Parenting kids who love Jesus begins with parents loving and prioritizing the right things. Your kids will love what you love, so your idea of God will be theirs and your idols will be theirs. Raised these questions in the sermon on Sunday, thought they were worth publishing. They come from Deuteronomy 6. 1. Do […]
Good Books for Parents – Some Suggested Reading
After encouraging parents to continue reading as they seek to honor God, love Jesus, and lead their children, I wanted to give a few book recommendations for parents. Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp – In my opinion, best all around book for parents who need to understand what it looks like to raise […]
Free E-Book Biographies by John Piper
Really awesome of Desiring God to make these biography books available free on their website. Great stories. I just began reading the one on John Paton, it is so inspiring, challenging, and amazing to see a man who was used by God to reach cannibals with the Gospel. In reading, I was reminded of one […]
Why Read the Bible – Don Carson
This video interview by Desiring God with theologian Don Carson is on the topic of why we should read the Bible and what we should be looking for as we read. Good stuff. http://vimeo.com/36726454
Well, if the other post on this topic was not enough, got one more issue I’d like to throw out. Since we’ve probably already offended women in the first, no need to back off now. Also, a little warning that this post is probably PG-13. The purpose of these two posts was to give some […]