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The Great Crime: Reflections on Family, Suffering, and the Armenian Genocide (Guest Post)
Read more: The Great Crime: Reflections on Family, Suffering, and the Armenian Genocide (Guest Post)This year on the 24th of April, Armenia remembers the 97th anniversary of the displacing of 250 influential Armenian citizens from the Ottoman capital city in 1915. This event was the pivotal beginnings of what would be later called the Armenian Genocide. During the Genocide, which took place from 1915 to 1923, Turks massacred two…
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Parents: To Love Your Children, Love God First (Guest Post)
Read more: Parents: To Love Your Children, Love God First (Guest Post)There has seeped into the church culture a “new normal” with regard to children “growing up Christian.” I say “new normal” because I can only imagine it has not been this way in past generations of believers. Nothing in Scripture seems to support the idea that children growing up in a Christian home will “graduate…
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Foolishness is Bound up in the Heart of a Parent
Read more: Foolishness is Bound up in the Heart of a ParentIt’s time to make a significant difference in our homes; specifically with regard to the spiritual formation of our children. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, my wife and I are becoming expert empty-nesters. I believe we have a way to go before hitting the “veteran” level. But right now, we have adjusted to…
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Theological Paradigms for how to do “Family”
Read more: Theological Paradigms for how to do “Family”The older I’ve become, the more my interests have changed. Actually, let’s use a better word than changed. I’ll be a little audacious and say “matured.” Gone are the days where my thoughts and day-dreams were occupied pondering how to beat the boss of the Goron Mountain Dungeon in “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of…
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Biblical Manhood in Application: Are There Two Competing Visions for Biblical Manhood?
Read more: Biblical Manhood in Application: Are There Two Competing Visions for Biblical Manhood?Much of what I have been arguing for, or against, over the past couple of weeks has to do with what I believe is at the root of the misunderstanding surrounding proper applications of biblical manhood principles. I want to suggest that the biblical manhood movement puts crushing and often times unbiblical expectations on young…