There is a lot going on in our country right now. We have a new president elect. Some are happy and some are not. And in this world of modern social media, everyone has the right go to Facebook and give their two cents about it. Because we live with those dynamics it can cause some real tension, even among believers.
Read MoreWe are grateful that there are families like yours that desire to be gospel-centered and gospel-grounded. We are grateful for a host of parents who desire to lead their families in the worship of God in their homes. We are grateful for parents that see dinners and bedtimes and car rides as an opportunity for "a declaration of war against all that is not true" (author unknown).
Read MoreThe Christian life is like a set of dominos that are all set up in a row. God sets things into motion by tipping over one domino and that one falls and knocks over the next one. Those actions continue to make more dominos fall over, and before you know it, a sequence of events has been set in motion that can never be stopped.
Read MoreHaving the opportunity to preach sometimes in our local church, I can relate to sermon preparation. Acts 2 gives us the account of Peter’s first sermon. It was indeed an effective sermon - about three thousand souls came to repentance and faith in Jesus. But something important happened before Peter preached his first sermon.
Read MoreGod has been working for a very long time. We just finished looking at the book of Daniel and we saw how God worked in Daniel's life in a specific way that set him apart for a specific time in a specific place. The book of Acts will show our families how God continues to unfold his plan through the apostles.
Read MoreYou are about the finish the book of Daniel as a family. How does it feel? I’m sure some of you have had some mixed emotions about why we went through the book of Daniel as a family in the first place. Couldn’t we have gone through something a little easier to understand? Sure, two of the bible’s most memorable stories are found in the book of Daniel with the fiery furnace and Daniel’s three friends, and Daniel getting thrown into a den of lions.
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