It is easy to despair when we realize how far we fall short as husbands, wives, fathers and mothers. Below is an excerpt from Eugene Peterson’s book Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up with Your Teenager (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998). It has been a source of tremendous encouragement for me … Continue reading Take Courage! There Are No Exemplary Families in the Bible
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Grace to Fulfill Our Parental Calling #3
Parents worthy of honor engage in the ancient practice of blessing their children. Like Jacob (Israel) of old, fathers have a power to pronounce a blessing upon their children that will impact many generations to come (cf. Gen. 48:15; 49:25-26). Generally, this type of blessing takes the form of a prayer to God. For example, … Continue reading Grace to Fulfill Our Parental Calling #3
Grace to Fulfill Our Parental Calling #1
The purpose of this post is crystallized in the last verse of the Old Testament. Malachi 4:6, reminds us that one of the purposes of the forerunner to the Messiah, was to “turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers..." The only other alternative set … Continue reading Grace to Fulfill Our Parental Calling #1
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