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Monday, May 12th, 2008Shepherding Our Families as Trustees for God
(Trustee Families)
by Craig Smith
There is a vision which, to the extent that this vision is thoroughly Biblical, we men must learn to see and then learn to embrace. Read on and see what you think.
We are trustees, put on this earth to look after and be stewards of [...]
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Women & Children First
Friday, March 21st, 2003Women & Children First
Posted in The Faith of Us Fathers
April 14 this year marks exactly 90 years since hundreds of men made a self-conscious decision to die rather than let their wives and their children face death in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. The decision was not made because of a command [...]
Whom to blame for our not following Christ closely?
Tuesday, January 21st, 2003Whom to blame for our not following Christ closely?
Posted in In line with Scripture
If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will save it. — Luke [...]
The Christian Man and His Children, Part 3 (Final)
Tuesday, January 21st, 2003The Christian Man and His Children, Part 3 (Final)
Posted in The Faith of Us Fathers
“You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.” — Leviticus 20:26
As we established at first, our children belong to God and not to us. They [...]
The Christian Man and His Children, Part 2
Thursday, November 21st, 2002The Christian Man and His Children, Part 2
Posted in The Faith of Us Fathers
The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it? — Jeremiah 17:9
Last time we established that the Lord our God is going to hold us fathers responsible for how we raise, shepherd and disciple His children [...]
How do you motivate a nearly 6-year-old boy to want to learn to read?
Saturday, September 21st, 2002How do you motivate a nearly 6-year-old boy to want to learn to read?
Posted in Tough Questions
Boys are often a year or a year and a half behind girls developmentally at that age. My first reaction to the question was, “Relax, don’t worry about it”. Resist the temptation to compare him to others, any others, [...]
The Christian Man and His Children, Part 1
Saturday, September 21st, 2002The Christian Man and His Children, Part 1
Posted in The Faith of Us Fathers
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.” — Luke 10:27
We are to engage our minds, our intellect, our [...]
Jesus is Lord: Lord of ALL and for ALL Time
Sunday, July 21st, 2002Jesus is Lord: Lord of ALL and for ALL Time
Posted in The Faith of Us Fathers
(The following is an email conversation with a friend who sends his children to state schools. My friend’s words are in italics.)
We still need reminding from time to time… “The end of all things is near; therefore be of sound [...]
Smorgasbord Theology
Sunday, May 19th, 2002Smorgasbord Theology
Posted in Theologically Speaking
When we started home education, we wanted to teach the various subjects from Biblical presuppositions and perspectives rather than from the state humanistic party line used in the public schools (the “Secular Clause”, Section 77). For example, Maths became a study of God’s orderly and rational character: the mathematical systems are [...]