In today’s sermon on Ephesians 6:1-4, I stressed the importance of God’s command that parents teach their children the Bible at home so that they might be saved. Simply put, parents are responsible for explaining the gospel so their children can be saved. Over the years I have witnessed one great obstacle keeping parents from […]
Suggested Plan For Worship At Home
Alot of you may be staying in home this Sunday due to bad weather in your town, like is happening here in our area. I’d like to encourage you to take this opportunity to worship at home gathered as a family, with some neighbors, over video chat, or alone. I hope this suggested guide will […]
Awesome Children’s Ministry At Our Church – Wait No Weekly Kids’ Club?
There is a crew of servants in our church well-deserving of our appreciation – our KidzZone, Preschool, and Nursery servants. They serve us all by teaching and caring for our children on Sunday mornings. Outstanding job, team! But wait, what about this question? Why doesn’t your church have a mid-week kids’ night? Isn’t that important? […]
Parents, Will You Tell The Next Generation? Psalm 78 (good words from my wife!)
Psalm 78 in my ESV Study Bible is headed with the phrase, “Tell the coming generation.” There are many adults out there who think we’re supposed to tell the coming generation how lazy, unmotivated, indecisive, and self-absorbed they are. However, that’s not what this psalm says. Verse 4 says, “We will not hide them from […]
This Sunday Is For Our Children – Judges 2
Will the Next Generation Know God? That is the title of my sermon for Sunday from Judges chapter 2. Please go read it ahead of time along with the rest of your family and ponder what it teaches you. This is for parents with children in the home or not, for aunts and uncles, grandparents, […]
Why Read Job With Your Children?
It is so encouraging to see more and more dads and moms doing family worship with their children at home. This is God’s way of making disciples at home (Deuteronomy 6:7, Ephesians 6:1-4). Currently our family is reading the book of Job in our family worship times. What? Job? Aren’t there more encouraging things to […]
Men, Do Something To Grow And Care For Your Family
For Father’s Day, here is some encouragement to ALL men. Take some steps to grow, personally, as a godly man and to care for your family God’s way. A great step is reading a good book that will show you the path to living out God’s word in your own personal life and toward your […]
Family Worship – Opportunity to Talk About Everything, Including Racism
Parents, I am very encouraged by the number of you in our church and in other places who are obeying God’s word engaging in family worship and Bible teaching with your children at home (Deuteronomy 6:1-9). If you haven’t yet ventured into obedience in this area, I want to issue you the challenge to begin […]
A Great Tool For Teaching Your Children The Bible
Here’s a great resource that has come highly recommended for teaching children the Bible. It’s called What’s In The Bible and comes from the creator of Veggie Tales, Phil Vischer. But it’s different from Veggie Tales in that it has a much more Jesus-centered and gospel-centered approach. This could be what many parents and children’s ministry […]
