What do you want for your children? Why do you want it?

We are being told a lot things we should want for our children. We should want them to have a good education. We should want them to get a good job. We should want them to make a good income...

One step to being a good parent is knowing what you're doing. It’s hard to do anything well if you have no idea what it is that you are supposed to do. When we talk about being a father or mother we're talking about more than just having babies, we're talking about parenting those babies. What does a parent do…

How can dads work on having a good relationship with their kids? Let’s start by understanding what we are talking about. How would you describe the ideal relationship between a father and his children? When we talk about a good relationship…

It’s hard to be a good parent if you don’t understand children. You need to be able to answer the question “what” if you are going to be to answer the question “how.” You know the Bible verses on parenting, but do you know kids? Before we think about what we are going to do with our children we need to make sure we know…

I was recently asked to talk about how to talk about sexual purity with your children. I suppose because I have nine children myself, this is an important subject for me to think about…

Talking with your kids about sexual purity doesn't begin with talking to them about sexual purity. We are looking at what we can learn from the way Paul teaches on sexual purity that we can apply to our own conversations with our children…

It’s going to be difficult to teach your children what the Bible teaches about sexual purity, if you yourself are not really serious about what the Bible teaches about sexual purity…

How do we talk to our children about sexual purity? Over the past several posts, we have suggested: 1. We need to talk about sexual purity…

As we have been thinking through how to talk with our children about sexual purity, we have noted: 1.) We need to talk about sexual purity. 2.) We need to talk about more than sexual purity…

If you want to help your children in their fight for sexual purity you will want to help them work on developing a self-sacrificial lifestyle from a very young age…

If you are going to send your children into battle you need to prepare them to fight. It’s not just enough to have a one time talk with them where you say, 'This is really bad. Don't do that.'..

What is the responsibility of believing parents, and especially, hear that, especially, believing fathers? We can break Paul’s answer down into two parts. 1. We see that we have a responsibility not to parent in such a way that makes it easier for our children to sin…

You don't always connect the word nurturer with the word father.But Paul does. He says, fathers, bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.But what does that mean specifically…

What should a father teach his children? One place to look answer that question is the book of Proverbs. Over the next several posts, I want us to look at ten of main lessons from Proverbs that you as a parent have the responsibility of teaching your children…

What does a father need to teach his children? We are walking our way through Proverbs and trying to learn from Solomon about what we need to teach our children about living wise lives in this world…

You are made to worship. Get your eyes off yourself today and onto God. Take a few minutes to think about who God is. Look up the following verses and write down one reason God is great from each…

It’s going to be hard to get anything right today if you don’t remember who you are. Take a few minutes to think about what you naturally are like apart from God’s grace…

As a believer, the single most important thing you can do today is enjoy how much God loves you. Sometimes this is harder to do than it sounds. We take being loved by God so lightly…

The moment you became a Christian, some amazing things happened. Unfortunately, we sometimes take them for granted…

Sometimes when people read the command to give thanks in all circumstances, they get upset. What do I have to give thanks about? Well, if you are a Christian, there is a lot to be thankful for actually…