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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘faith’
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 »
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 [...]
Keeping Family Worship Simple
Posted in Family, tagged children, faith, Family worship on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Family worship may seem like a complicated, daunting task, but James Grant gives some simple advice to handle some of the complications that we men face: I have discovered that men who have not lead their families this way are generally uncomfortable with starting this out. Two things usually stand out as concerns: 1) they [...]
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