The family that worships together, stays together—this quirky little phrase is packed with truth. The triune God of creation and redemption works through families. This is true in both testaments of the Christian church. But unlike a quickly turned phrase, the family . . . Continue reading →
Family Life
When Christians Forget Nature And Grace
As our son grew older, my husband and I grappled with the issue of discipline. Despite our best efforts, he did not seem to change his behavior in response to our instruction. When we explained to him, “If you eat this, you . . . Continue reading →
Ray Of Hope: Parents With Inconvenient Truths About Trans
We are writing with some concerns about our child’s experience in school around the issue of gender. We understand this is a challenging and controversial topic in schools, and respect that different children and their families have different needs and beliefs regarding gender . . . Continue reading →
Who Is Causing Little Ones To Stumble?
According to numerous polls, many children of believers in Europe and North America are leaving the church once they reach young adulthood. Older Christians do not need polls to tell them this. It is evident in the pews. When we think about . . . Continue reading →
Practical Tips For Family Worship
It’s one of the most basic things that a Christian family does—or should do. And yet there are many Christian parents who’ve just never been taught. They might be new Christians, or perhaps they grew up in a church-going family that was . . . Continue reading →
Do Christian Men Have More Of The Holy Spirit Than Christian Women?
Christian men do not have more of the Holy Spirit than do Christian women. Continue reading
Of Razors, Corporate Responsibility, Virtue Signaling, And “Toxic Masculinity” (2)
In the first part of this essay I critiqued the new Gillette ad mainly from nature (creation). There are certain inalienable, natural truths built into the nature of things. One of those is that males are biologically, sexually, psychologically, and socially different . . . Continue reading →
Of Razors, Corporate Responsibility, Virtue Signaling, And “Toxic Masculinity”
Gillette, a subsidiary of the multi-national corporation, Procter and Gamble (P&G), has released a controversial new ad ostensibly exercising the new ethos of corporate responsibility to instruct men as to what genuine masculinity is and how they ought to behave. If the . . . Continue reading →
Big Fat Nanny State
Okay, we’re living in a big fat nanny state. That’s a euphemism, though. The reality is that central planners have always viewed a child’s first teachers of self-reliance—mothers and fathers—as enemies of the State. The less people learn about basic life skills . . . Continue reading →
Don’t Wait Until Your Father Gets Home
It’s past time to talk sensibly about spanking. Parents in this country seems living under a double oppression: (1) the unfounded notion that spanking may damage the psyche of their children; (2) fear of being reported to the child welfare authorities for . . . Continue reading →