Ephesians 6:4

There is no substitute for time spent with your children, and no substitute for your undivided attention.…

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. -Ephesians 6:4, NIV I made an honest mistake when my marriage started to unravel: My mistake was to open and share my heart to the father of my (now) ex-wife. It was an honest mistake in that I … Continue reading “Beware of Engaging the In-Laws!”…

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers are not usually seen as…

Can We Trust in God’s Sovereignty? by Steph Beth Nickel. Trust His sovereignty and be empowered by His Spirit. Seek to fulfill your responsibilities.…

What does the Bible say on duties and responsibilities of parents- fathers especially to their children? Ephesians 6 vs. 4 – And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:……

Navigating relationships can be difficult. But when we try to understand the perspective of the other person, we can “try on their shoes” and maybe heal differences.…

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. -Ephesians 6:4, NIV I made an honest mistake when my marriage started to unravel: My mistake was to open and share my heart to the father of my (now) ex-wife. It was an honest mistake in that I … Continue reading “Be cautious in sharing with (ex) in-laws!”…

For years, Jenifer and I have been challenging families in our church to become more intentional in bringing their faith into their homes. The reality is that while many church-going families are good about introducing their kids to church activity, they are not so good at showing how Christ wants t…

Get ready for free-range kids. It turns out a lot of the trends in the colleges and universities can be traced back to parenting. In The Coddling of the American Mind, three of the six factors Lukianoff and Haidt identify have to do with parenting; paranoid parenting, the decline of play, and the bureaucracy of safetyism. There’s a common theme running underneath each of these factors, the end goal of raising kids. In the opening section on the three great untruths, the authors identified the……

Overly strict and overly permissive parents share one thing in common: they both forget that kids grow-up to live their own lives. It’s our duty as parents to teach rather than control them.…