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article | December 5, 2001

Inadequacies in teaching children to worship often take one of two forms. Sometimes children are presented with a vision of God without being given the opportunity to respond to the revelation. On the other hand, children are often asked to respond to …

article | October 6, 2016

The worship song "One Thing Remains" always has the same effect on me. It simultaneously picks some scabs that have been on my heart for a very long time and reminds me where to run for healing. Here's the part that gets …

article | April 30, 2013

Is your tongue on fire? No, I'm not talking about eating spicy food. I'm referencing our power to set things ablaze with the words that we say. I've been struggling a bit with guarding my words lately, so I pulled up this …

article | October 6, 2003

I remember talking years ago with a young mother who had a two-year-old child and one-year-old twins. She said with a sigh, “I was never an impatient person—until I had these twins!” This lady believed what most of us have believed at …

article | January 22, 2013

This post on boy craziness was one of our most popular posts ever. Maybe that's because it's loaded with truth from God's Word! By the way, if you want to hear the whole juicy story, look for Paula's book, Confessions of a …

article | June 24, 2019

Q: “Should I submit to my boyfriend?” One of the smart readers of this blog submitted this question to us recently. To be honest, it doesn’t come with an easy answer. On the one hand. . . since a boyfriend is not …

article | July 28, 2011

Getting my ears pierced was a big deal at my house. Despite years of begging, my mom made me wait until my tenth birthday. When I (finally) hit double digits, my mom planned a special trip to Walmart, where I picked out …

article | April 2, 2003

In 1990, Time magazine devoted an entire special issue to the subject of women. The eighty-six-page special issue chronicled the feminist revolution of the past generation. It included articles on such revolutionary developments as “the road to equality,” the psychology of growing …

article | March 9, 2018

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap (Gal. 6:7). Recently, a young female celebrity who was once a sweet-faced child star was in trouble (again) for being drunk. Magazines displayed photos of …

article | December 30, 2003

The curse of words includes words spoken by others (or even by yourself) that are intended to inflict harm or damage, to belittle you, or to wish you evil. Consider the example of David, cursed and belittled by Shimei, in 2 Samuel …