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The following is adapted from a short sermon I gave at a child-dedication service on Mother’s Day. Introduction Many think that there is a recipe to get your children into the Kingdom of God.  “Maybe if I just protect them enough from the world they will be good,” some may reason. The problem is that
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“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.” – Romans 12:13 As I mentioned in my last post on discipling parents in small groups, there have been 55 babies born in our church in just the last three years alone. God in his grace has brought many young people and young
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At the Small Group Leader Lunch ‘n Learn this past Sunday, we had a conversation as leaders about how we can better disciple parents—especially new and young parents—in our church. The largest demographic in our church outside of university students is young families. Just in the last three years, there have been 55 babies born
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I’m writing this mainly to the fathers of the church.  I am concerned about the ministries of our church that your children attend, namely the children and youth ministries.  I am not worried about the curriculum.  It is elder-approved and biblical through and through.  I am not fretting over the quality of the policies that
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As part of our after supper routine, my wife and I have started teaching our children Christian hymns.  I see it as beneficial in so many ways, and here I share a few of those ways: First, it is unifying.  There is something unifying about singing together.  Think of the solidarity fans share at a
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