How families currently function

Today’s “Pastor’s Briefing” email (from Focus on the Family) included the following. Some is encouraging (not as bad as I feared), but overall it is pretty sad…
[my comments are inserted within the brackets]
Families Still Eating Together
According to a new poll commissioned by The Associated Press, 60% of those who live with families said [...]

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Concise Marriage counseling

Jim Elliff put this out on Twitter…

“Be kind to one another” — Eph 4:32.
A marriage seminar in a phrase.

Amen.
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John Piper & Me (#1)

Sorry for such a plain title for this post (hopefully the first of a brief series). I recently mentioned John’s 30th anniversary in the pulpit of BBC, and was asked this by a blog reader:
What was John Piper like on a personal level, how did he influence or change your perspective on ministry, and [...]

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30 years ago today…

…John Piper accepted God’s call to be a pastor in a local church (he was a professor at a Christian college). Being a pastor is a unique job, and a very special vocation. The way the Lord called John Piper is nicely summarized by blogger Justin Taylor (a former Piper student). I first met [...]

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Basketball Hall of Fame lessons

“Be like David, not like Mike,” writes Voddie Bauchman as he contrasts the recent Basketball Hall of Fame acceptance speeches of David Robinson and Michael Jordan. More:
Modern American sports serve as an incubator for the self-centeredness that resides in each of us. The better one performs, the harder it is to avoid “the big-head.”
I [...]

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Little exhortations from dads to sons

It’s Monday morning again, and I’ve just spent an hour of my day-off writing letters – by hand – to my two oldest kids away at college. And on top of that, I have been texting them each day with a verse from my devotional reading of the Scriptures! Today’s verse was from 1st [...]

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Off to Camp…

It’s that week in July when, as an Assistant Scoutmaster, I travel with my Boy Scout troop to summer camp near beautiful Lake George at CAMP WAKPOMINEE. It’s year number 8 or 9 for me, and I love it! Not only do I get to spend time in the great outdoors, but with [...]

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Myths about Love & Sex — part 2

How should mature Christians answer some of the common beliefs of a sexually charged culture? By exposing them as myths!
As stated in a previous post, excellent help can be found in “How to Stay Christian in College” (Navpress, 1999) by Prof. J. Budziszewski. In chapter 6 he smartly raises and demolishes several common myths [...]

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Simple thoughts on a spectacular thing

Marriage is a spectacular thing! Having just marked my 25th Wedding Anniversary only reinforces this! And it spectacular far beyond my abilities to describe in writing (especially in a short blog post! But I do have a couple simple thoughts, that might encourage or edify others…
GOSPEL MYSTERY. When our Pastor, Dr [...]

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Myths about Love & Sex

School’s out and the lazy, hazy days of summer are upon us. And the thoughts of young men and women often turn to love, romance — and sex. How do we mature Christians guide them through the mine field of emotions and the maze of sexual myths?
Excellent help can be found in “How to Stay [...]

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