Involving Children in Service
The following excerpt from The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson really resounded with me this morning: I believe Jesus will hold each of us responsible for the stewardship of the good news he has given us. If we are to succeed in our calling of raising children with hearts for God, then we must...
Platt and Dever on Disciple-Making Disciples
Here are two helpful videos of David Platt and Mark Dever discussing important truths of disciple-making. Dever speaks of this often, but he mentions again in the first video that the reason many don’t make disciples is because they’re not really Christians. This is so important to consider. He also gives very practical advice on...
What if…?
The Holy Spirit has been teaching me so many things lately, I hardly have time to process them all. Right now, it’s 3:00 in the morning and my mind is racing with questions. Here they are, with some of the scriptures that prompted them. What if we really took God at His Word, face value?...
Grace in Parenting
I have often struggled with exactly how to find balance as a parent when it comes to administering discipline and bestowing grace. Oftentimes I lean much too heavily on one side or the other. I’m currently reading Sally Clarkson’s book The Ministry of Motherhood, and the study and discussion questions at the end of the...
Ramblings Of a Negligent Blogger
Well I haven’t written on here in a while, mainly because of this new venture that the Lord is taking my family on. We left our wonderful church in Michigan mid-December to become the Young Adults Pastor at The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee. The past few months have been incredibly busy, emotionally stressful, but...
Martyrdom
I learned something new today. Our word martyr comes from the Greek term μάρτυς (martys), which is translated witnesses in Acts 1:8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the...
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