There’s no question our lives have been a little out of sorts lately. We have seen the articles and heard the news. We have seen the hardship of so many around us and have watched the disappointment in our kids—first school, then activities, then an abnormal summer and now massive uncertainty with the fall approaching.
Teaching Our Kids to Look to the Gospel in the Midst of Hate
The unrest, hate, and division we see in our world is cry for help. It's a cry for hope. But there is no legislation, no erasure of history, or admittance of privilege that will satisfy our culture's longing for goodness, truth, and beauty. Only the Gospel can do that.
Your Students Need an Intellectual Faith Too. Here’s Why…And How.
A strong intellectual faith, coupled with parents’ and students’ desire for emotional moments, became the beginning of a formula that I soon required anywhere I taught. I had four specific goals I was after to make my students more mature Christians who think “Christianly”:
What if Our Coronavirus Self-Isolating Created a Better Normal?
We all want this virus thing to end and life to return to normal. I just hope when we return, we return to a new normal, a better normal.
Maybe The Most Important Conversation in Your Students’ Spiritual Transformation
Recognizing the lordship of Jesus and the desire to be holy means first to recognize one’s need for Jesus in the first place. If our students can’t properly recognize the presence of sin in the world and in their lives, then what need do they have for Jesus?