Dr. William Barrick, Professor of Old Testament at The Master’s Seminary, helps to interpret passages like Proverbs 23:13, which encourages us to discipline our children with a “rod”, in a letter he wrote. to limit it to only a stick or a rod, would be too legalistic… It seems obvious that 2 Samuel 7:14 cannot [...]
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What does Scripture mean by a “rod”?
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, discipline on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Prayer for our Children
Posted in Family, gospel, tagged children, prayer on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bestow, dear Lord, upon our young, The gift of saving grace; And let the seed of sacred truth Fall in a fruitful place. Grace is a plant, wherever it grows, Of pure and heavenly root; But fairest in the youngest shows, And yields the sweetest fruit. You careless ones, oh hear betimes The voice of [...]
The Gospel and Children
Posted in Biblical Studies, Pastoral ministry, tagged children, the gos, the gospel on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Dever preaches an encouraging and strengthening message on Mark 10:13-16, entitled “The Gospel and Children” to students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.Worth a listen.
Communicating with grace and truth to our children
Posted in Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Family, Personal growth, tagged children on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a great interchange in which C.J. Mahaney responds to a father’s email on being to hard on his children, so hard he worries that he will be a barrier to them seeing God’s love through him. I encourage you to read it for growth and practical ways to not be a barrier. Hi, [...]
Feminist writer, wise words, and Tim Tebow
Posted in contemporary culture, Family, tagged children on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excellent article. Yes, it is on the sports page, and yes it is written by a feminist who will probably take some flak. She doesn’t agree with Tim Tebow, but she thinks the flak he is taking over a Super Bowl ad that hasn’t even aired yet is ludicrous. Let me just [...]
The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Faith over Formula
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged children, parenting on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sojourn Kids highlights an interesting article from Christianity Today on this subject. I believe the whole article is worth reading. The author begins by addressing some faulty assumptions in parenting and parenting “techniques” or “formulas”: We must assume, then, that there is serious error in our beliefs about parenting. We have made far too much [...]
When I do My Best Parenting
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, parenting on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Paul Miller, in his book, A Praying Life, writes this about parenting and prayer: It took me seventeen years to realize I couldn’t parent on my own. I was not a great spiritual insight, just a realistic observation. If I didn’t pray deliberately and reflectively for members of my family by name very morning, they’d [...]
Hugging as Spiritual Warfare
Posted in Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Family, tagged children, parenting on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am a hugger and come from a line of established huggers… So, with that background it is no surprise that hugging my own children is so common to me that I almost do not notice it… Over the last year or so, however, I have reflected more on the value of this expression of [...]
You think teaching children is easy?!
Posted in Biblical Studies, Pastoral ministry, tagged children on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Any fool can lose himself in a philosophical fog,” writes Hamish Mackenzie. “It takes a first-class mind, great purity of heart and much labour to achieve simplicity.” (The Preacher and Preaching, Samuel T. Logan, Jr., ed, p. 271) I praise God for those who are able to work to take the depths of theology and [...]
Paul Tripp on Motivating Obedience
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged children, obedience, Paul Tripp on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Desiring God interviewed Paul Tripp on the question of obedience, how God motivates it and how we should and should not use threats and punishments to motivate obedience. Both answers are worth listening to, but let me highlight them here as an encouragement to delve further. We all struggle as parents with how to get [...]
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