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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
When I do My Best Parenting
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, parenting on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Observing Salvation in Your Child: What Does it Look Like? (#5)
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, conversion, salvation on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the fifth talk in the series of conversations that I have been blogging on with Jim Elliff on Family Life Today. Let me start with a brief summary of where we have been and the topic for today. Yes, I would say maybe a better way to put it, Dennis, might be this [...]
Children and Faith #4: How to deal with doubt
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, doubt, faith on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I learned some years ago that God makes Christians. That was quite a revelation to me. God is the one who makes Christians. But we, as parents, have a responsibility to observe what God is doing, and then to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in His work. And bringing that home to the conscience of [...]
Taking our Children to Church: Is that Enough? – Children and Faith #3
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, Church, faith on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Let me start with a little doggerel, some bad poetry, to introduce the topic for the third interview in this series. “On the table, side-by-side, The Holy Bible and the TV Guide. One is well-worn, but cherished with pride Not the Bible, but the TV Guide. One is used daily to help folk decide, No, [...]
How Children Come to Faith in Christ #2
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, faith, salvation on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How do our children come to faith in Christ? I am blogging on a series of six interviews with Jim Elliff on the Family Life Today radio broadcast. Ryan Kelly, who has linked to this whole series, writes I cannot recommend these talks enough to any parent wanting to be thoughtful, careful, and prayerful in [...]
How Children Come to Faith in Christ #1
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, faith, salvation on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The salvation of children is an important issue for a number of different reasons. I happened upon, through Justin Taylor’s blog, a series of conversations between Jim Elliff and Dennis Rainey, host of the radio program Family Life Today. Jim is a pastor and speaker, and he appears six times on the show to discuss [...]
Raising Kids: Formulas, Fear, and Faith
Posted in Family, tagged children, faith, God on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you learned yet that only God can raise your kids? I don’t want that to confuse you, so read part of this excellent post below: Though I wouldn’t ever say it this way, I was searching for a formula for raising my kids. Why? Because I was afraid. I was afraid that if I [...]
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