Parenting
What Are You Modeling To Your Kids?
Earlier this week my wife and I were cleaning up after dinner in the kitchen. The kids were off doing their chores throughout the house. In that moment, I asked my wife, “Do you want to hear a new worship song I heard that I really like?” She gave her a assent so I told my pal Alexa to play the song. After the song was over, my wife said, “Great song!” That was the end of the conversation about…
Some Really Bad Parenting Advice
One of my favorite Christian fiction books is Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, which is a modern day take on The Screwtape Letters. Both of these are about a head demon writing to a lower demon with advice on how to minimize the effectiveness of a Christian. With both of these books in mind, I have written some new advice from Foulbreath, a head demon, to the lowly demon, Littlesnake. Dear Littlesnake, I want to continue to give you some foolproof methods to…
Seven Purposeful Activities To Help Your Children Walk With God
In the book, “The Art of Parenting,” Dennis and Barbara Rainey talk about seven purposeful activities that the parents can engage their children in to develop them into godly adults. Here are those seven activities: 1) Pray With Your Children. “When prayer becomes a way of life in your family, it teaches your children that: 1) prayer at its essence is faith that recognizes that God exists, 2) prayer acknowledges that God hears, 3) prayer believes that God cares, 4)…
A Prayer Strategy For Your Kids
Recently my wife and I had the privilege to attend a marriage conference and one of the speakers was Alex Kendrick, the writer of several great Christian movies like War Room, Overcomer, and Courageous. He has six kids, ranging from (about) ages 10 to 22 and he spoke on the topic of, “Raising Kids of Faith.” I was so encouraged and challenged by the message, so let me share part of what he talked about. One of his main points…
Two Good Books On Parenting
I have four children, so I am always on the lookout for good books on parenting. One of the things I am always interested in reading about is how to disciple kids and raise them to grow up to love God. Below are two books that have stood out on this topic. The first book I highly recommend is Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham. This is one of my favorite books on the subject. He focuses a lot on…
Quote on Parenting
Parents, do you praying for your children? Do you pray with them? In his book originally published in 1699, the Puritan Cotton Mather has some advice that is very applicable hundreds of years later… Parents, pray with your children, as well as for them. Family prayer must be maintained by all those parents, that would not have their children miss out on salvation, and that would not have the damnation of their children horribly fall upon themselves. Man, your family…