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As a parent of four young girls, I’m always on the lookout for reading material. Especially for my youngest, who still need/want/love to be read to. I’m very grateful for more and more non-cheesy/trite/platitudinous/clichéd options for young-children’s bible-themed stories. New Growth Press has recently published a variety of really good options along this line. They […]
Reading is a big deal in my family. Trying to keep my 10 year old “in books” is worse that trying to keep her in shoes or clothes (which she outgrows at a rapid pace). We’re regular patrons at our local library, and probably a decent percentage of it’s monthly revenue (in late fees.) I’m […]
(Crowd voices: “Oh boy, another post on dating!”) I have four daughters (at the time of writing, all under age 8), so this topic feels super relevant for me, and the pace of life is such that I need wisdom on this issue, stat. By way of preface, my wife and I dated in […]
Burk Parsons tweeted something yesterday that deepened my resolve to examine our parenting around this time of year: Parents: Are you parenting your kids to look forward more eagerly to the coming of Santa Claus or the coming of Christ? — Burk Parsons (@BurkParsons) November 30, 2014 Of course, its easy to turn something like […]
Westminster Bookstore has launched eBooks (as we did at Banner of Truth recently), and has some crazy bargains going on at the moment. Â You can add some high quality material to your ebook collection for just $10. Here are my top five recommendations: 1. Systematic Theology by John Frame This is one of the best […]
My reformissionary brother Steve set a small corner of the Internet on fire the other day with this tweet: Teach your children they are broken. Deeply broken. — Steve McCoy (@stevekmccoy) July 1, 2013 This set off a chain of tweets, Facebook messages, and blog posts, from alleged Christians who called him abusive or worse. […]
Today when watching Cinderella for approximately the 347th time, my 3.5 year old daughter asked me about the wicked stepsisters: “Daddy, why do they do bad things?” What an excellent question! I paused for a moment, gathering my thoughts on how to communicate to a three year old the psychological factors of bad parenting, possible […]