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GROWING UP FREE: Encourage Your Kids to Explore, Dream, Play, and Build Forts
Last night, the wind whipped through the trees, flailing against the house. Each new gust stronger than the last. For a moment, I get a little anxious. Will my youngest three (8-12) be safe, camping out in the shed with their dog, Jesse? Then I have to smile at myself . . . If your…
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Do You Love Your Kids More Than You Should? (is that even possible?)
Do you remember the early days of your relationship? There was hardly time for anything but each other. Lisa and I brought on a good deal of eye-rolling but that was fine with us. We were making up for lost time! In those intense, invigorating days, it’s impossible to believe that one day, there might…
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Modesty in Modern Culture: Why Veronica is Right and Victoria is Wrong
The audacity of Veronica Partridge is something to behold. She just won’t leave well enough alone. With one small article, she managed to 1) not judge anyone 2) be honest about her own behavior and how she had decided to change 3) take responsibility for how her actions might negatively impact someone else She didn’t…
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Raising Men: Prepare for War, Part II – Teach Your Son How to Fight
In Part I of Prepare for War, the emphasis was on teaching sons to believe the truth about who they are in Christ and to know they have the power to stand because of Jesus Christ. Understanding and believing what is true is critical because if that piece is missing and we believe something false…
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Why You Should Love Your Spouse Like There’s No Tomorrow
We’re often more confident about tomorrow than we should be, living today as if there are certainly more days to follow. But, we don’t know that, do we? We don’t know what tomorrow will hold. We don’t even know if there will be a tomorrow for us. It once again came clear to me two…
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Raising Men: Prepare Your Sons for War, Part I
Prepare Your Sons for War Part I If a country faces a determined enemy, it’s only a matter of time. The soft targets will be hit first. It doesn’t much matter if that country wants an enemy. It has one. It doesn’t matter if that country doesn’t want to go to war. War is coming.…
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Does Your Child Take You at Your Word? Or Has He learned Not to Trust What You say?
Most parents are not lacking for good intentions. We always intend to follow through when it comes to what we told our kids, don’t we? Does that describe you? Always positive about the things you intend to do with your kids? Always looking to tomorrow for the time when you will follow through on what you…
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Raising Men: Show and Tell Your Son How a Man Should Treat a Lady
{This is part 4 of the ongoing series “Raising Men”. You can read part 1 Here, part 2 Here, and part 3 Here} In Minnesota and many other places around North America, girls are allowed to play on boy’s sports teams (yes, football, too) but boys are prevented from playing on girl’s teams. You know,…
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Raising Men: Prepare for War, Part III – Give Your Son a Vision of the Man He is Becoming
{This is Part 3 of Raising Men. You can read Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE} You have a son but, are you raising a man? If you are like many dads, you might have flinched just a little at this question. So effective has the culture been at defacing the idea manhood, we often lack confidence and…
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It’s not a Porn Problem. It’s a Sin Problem.
The Big Day finally arrived. The Wedding. It’s here but what a major league disappointment. You expected her to be dressed in white, a reflection of the purity she walked in before your marriage, but no . . . How would you feel if your fiancée showed up on your wedding day in a dress…
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Why Christian Kids Should Save Kissing (and other things) for Marriage.
Get a group of Christian teens together and sooner or later the subject of all things physical prior to marriage is going to surface . . . What should you tell them? “How far should we go?” or “Is kissing okay?” Here’s what’s not okay when it comes to the subject of premarital anything: Parents…
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