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Michael Boling – The Bright Lights of the Big City
There is a certain allure to the ways of the world. As the old saying goes, people are attracted to the bright lights of the big city because that is where the action is located. Of course the action...
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Seth McBee – Simple Ways to Teach Your Kids to Follow Jesus
One of the questions we get many times at the GCM Collective is, “What about kids? How do you have time to disciple your children during all this mission stuff, and what does it look like?” I have...
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones – Nurture and Admonition (Ephesians 6:4)
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 If we are to carry out the Apostle’s injunction…we must sit back for a...
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Michael Boling – Parents: Avoid the Pick Your Battles Temptation
Before we adopted our daughter, my wife and I were often provided the parental advice of knowing when to pick your battles. It was stated to us that not every battle is worth fighting meaning in...
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Jason Van Bemmel – What Our Children Need from Us
What do our children really need from us as their parents? Some of the needs of our children change as they grow and some remain the same. Knowing these needs – both the ones that change and the ones...
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Michael Boling – Keeping Your Lips From Deceit
Psalm 34:13 – Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. One of those parenting moments you hope never happens but know it will came knocking at our door recently. We discovered...
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Michael Boling – Apologetics in the Home (Deut. 6:6-9)
“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and...
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Michael Boling – Lessons From the World of Parenting
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your...
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Jason Helopoulos – The Uniqueness of Christian Parenting
There is something wonderfully unique about Christian parents. Christian parents seek to maintain a counter-cultural flavor even as we seek to prepare our children for entrance into that culture as...
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Tim Challies – Before the Birds and the Bees
Somebody thinks I ought to begin my day with porn. On Sunday I opened my inbox early in the day and found an image of a naked woman waiting for me there — not exactly how I wanted to begin my Lord’s...
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Joseph Franks – The Nurture and Admonition of Lucifer
It is highly offensive and dangerous for one to complacently and rebelliously live in sin before the Holy God. According to the Bible, God is angry with such wicked individuals each and every day. His...
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John Piper – Ten Biblical Truths on the Obedience of Children
Two years ago, I must have struck a nerve with the article “Parents, Require Obedience of Your Children.” It has proved to be one of our most visited resources. In view of that, I thought it might be...
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Joel Littlefield – Shaping Your Child’s Discipline With Biblical Doctrine
Raising children is a matter of discipleship and good stewardship. We have a short time as parents to impart the tools, wisdom and basic skills that are necessary for their adult life. But one thing...
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Michael Boling – Thoughts on Godly Discipline and Instruction from Proverbs...
My son, heed the discipline of your father, and do not abandon the teaching of your mother; they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9 (CJB) This passage...
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Adam McLendon – Teaching Our Children God-Honoring Sexuality
Exposure to sexual content is inevitable in today’s society. In addition to this reality, if you have any desire to raise your child in a Christ-honoring way, then it is necessary to deal with the...
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David Mathis – Good Parents Connect, Not Just Correct
Parenting can quickly become a reactionary calling. From our earliest days as mommy or daddy, we’re summoned by piercing cries for food and attention. Other callings in life are regularly interrupted...
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Richard Phillips – 4 Ways to Reach a Child’s Heart
ip Not just any fatherly involvement can reach the hearts of our children. To really open up a child’s heart, a father must observe the work-and-keep model of Genesis 2:15. There must be the working —...
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Liz Wann – A Letter to My Sons About Pornography
My Dear Sons, The eye beholds much good and evil in this life. Beholding leads to becoming. What we continually put before our eyes and minds will shape and determine who we are. Images either tell...
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Kevin DeYoung – Seven Principles for Angry Parents Disciplining Angry Children
I hate to admit that the title of this blog post too often describes my household. I never (or at least it seems that way to me) lose my temper with my wife, my staff, or my congregation. But sadly, I...
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John Angell James – The Duties of Children to their Parents
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—”that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life...
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