Brian Croft over at the “Practical Shepherding” blog has posted an excellent article on how a local church should minister to a convicted sexual offender in their congregation. Having supervised sexual offenders for several years as a probation officer prior to entering full-time ministry, this topic was of particular interest to me. I think a [...]
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How Do You Minister to Sexual Offenders in the Local Church???
Posted in Children's Ministry, Pastoral Ministry on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Problem of Evangelical Biblical Illiteracy – by David Nienhuis
Posted in Children's Ministry, Christian Life, Discipleship, Family, Hermeneutics, Homeschooling, Pastoral Ministry, Scripture on January 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I came across an article by David Nienhuis in the recent issue of Modern Reformation which I have read several times. In it, he addresses the issue of biblical illiteracy among modern evangelicals, particularly among young evangelicals. It is a very insightful article. Having spent several years working with young people in the local church, [...]
Does Your Child’s Cellphone Preach Another Gospel – by Russell Moore
Posted in Children's Ministry, Culture, Family, Homeschooling, Worldviews on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Russell Moore has some interesting (convicting?) thoughts on unrestricted and unmonitored cellphone usage among our children. Like virtually everything he writes, it is worth the time to read. Here is an excerpt… “The formation and discipline of children, after all, is built on the pattern of God’s fatherly discipline of his people (Heb 12:3-11), [...]
Church Growth Amish Style
Posted in Children's Ministry, Discipleship, Family, Homeschooling, Pastoral Ministry on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Gene Veith recently posted some interesting facts about growth among the Amish (they have grown 84% since 1992.) The majority of this growth is the result of high birthrates (on average, each Amish family has 5 children with 85% of these children remaining Amish.) The thrust of his post is the weakness among evangelicals [...]
John Piper on Spiritual Training in the Home
Posted in Children's Ministry, Family on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. John Piper has posted a brief description of how he has tried to train up his children spiritually. It is worth reading or listening to the audio. You can find it here http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/AskPastorJohn/ByTopic/104/3208/
Which is Central… the Family or the Church???
Posted in Children's Ministry, Ecclesiology, Family, Homeschooling, Pastoral Ministry on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I have said before on this blog, I am a homeschooling father. I take the biblical commands to evangelize and disciple my children seriously (i.e. Deut 6:4-9, Eph 6:4, etc.) In an attempt to accomplish these God-given responsibilities, my wife and I have made the choice to keep our children home for their education. [...]
Discipling Christian Children – By Rick Phillips
Posted in Children's Ministry, Family on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rick Phillips has an encouraging (and convicting) post over at the Reformation 21 blog regarding how to train up Christian children. You can find it here http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2008/08/discipling-christian-children-1.php
Problems With Children’s Ministry Curriculum
Posted in Children's Ministry, Family, Homeschooling, Pastoral Ministry on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. John Walton has put his finger on a significant problem in much curriculum used in children’s ministry… bad hermeneutics. According to Dr. Walton, some of the common hermeneutical errors in children’s curriculum are: 1) Promotion of the trivial. 2) Illegitimate extrapolation. 3) Reading between the lines. 4) Missing important nuance. 5) Focus on people [...]
