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"What ever happened to the pursuit of happiness?" asks a recent Starbucks ad for the mint mocha frappuccino. Not too long ago, I was out of town with my family, visiting some extended family. They live in a small town that has been overtaken by big city dwellers seeking a personal pleasure island. After seeing …
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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day journey (minus Sundays) toward Easter. Often you see people walking around with a dark smudge of ashes on their forehead. It is a sign of our mortality; "that we are dust" (Psalm 103:14) and to dust we shall return. Lent is so much more than a …
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Take 5 minutes and 19 seconds to watch this parable about the church, our supernatural God, and a big red tractor with Francis Chan. You will not regret it. [Update: March 2010 - unfortunately, this Vimeo clip was altered sometime recently. I have re-embedded the video here: Little Red Tractor from South Georgia Church of …
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This continues the post from yesterday "5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family." Practice 4: Worship together on the weekend. Now it may seem unnecessary to even say this, but a practical way to encourage your children to know God is to come to worship in community every week. If you want your kids to learn …
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 If there is one thing that should you do for your children it is this: help them to know God and become followers of Christ. That is the bottom line. This is an incredibly …
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