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Tag Archives: bible
Books to Read & Discuss With Your Teens
Recently, I’ve shared books to read your little kids for family worship and books to help you teach your kids the faith. Now, I’d like to share some great books to read with your teens to deepen your relationship with … Continue reading
5 Bad Pieces of Advice We Give Teens
I think most of us would like to help the youths of our day grow in wisdom, but sometimes our little nuggets of advice aren’t actually helpful. Occasionally, our sagely counsel, though thoroughly well-intentioned, ends up hamstringing them. In my … Continue reading
3 Discipleship Resources for Your Kids
Last week I shared some illustrated children’s books my kids have loved and learned key gospel truths from as we’ve read them together. After writing that, I thought to share a few excellent biblical and theological resources to help parents … Continue reading
Advice I Gave to Parents When I Didn’t Have Kids
I wrote this 10 years ago when I didn’t have any kids, but it’s actually good because it isn’t born out of my very limited experience, but by what Scripture says. Though I have changed much in ten years, these … Continue reading
Illustrated Children’s Books for Discipling Your Kids
Discipling your children in the Christian faith is the most important responsibility of parents (Deut. 6:1-4). By all means, give your kids necessary goods like food, clothes, and shelter. Lavish on them good gifts of toys, vacations, and entertainment. Guide … Continue reading
What Is the “Good Life”?
I gave this commencement address to the Independent Learning Academy’s graduating class of 2022. I want to begin by reminding you of what you’ve done to get here today. That is a lot of sacrifice, a lot hard work, and … Continue reading
How the Bible is Like & Unlike Every Other Book
Kevin Vanhoozer: (The Bible) is like every other book because it has human authors. It is unlike every other book because (1) it has God for its ultimate author; (2) it has God (Jesus Christ) as its ultimate content; (3) … Continue reading
Why I Believe the Bible is God’s Word
Although there are many more reasons, John Stott does a good job summing up the main reason I believe God is the ultimate author of the Bible: because Jesus believed it. To accept the authority of the Bible is a … Continue reading
The Bible Cannot Be a Merely Human Book
Archibald Alexander: If any man can bring himself, after an impartial examination of the Scriptures, to believe that they were written by unprincipled impostors, then he may believe that an untutored savage might construct a naval warship; that a child … Continue reading
For Simpletons, Scholars, Lambs, & Elephants
Michael Barret: God has made enough of His Word so crystal clear that only blind and blatant disbelief will not understand. He has made enough of His Word so deep that even the most faithful must depend on His enlightenment, … Continue reading
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