By Tony Campolo, Let Me Tell You a Story, page 88, © 2000    A study done on mothers around the world asked the question, “What do you want your children to be when they grow up?”  Mothers in Japan almost always answered, “We want our children to be successful.”  The result is that […]
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By Eric Metaxas, June 22, 2016 blog at:  http://www.breakpoint.org    John Stonestreet and I talk quite often on BreakPoint about the importance of fathers.  And when we do, we usually point to statistics that reveal that in terms of education, delinquency, drug abuse, and sex and pregnancy, young people who have no father fare worse
By Frederick Buechner in Beyond Words: Â Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith, (HarperOne, 2004). Â Â Â To have grandchildren is not only to be given something, but to be given something back. Â You are given back something of your children’s childhood all those years ago. Â You are given back something of what it was
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 Genesis 1:27-28a (RSV) — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…” *******************************     Not everyone chooses to get married. Not everyone who wants to get married gets
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When I was in seminary fifty years ago, one of my professors lamented the number of best-selling books that were selling nothing more than plain old common sense. He could not understand why people had to pay money for knowledge that came naturally to their far less educated grandparents. But then he said, “Perhaps we
Geoffrey Canada is an African-American man who grew up on the streets of Bronx. Â He is the author of the book Reaching Up for Manhood: Â Transforming the Lives of Boys in America. Â In it, he shares some of his personal experiences and tells how he overcame many adverse circumstances. Â He gives great credit to his
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Above: The cover of an early edition of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism —————     In his 39 years as a pastor and reformer, Martin Luther (1483-1546) published an incredible number of books, treatises, sermons, and other writings. Page after page poured forth, as Luther powerfully proclaimed the Gospel. There are 120 volumes in the German
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   A Canadian girl’s simple, poignant plea to her fighting parents is resonating with millions of people online. Six-year-old Tiana lives in Surrey, British Columbia. Last week, the first-grader overheard a disagreement between her parents, and pulled her mom aside for a chat.    “I want you and my dad to be settled
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(See Mark 10:13-16) Â Â Â When I was a child I was often told that children were to be seen and not heard. Â The disciples would have agreed. Â In Mark 10:13 they are rebuking the parents who were trying to bring their children to Jesus. Â The disciples no doubt thought that the Savior of the
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MARK 10:13-16 — People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.  When Jesus saw this, he was indignant.  He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as
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