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What motivates you to give? Let’s say that you are watching TV one evening and you see a commercial that shows a hungry child. You are drawn into that scene, and cannot easily forget it. You are moved into... Continue Reading »
As teachers set up their classrooms for a positive new academic year, they carefully post the “rules” for classroom behavior. But research suggests that it is parentswho actually have the greatest impact on a child’s school success. Perhaps parents... Continue Reading »
“I wish my husband was more like you.” It is a frightening sentence I have heard in one form or another multiple times throughout my ministry. Sometimes it is worded differently, say, if it comes from a single woman... Continue Reading »
Like any job, teaching has its challenges, but for those truly called to this profession, the joys, surprises and satisfaction make the challenges worthwhile. For the Christian teacher in a public school, the joys are multiplied when the practice... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: What follows is an abbreviated version of a much lengthier analysis of the “Great Commission Resurgence” document adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention five years ago. To read the full article, which addresses each major component of... Continue Reading »
When I was a boy of 8 or 9, my parents drove us to Selma, Ala., to pick up some supplies for our family farm, which was located in the nearby town of Marion. We walked by a drugstore... Continue Reading »
I was born with a special condition shared by many men (like 1 out of 100). It is technically called green-red dichromatic vision, or color blindness. My parents were somewhat familiar with the condition because of my mom’s brothers.... Continue Reading »
As evangelical Christians, we dissent from the court’s ruling that redefines marriage. The state did not create the family, and should not try to recreate the family in its own image. We will not capitulate on marriage because biblical... Continue Reading »
The writer of Hebrews said, “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions... Continue Reading »
I’m proud to say that I grew up in a church that did Vacation Bible School and did it BIG! We started rehearsing for the VBS drama right after Easter and decorating began before school even let out for... Continue Reading »
Some Christian parents wonder how to explain to their small children the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. How does one teach about the law and the controversy without exposing one’s children to more than they can handle? First... Continue Reading »
Christianity is dying. At least that’s what major newspapers are telling us today, culling research from a new Pew Research Center study on what almost all sociologists are observing these days — the number of Americans who identify as... Continue Reading »
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