"Bryson, what are you thinking? Why would you do that? Stop tackling your sister; she obviously doesn’t like it! Amaya, STOP whining! Use your words!” I don’t want to admit how often my parenting looks something like this and has been void of any real parenting. I naturally approach discipline attempting [...]
Children are sponges. Research has proven it, and we know this by experience. We all have songs, chants, and facts we learned as children that are forever imprinted on our brains. As faulty as our memories become as we age, those imprints from youth remain. This is why catechism is [...]
In the little years of our parenting, my husband worked especially long hours. He would get up for some Bible time and exercise in the wee hours, and then he was out the door for work well before the kids woke up. In the evenings, he was often home just [...]
This excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Josh Bales on 5/12/19 comes from 2 Peter 3:11-14. To listen to the entire sermon, please visit our resource page. “Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.” 2 Peter 3:14 [...]
My children thrive in routine. For us, that means after a weekend full of irregularity, Mondays are always full of madness. It seems that on Mondays, more than any other day of the week, my children need constant correction. And this on a day when I’m trying to get my [...]
This excerpt from the sermon on 3/31/19 comes from 2 Peter 3:1-2 where Pastor Josh explained to us why the Christian needs to remember, how they need to remember it, and what they are to remember. To listen to the entire sermon, please visit our resource page. “This is now the second letter [...]
I am so grateful that the Lord put me in a home where my dad regularly led us in family worship growing up. I know that this is not the norm for most people today. The family is being more and more torn apart. Not only in terms of redefining [...]
This is an excerpt from the sermon on 2/10/19 where Pastor Josh explained and contrasted Secular Christianity to True Christianity. To listen to the entire sermon, please visit our resource page. Sermon Text: 2 Peter 2:10-12 What is True Christianity? True Christianity is the miracle of new life. We can’t earn [...]
This is an excerpt from the sermon on 2/3/19. To listen to the entire sermon, please visit our resource page. Sermon Text: 2 Peter 2:1-9 We will now attempt to look at 2 Peter 2 as a whole, to see if we can discern the hope that the Apostle Peter is holding out [...]
Augustine: “Man is one of your creatures, Lord, and his instinct is to praise you…he wishes to praise you. The thought of you stirs him so deep that he cannot be content unless he praises you, because you made us for yourself and our hearts find no rest until they [...]
