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Somehow we have come to believe that children are a burden instead of a blessing. If our churches are going to stem the tide of cultural and moral decay, we must change our disposition toward children. We decry the work of abortionists but seldom say a word to the intentionally childless couples who slay even the possibility of life in the womb.Family Driven Faith
More importantly, we cannot continue to use Caesar's methods in our Christian schools and expect a different outcome. Education is inseparable from discipleship (Luke 6:40).Family Driven Faith
Discipling our children is not about teaching them to behave in a way that won't embarrass us. We're working toward something much more important than that. We're actually raising our children with a view toward leading them to trust and to follow Christ.Family Shepherds, Ch 3
Our children are falling away because we are asking the church to do what God designed the family to accomplish.Family Driven Faith
We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they come home as Romans.Family Driven Faith
no matter how good things get in this world, it's all Egypt! There will never be enough gold chains, fine linen, praise, adoration, or anything else to satisfy the yearning that God has placed in us. Only his presence in the Land of Promise will satisfy his people.Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors: Reading an Old Story in a New Way
my family is the primary place where my walk with Christ takes on flesh. It is one thing for me to have a personal relationship with Jesus. However, if I spend hours reading the Bible and praying and invest the lion's share of my time ministering to others while neglecting my role as husband and father, my relationship with Christ is out of balance or, worse, inauthentic.Family Driven Faith
The 11th Commandment is 'Thou Shalt Be Nice,' and we don't believe the other Ten.
The wisest man in the Bible fell into sexual sin, the strongest man in the Bible fell to sexual sin, and the godliest man in the Bible fell to sexual sin. For me to think I'm above falling into this sin is to think that I'm wiser than Solomon, stronger than Samson, and godlier than King David.
Hell will be filled with people who didn't drink, didn't cuss, and may have even been baptized. Why? Because not one of those things make someone a Christian.
Folks, if we could lose our salvation, we would.
I am convinced that holding men accountable for the evangelism and discipleship of their families does more to motivate and engage them than any weekly Bible study ever could.Family Driven Faith
A family without a commitment to the God of the Bible has no hope of stemming the tide of cultural onslaught. If we mix a little biblical truth, a little secular psychology, a little romance novel ideology, and a little eastern mysticism, we will get a deadly mixture of lies. Unfortunately, this is exactly what many Christian families do. We do marriage according to Dr. Phil, raise our children according to Dr. Spock, govern our sex lives according to Dr. Ruth, and only run to Dr. Jesus when things have gotten so bad we can't find another doctor to help us.Family Driven Faith
If I teach my son to keep his eye on the ball but fail to teach him to keep his eyes on Christ, I have failed as a father.Family Driven Faith
If we refuse to forgive, we have stepped into dangerous waters. First, refusing to forgive is to put ourselves in the place of God, as though vengeance were our prerogative, not his. Second, unforgiveness says God's wrath is insufficient. For the unbeliever, we are saying that an eternity in hell is not enough; they need our slap in the face or cold shoulder to "even the scales" of justice. For the believer, we are saying that Christ's humiliation and death are not enough. In other words, we shake our fists at God and say, "Your standards may have been satisfied, but my standard is higher!" Finally, refusing to forgive is the highest form of arrogance. Here we stand forgiven. And as we bask in the forgiveness of a perfectly holy and righteous God, we turn to our brother and say, "My sins are forgivable, but yours are not." In other words, we act as though the sins of others are too significant to forgive while simultaneously believing that ours are not significant enough to matter.
I know senior pastors who have been voted into churches before their wives entered the door. How could we possibly be serious about elders modeling biblical family life to the benefit of their flock if an evaluation of the elder's home and family is never approached?Family Shepherds, 32-33
The argument that Jesus never addressed homosexuality isn't true. He addressed it in Matthew. You cannot separate Jesus from the Godhead. When God spoke it was Jesus speaking. When every book of the Bible is read, that is Jesus speaking.
if you throw it out and become a non-commandment person and you don't have the fourth Commandment then how do you justify having a moral obligation to treat your employees a certain way because whenever Paul or Peter talk about the treatment of servants? It is rooted and grounded in the morality of the fourth Commandment.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YOm0y5EEk
Would you discipline someone in your church who just showed up once a year? Would you allow them to still be members in your church, and if you discipline that person you're basically saying they're committing a sin. Sin has to be tied to a moral obligation how do you have a moral obligation without an ought without a commandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YOm0y5EEk
Folks why do we go to church every seven days as opposed to every 40. And this is especially my question to those people who abandon the reformed position and abandon The Ten Commandments as the Ten Commandments and abandon the fourth Commandmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YOm0y5EEk
Unfortunately, the idea of segregation is so ingrained in the minds of Christians in our culture that they cannot conceive of a church without age-graded Sunday school classes, children's church, and youth service on Wednesday night (and now on Sunday mornings in some places).Family Driven Faith
Walk into a family-integrated church, and the first thing you will notice is the presence of babies. We don't realize it, but we have been desensitized to the absence of babies. We're used to corporate worship being a largely adult affair. In fact, I preached in a church not long ago that had a sign up that read, "Please silence all cell phones, pagers, and children under four." In other words, "No babies, please!" Once you get over the inordinate number of babies, your attention will probably be drawn to the absence of a teen section in the sanctuary. What's more, you will notice that the teenagers are actually sitting with their families, and rather large families at that. It won't take long to realize that you're not in Kansas anymore. This is not your normal church gathering.Family Driven Faith
I believe the church's emphasis ought to be on equipping parents to disciple their children instead of doing it on their behalf. Family Driven Faith
It is not the job of the youth pastor to evangelize my child—that's my job. It is not the youth pastor's job to equip (disciple) my child—it's mine. And it is not the youth pastor's job to send my child out to engage the world; you guessed it—that's my job too.Family Driven Faith
Do everything in your power to place your child in an educational environment that supplements and facilitates their discipleship. Do everything in your power to avoid the influence of government schools that are incapable of bringing our children up in "the discipline and instruction of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4)Family Driven Faith
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