There is a common phrase used in our modern church that must be discontinued immediately. It is a phrase used with good intention; however, this phrase could not be any more detrimental to the church as a whole. This phrase is causing us to lose members, and this phrase is stifling growth. You would think [...]
Last week I published an article on the church’s expectation of teens (read it here). This week I want to look at the role of parents. Like the church, the family, was established by God. Like the church, it plays a role in the development of disciples. When the church and family have the same [...]
As time goes by, the numbers of Christian teens falling away continue to climb. One of the main causes of the problem is that we expect so little from the youth in the church. If a teen comes to worship and class periods and makes it to some of the youth group activities, we consider [...]
The Bible has very little to say about “dating” because people in ancient times didn’t really date. Marriages were usually contracted by the fathers of the parties involved or representatives of the fathers. The servant of Abraham went to the people of the city of Haran and brought back a wife for Isaac. Isaac did [...]
I think it is fairly safe to say that there are some pretty unintelligent people in this world. Now obviously I am not talking about anybody reading this post, but I think we can all think of times that we have been pretty thoughtless. Well, I bet none of those moments were as bad as [...]