ARTICLES

  • The Humility of Jesus

    This is the second of seven core characteristics of Jesus we’ve been called to imitate and thus disciple our kids toward using the ACT Bible Study Method. Learn more about this family discipleship method here. TLDR: We see the humility of Jesus most clearly not in the details of his birth, but that he was…

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  • The Love of Jesus

    The Love of Jesus

    This is the first of seven core characteristics of Jesus we’ve been called to imitate and thus disciple our kids toward using the ACT Bible Study Method. Learn more about this family discipleship method here. TLDR: Jesus loves us with a humble, sacrificial, scandalous love. It is a love without bounds. This is the love…

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  • The ACT Bible Study Method

    The ACT Bible Study Method

    The Bible is more than a story, it’s a drama intended to show us as believers who we are and the role we are play in living like Jesus. As such, the way we study the Bible with our children should focus on acting.

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  • The Power of Obedience

    The Power of Obedience

    Parents are prioritizing obedience less and less in the home, a mistake that has profound implications on discipleship.

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  • An Interview with Champ Thornton

    TLDW: In which Champ Thornton and I discuss his new book, Your Count: A Five-Senses Countdown to Calm and scrapple.

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  • Fall Festivals and the Ministry of Hospitality

    TLDR: Sometimes it might be best to focus our fall festivals on building friendships with others and showing them that we care for them and trust God to provide opportunities to share the gospel later.

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  • Coffee, Gold Fish, and the Worship of God

    TLDR: What is appropriate and inappropriate in worship is an important question to ask, but one with few clear answers.

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  • “Thriving in Babylon” Sermon

    TLDR: At the Kidzmatter 2023 Conference, I shared for a few minutes about the posture we need to take with our upside-down culture. Here, Larry Osborne takes more time to say it better than I can. What a privilege it was to share with the Kidzmatter Conference attendees from the main stage and talk about…

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  • 2023 Kidzmatter Conference

    2023 Kidzmatter Conference

    Here are overviews and the slide decks for the two breakouts I led (along with my wife on the second) at the 2023 Kidzmatter Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. If you were able to attend, I hope you found them helpful.

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  • New Family Discipleship Book with InterVarsity Press

    TLDR: Look for my newest book published by IVP soon that suggests a better way for families to disciple our kids in the home.

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