http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/expect-more-from-young-men What, then, are these young men doing with their lives? According to Hurst, they are playing video games. Leisure time, largely spent playing games on computers and consoles, doubled from the early 2000s to 2015. When Hurst relayed these statistics to Econtalk Podcast host Russ Roberts, Roberts could scarcely believe the numbers or accept the idea…
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/5-principles-for-disciplining-your-children Before having children, I worked for years as a camp counselor and as a teacher in a large public high school. Both arenas taught me the importance of discipline in a child’s development. Without structure and rules, summer camp would quickly devolve into some version of Lord of the Flies. Without order in the classroom, my…
No matter what we do culture is dictating to us. Whether we are watching movies or reading a book there are subtle or overt pressures being exerted on us from the world at large. Conform is the message, this is just how things are done if you want to be normal or cool or successful.…
Have you ever met a really self possessed person? A guy or gal who just knows who they are and who they are not and they are ok with it? A person who they have nothing particularly special about them but because they are so good with who they are and what they have that…
http://nyp.st/2bGS5oX Still, Susan couldn’t deny she was seeing changes in John. He started getting more and more focused on his game and losing interest in baseball and reading while refusing to do his chores. Some mornings he would wake up and tell her that he could see the cube shapes in his dreams. Although that…
Have you done this? You are in a church or watching Christian TV and the person speaking is giving their testimony – describing how they came to faith in Jesus Christ. If it has made it onto a stage or onto TV, it is usually something dramatic – they were dealing drugs or living life…
If you have read the Book of 1 Corinthians, you know that it is a book filled with some hard truths. The author, Paul the Apostle is writing a letter to the church in the ancient city of Corinth that he had founded a few years prior about some concerning news that had reached him. …
