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Generations
Building Strong Inter-Generational Connections
Generations is my attempt to address those things in life that can either divide us or unite us generation to generation. The truth is the we need one another, and it’s time to focus on those things we have in common rather than focusing on what is different about us.
Embracing God’s “Two-Family” Plan: Part 1 of 4
A Biblical Perspective of Family I suspect most followers of Christ would agree that one of Satan’s top strategies for disrupting God’s purposes is to attack and unravel the family. Family has always been God’s primary means for passing on faith and making disciples...
Moving from an Age-Isolated to an Age-Integrated Church
[It is my honor to introduce you to Dr. Lawson Murray who has graciously allowed us to reprint this article he wrote earlier for his Children's Ministry Basics website for Scripture Union Canada. Dr. Murray's article will launch us into our topic for this month about...
Where Are You on the Awe and Wonder Scale?
“This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:12 It seems illogical--God choosing to enter our world through the normal process of human birth. Actually, it was a not-so-normal birth through a virgin conceived...
Shouldn’t Church Be Exciting?
I remember when Bill Gaither’s song, Get All Excited, was a foot-stompin’, energetic new gospel...
Can Your Mess Be Your Message?
Like Moses, I have often said to the Lord, “Who am I, Lord, to challenge other grandparents to...
It’s Just a Different Generation!
The generation gap so much discussed in the 60’s is still alive and well. I often hear...
False Assumptions
John Stonestreet, Senior Content Advisor for Summit Ministries and Fellow with the Chuck Colson...
Great Cloaks of Fire!
I recently wrote about NOT passing the baton since as long as we are alive we are still in the...
Trust: The Generational Link
We were sitting on our bunk beds at a men’s retreat—several younger men in their 30’s, and a...