This-from Jana Alexander “Just a note: if you haven’t read my previous post, then read that one first! I wanted to provide some application for my previous post “Elijah: Man of Death and Resurrection”. Elijah represented Israel. He is a picture on legs of what God was doing with the nation of Israel as a [...]
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Elijah-Prophet of Death and Resurrection Part I
This-from my wife Jana: I have been studying 1 Kings lately, and have discovered some interesting things. I thought I would share some of those findings with you! The first is about Elijah, and after studying him more, I am so glad we named our first son after him. One of the things I noticed [...]
Parenting reminder
”Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6 Too often this verse is taken to mean something like: Spank my child like a perfectionist machine.. Make him eat all his vegetables and organics.. Make him comb his hair and sit [...]
Best short piece (incredibly beautiful/practical) on God the One in Three
Best poem I’ve read outside of Scripture is Doug Jone’s “Catapoem,” which is a catechism on the Holy Trinity done in a poetic form. You must read it-http://credenda.org/ Volume 17 number 4. Part of it is upside down to mess with your head, you’ll have to print it.
God made us for hard work
There is a lazy strain in all of us. I think we shy away from encouraging others to work hard because we’re always afraid that it will sound like we’re exhorting to “works-based-righteousness.” Some Christians are so concerned that we will obey in this mindset that they see “works” under every rock and leaf. I [...]
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
“Life is bigger It’s bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no I’ve said too much I set it up That’s me in the corner That’s me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I [...]
Parenting Teens Part VIII
This is for the young ones: Okay Mr. and Ms. Fancy Pants.. I love ya, and I gotta tell you something. You need to listen and honor your parents instruction. Â Your parents don’t do everything right and this tempts you to not trust in their words in other areas, I know. Â But can I ask [...]
Parenting Teens Part VII
In my last post I laid out some of the theological emphases in our circles. Â We don’t have a truncated and narrow-minded Christian tradition. Â A Christian and classical education is one of the things I failed to list, but alas the post was getting long. Â In parenting teenagers, we want to raise them in such [...]
Parenting Teens Part VI
In Chapter 4 Tripp quipps, “I am convinced that we miss these dynamic moments (to instruct) because we don’t know what to talk about. Â Our Christianity often becomes fuzzier the closer it gets to real-life, everyday experience. Â So we clumsily throw out-of-context Bible passages at our children in the hope that they will somehow motivate [...]
Parenting Teens Part V
Chapter 3 in Tripp’s book is about, “The Family: Â God’s primary learning community.” Â He says, “What does it mean to say that children think? Â It means that children will seek to make sense out of life. Â They will try to organize, interpret, and explain the things that go on around them and inside of them. [...]