This year we assembled a set of books for parents to read through with their teenagers. Some of these are heavy theologically, others more practical. It opens with a basic set of recommendations, and then it follows with contributions from a number of our singles. Their insights and remembrances add a great deal to what [...]
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Books for Christian Teenagers (for discipleship)
Posted in Books, Devotional Life, Parenting on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Memorizing Scripture in 2008
Posted in Bible, Devotional Life on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The benefits of implanting Scripture into our memories — typically filled with too many thoughts of high school mistakes, the current events of yesterday that have become irrelevant, the various canons of statistics that our hobbies require — are numerous. Perhaps one of the greatest is that we are armed with weapons with which we [...]
“A desolate place…” Part 2: A guide
Posted in Devotional Life, Heart Change, Sanctification on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last month at New Attitude we spent time each morning thinking about devotions, pulling away to that “desolate place” to encounter God through his word and prayer. Somewhere someone produced a “devotional guide” that was very helpful in providing a useful pattern for engaging God.
It begins (#1 below) by praying for God’s help in seeing what is [...]
“A desolate place…” Part 1: Our Need
Posted in Devotional Life, Sanctification on June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are seasons of life where 2 minutes without an appointment, an email, a phone call, or some other responsibility seems like yelling “Time out!” in the middle of a Civil War battle. How do we respond in the rough and tumble of life, when our schedules and relationships come like wave upon wave upon [...]
