Growing in Grace: Aging is Inevitable

Growing in Grace: Aging is Inevitable

Dec 11, 2013 | Family

The aches and pains that often accompany the aging process can be so frustrating. I heard a humorous story once about a man who told his doctor, “Doctor, my right knee is bothering me. It hurts all the time.” The doctor examined the knee and said, “Well, Tom, I’m...
Everything I Know About Raising Kids

Everything I Know About Raising Kids

Dec 4, 2013 | Christian Living, Family, The Bible

I joked recently that part of being a father of seven is realizing you don’t know a thing about raising children. There’s some truth to that, but as I’ve shared in my last two blogs, the scriptures can teach us a lot about what it means to be a parent. Here are five...
Parenting Through Scripture: God and His Children

Parenting Through Scripture: God and His Children

Nov 27, 2013 | Family, The Bible

The language of family is used throughout scripture, and we can learn a lot about parenting by looking at the ways in which God interacts with us, his children. God as Father in Hosea There’s a very tender passage in Hosea 11 that speaks of God as Father. The prophet...
Parenting Through Scripture: The Shema

Parenting Through Scripture: The Shema

Nov 21, 2013 | Christian Living, Family, The Bible

In my next few blogs, I’m going to tell you everything I know about raising children. Sue and I used to joke that when we had no children, we had seven theories on how to raise children. Then we had seven children, and now we have no theories. There’s some truth to...