Protecting our children is one of the primary jobs of parenthood, and the list of dangers seems to be growing exponentially. There is BPA in your bottled water and hormones in your meat. There are predators on the Internet and cyber-bullies on social media. There are addictive drugs and addictive video games. There are terrorists hijacking our planes and the TSA hijacking ...
Love Your Wife: Revisited
I commissioned my wife to do a little subway art for me this week. Here's what she came up with: With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought it might serve as a good reminder for husbands that showing love to your wife is something you should do every day of the year -- not just on special occasions. Want to print a copy to keep? You can click on the image above to download a ...
Two expectations that will kill your ministry
This is a short but powerful blog, the lessons of which apply to parenting as well as ministry. ...
Don’t Beat the Other Slaves: 6 Principles of Forgiveness
Jesus tells the story of a slave who was forgiven a great debt by his master. The slave went out and almost immediately began beating a fellow slave in an attempt to extract a much smaller debt. Needless to say the master was not pleased to discover the first slave’s merciless behavior. Yet, how often do we act just like that ungrateful slave when it comes to sin? Invariably, we want mercy for ...
Husband, Listen to Your Wife!
My father-in-law used to watch a lot of television. He was a little hard of hearing, so he usually kept the volume turned up pretty loud. My wife's mother would sometimes try to talk over the television to tell him something, but instead of muting the program and focusing his attention on her, Dad would just cup his ear and lean in closer to the set. Rather than tuning out the TV, he tried to ...
Why Switchfoot won’t sing Christian songs
This is a great article that really captures the "different parts of one body" concept we see described by Paul in the New Testament. ...