Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’
A Christian Father
Ben Strohbehn A father was one day teaching his little boy what manner of man a Christian is. When the lesson was finished, the father was stunned when the boy asked, “Daddy, have I ever seen a Christian?” Undoubtedly many children today are asking this same question of their own fathers. So let’s face it,…
Read MoreBeing a Good Mother
Sarah Overmiller Being a mother is the greatest job on earth. Long nights calming a croupy cough or cleaning up after a flu bug are certainly not fun, but I still love being a mommy. When things get messy or chaotic, I try to reflect on what my children really need from me. Here are…
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Thomas Overmiller A man who has children is a father, but a man who takes responsibility to meets the needs of his children is a good father. So what do children need from a father? They need a provider, encourager, teacher, and spiritual leader. That’s what we learn about good fathers from Ephesians 6:4. And,…
Read MoreVibrant Faith, Believing Children
Don Johnson One of the most distressing experiences any Christian parent can have is to watch as their child abandons the faith of their youth. These tragedies are not far from any of us – names and faces immediately come to mind. The experience may be so common as to seem that this is the…
Read MoreParents Disciple Your Children
The Eclectic Web We noticed several articles in recent days relating to parenting, communicating faith to children, the faith (or lack of it) of young people raised in Christian homes. We are planning for some articles on the subject next week, but for now we’d like to point you to some of the articles that…
Read MoreHigher Education and Our Daughters
Dr. Kevin Schaal It has been 12 years now since I wrote this article. The little girls mentioned are now 23 and 20. Rosemary works as an RN at a local hospital. Emily is in her sophomore year of college as a Math Education major. When I look into the faces of our two daughters,…
Read MoreReview: Give Them Grace, Fitzpatrick and Thompson
Book review of Give Them Grace by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson, Crossway, 2011 Review by David Potter Do we really need another book on child rearing, especially one that seems from the title to give children liberty at the expense of discipline? Especially when one of the authors lists as credit on the…
Read MoreA Christian Father’s Self-Examination
Bud Talbert G.Campbell Morgan (1863–1945), a great Congregational preacher, once said: “What I want my children to be, that I am!” The father’s example is his instruction. The following series of questions is designed to help a Christian father evaluate his paternal effectiveness. After you have honestly and earnestly asked yourself these questions, then ask…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013/05/06
It has been some weeks since we’ve taken our eclectic wandering around the world wide web. I’ve accumulated a number of articles that might be of interest to our readers, so today I thought we should take the time to organize and post them. Topics: Parenting – are we over-doing it with protecting our kids?…
Read MoreAround the Web–10/4/12
Quite an array of articles caught my eye this week. They may be of interest to you: Another study undermines feminist stereotype of women who kill From the Canadian paper, the National Post, columnist Barbara Kay offers an interesting point of view, countering feminist assumptions. As far as I know, Barbara Kay writes from a…
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