HBU Charge to the Graduates: December 2013 [Video]

This video was recorded on December 14, 2013 at Houston Baptist University. Related Blogs: Hope in the Midst of Darkness Are you a beacon of hope in the world? How To Prepare for College Graduation

A New Way of Life: Why You Do What You Do [Video]

This video was recorded at Kingsland Baptist Church on November 10, 2013. Related Blogs: What does it mean to walk in the newness of life? Psalm 24: Clean Hands and a Pure Heart Philippians 1: Participating in the Gospel

Everything I Know About Raising Kids

Everything I Know About Raising Kids

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

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

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...

Hold Fast [Video]

This video was recorded on October 20, 2013 at Kingsland Baptist Church.