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Mothers–Estate Makers, Dominion Takers!
I’m excited about this post, but like many others, I have so many different, interlocking thoughts, that I know it will be a challenge to say things clearly. Bear with me! Yesterday I read an article–ART IN OUR LIVES, to the kids. (I highly recommend you print if off and read it–WOW!) I got so…
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Legalism, Again
We’ve been here before; the discussion of legalism. Legalism is the catch word now days meant to tear down any shred of conviction or standards in the believer’s life. Something came to me that I wanted to share… I’ve noticed a common tendency, one I think is a big problem, among the legalist-accusing folks. ALMOST…
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If The Bible Doesn’t Say It: Nutshell Version
It’s hard to read a really long post…I’m painfully aware of that in all my verbosity 😉 So, I thought I’d TRY to do a “nutshell” version of the last post. Mr. Phillips was basically saying that it is a dangerous theology to conclude that where the Bible doesn’t speak explicitly on an issue, that…
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Teaching Children Character
Character–it’s who a person is when no one is looking. Or when they are, take your pick. A man or woman of character will be the same in or out, exposed or hidden. If I’ve learned anything while raising my children, I’ve learned IT’S HARD WORK! And constant work. This is not a neat little…
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Conversation About TV: Let’s Face It
I’m always suspicious of “gradual change”…like the frog in slowly heating water. I guess I’m old-fashioned that way? So in one way it seems silly what I’m about to say. And yet by the evidence around me, maybe not so much. Don’t lose the habit of talking to each other–your husband, your children, your friends–face…
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Nakedness Offends Me
A lot of times I just say things before I realize I’ve said them…but this time I didn’t regret it later. My husband treated us to dinner at a local restaurant last night. Imagine the place is divided into two rooms, with a half wall in the middle. One side is the bar, and the…
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Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge
This weekend, as I have deeply pondered the last several posts, and the resulting comments, I have so many different concerns, thoughts and directions that are simultaneously connected. Makes for a “blog-block”! But the one prevailing thing, the one magnanimously profound thing that I see as an uncompromising tenet of Christian parenting, is that we be…
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Children, Discipline, Biblical Answers
The comments/questions raised in the last post are precisely why it is SO vital that we keep our worldview in check with Scripture. Our worldview affects every area of life, including raising children. I could write a book here, but I’ll try not 😉 The “free-grace movement” akin to or also called the “Emergent Church”,…
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Parenting With A Biblical Worldview
Parenting with a biblical worldview is our basic command regarding our part of bringing up children, while theirs is “to obey and honor” parents. This is our Deuteronomy 6 instructions. Faithful, intentional pointing our children to their Creator daily. It becomes much easier to impart biblical counsel into the hearts of our children when they…
