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Fear of the Lord: How Should We Think?

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As a father and husband trying to lead his family, what does it mean to fear the Lord? To fear the Lord may sound archaic and perhaps unimportant. After all, don’t we just want our children to love God…and not fear Him? Shouldn’t our motto be, “No fear taught here?” For a healthy family, the fear of the Lord is essential. To fear the Lord according to the Bible has multiple meanings depending on the context. And the Scripture context I have in mind is Acts 9. So the church throughout … Read More →

Digital Dangers versus Family Discipleship

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CULTIVATING LINKS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH [tweet_dis]As we seek to cultivate our families spiritually, we need to be aware of the digital dangers that can spoil them rotten.[/tweet_dis] How are our families doing in this area? If we feel at least a twinge of conviction that just maybe there’s some “Roundup” inadvertently poisoning our family spiritual growth, check out these links. As someone I'm sure once said, "Sometimes we don’t always have a keen observation of the obvious.” And this … Read More →

A Question For Future Husbands

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Future husbands, here's a question in respect to your leadership plan in the home. [tweet_dis]Should the woman say no to you when you ask for her hand in marriage?[/tweet_dis]   Donald Whitney in his article, "Husbands, It's Time to Start Leading Family Worship," offers insight for a single woman interested in marriage. He writes, Single women—resolve not to marry a man who will not pray with you and lead you in worship daily. For if he will not lead you spiritually in this way … Read More →

Questions Get Family Worship Going

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(Changing Negative Questions into Transforming Ones) Fathers who don’t lead in family worship or who have occasional struggles doing it (including me) may be asking the wrong questions. The Bible informs you to be wise in all you do. This includes both the answers of life and the questions you have about life. Do you ever have dumb questions that lead to dumb answers? I know I do. As Christian fathers, you need to seek wisdom. And this includes asking good questions. Now we … Read More →

Centered on Christ in Family Worship

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"Christian families practicing family worship will also find that it centers their home upon Christ." This quote comes from Jason Helopoulos in his great article on "Family Worship and Its Benefits." I encourage you to check out his blog post over at Reformation21.  He writes from a sincere heart and a sound mind on the benefits of family worship in his own home and what we will benefit too as we share in this spiritual opportunity. After you have read his post on family worship you may … Read More →