...
Family discipleship is hard work. The days are long with small children: a messy home, a litany of whys, and a gaggle of shouts of joy and frustration over the big and the small. In the midst of all this, you might ask yourself: Am I up for fighting...
Lexham PressThe answer to “how to be a good dad” could fill volumes. (Scroll to the end for a few.) But there’s one key that can help translate all the other advice for Christian dads, like the Rosetta Stone. That’s allowing yourself to be a father shaped by...
Guest AuthorThe other morning I woke up while my children were still sleeping and began to pray. I started thinking about my identity. Who am I? As I settled into my prayer time, I began to rejoice at the thought that I am a mother. It is part of who I am. To...
Logos StaffFrom the sentimental images on greeting cards to the flawless young heroes of animated films, we often think of kids as pure and innocent beings who don’t suffer from the moral corruption of the adult world. But Dr. Paul Tripp (pastor, international...
This is a guest post by Paul Tripp, best-selling author and founder of the Parenting conference. This has been adapted from a longer blog post and edited for readability. Luella and I had planned a special day for our family at an amusement park. We...
This is a guest post by Paul Tripp, author and founder of the Parenting conference. It has been adapted from a blogpost and has been edited for readability. It was 11:00 p.m. on a Sunday night and I was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot...
Mark WardThe rear seating in our 2004 Yukon must have some kind of magnetic field that provokes good questions from kids. This week it was, “Why do we decorate trees at Christmas? What does that have to do with Jesus being born?” I don’t remember asking such...
This post is by Jeannie Seery. It has been excerpted from Moment with God: A Devotional on Every Biblical Book. Perhaps it’s because of the immense joy and pain I’ve experienced being a parent that I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about how...
Kristen SchaferWe sat down with bestselling authors and relationship experts Bill and Pam Farrel, authors of A Couple’s Journey with God. Here’s what they told us. Q: Is it true you have a formula in Red-Hot Monogamy that calculates how much time it takes for a...