Prayer
Puritan Activities to Encourage Spiritual Growth
At this time of year, it is appropriate to remember our spiritual (and perhaps physical) forefathers. New England’s first white settlers were those who separated from the worldy Church of England (Separatists). These “Pilgrims” landed in 1620. Another group tried to purify the worldy Church of England (Puritans). But a mere ten years later, the colony [...]
Spurgeon on His Father’s Prayers for Him
I know that the words of my father with me alone, when he prayed for me, and bade me pray for myself,—not to use any form of prayer, but to pray just as I felt, and to ask from God what I felt that I really wanted,—left an impression upon my mind that will never be erased. – [...]
Around the Web
Analog Parents of Digital Children – Al Mohler comments on the recent New York Times article about media issues our kids are facing. Key sentence from Mohlner - Parents of adolescents and young people cannot afford to be stuck in an analog world with outdated expertise, even as their offspring are digital natives living in an [...]
Are You Praying Together Regularly?
For some reason, church-going couples have compartmentalized their religious life and their marriage life. The two may never meet. So if we are having marriage conflicts, often the last thought is, “Have we prayed about it together?” But praying together is in fact a balm for many of our problems and an inoculation for many [...]
Love and Wisdom
As I attend conferences on the family, I continue to be with teachers presenting the virtues of wisdom. Teaching wisdom is attractive to me because I do not want to my children to make the same foolish mistakes I made. But in this reemphasis on wisdom, let us not overlook a complementary trait that is [...]
