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Category Archives: Mothers
Worshipping Youth
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and though I don’t have time to go into depth, I would like to throw out a thought. Let me start with a couple of assertions: Christian American culture worships youth … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Church, Discipleship, Elders, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology
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The Extraordinary Value of Women
Over at Challies.com, Tim has started a series on what Scripture has to say about the value and status of women. And you should head on over and read it, because he makes some pretty significant claims. For example: I … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology, Virtue, Women
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The First Type of Evangelism
Our church’s verse for the year is “He that winneth souls is wise”, and while I have no problem with Scripture or focusing on winning souls, I’m a little underwhelmed with the modern concept of “soul winning”. And no, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Church, Daughters, Evangelism, Faith, God, History, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Sons, Theology
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Marriage, Children, Love, and Responsibility
I’ve always been interested in the nature of responsibility, and in what makes a man or a woman finally pick up its mantle and seriously begin the journey toward true manhood or womanhood. I think for a lot of people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Children, Daughters, Depression, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Sons
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Man + Woman = Good!
As a man and a husband and a father, a lot of the topics on this blog tend to center around the home. As such, from time to time, I will have things to say about marriage and about children. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Children, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Pregnancy, Scripture, Sin
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Sheltering Children: Faith, Virtue, and Knowledge
Parents are always talking about how to protect their children without sheltering them. Invariably, in these conversations, the word “sheltered” is used as if being sheltered is a bad thing. I presume that most of the people who makes these … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Daughters, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Knowledge, Life in general, Religion, Scripture, Sheltering, Sin, Sons, Virtue
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Postpartum Depression, Love, Joy, and Marriage
I’ve been making a point in this last year to be more transparent. There is a tendency among people and particularly among Christians, to pretend that all is well. That joy means happiness, that peace means a life without conflict. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Daughters, Depression, Despair, Faith, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Religion, Sin
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On the birth of my daughter
It’s Labor Day, and my wife is in the throes of delivery. At first glance, this is not a place for a man to be. There is pain, but I can not bear it, there is work to be done, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Children, Daughters, Death, Life in general, Love, Pregnancy, Sin, Writing
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Sodomy in the Church
Marriage is not about you. This life is not about you. Consider: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Evangelism, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Religion, Scripture, Sin, Theology, Witnessing
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