This article warns parents against mistaking outward interest, emotional responses, or early spiritual language for conversion itself, and urges them instead to patiently look for the long-term fruit of repentance and faith.
The Story of the Prisoner Who Wrote Pilgrim's Progress →
This article shows how God used John Bunyan’s prison, creativity, and sanctified imagination to produce The Pilgrim’s Progress, turning one jailed preacher’s “scribble” into a gospel-rich masterpiece that has helped readers around the world see biblical truth more clearly.
Three Lenses Every Parent Needs →
This article argues that parents need to help their children see reality through three biblical lenses—good, bad, and new—so they can understand God’s design, sin’s distortion, and Christ’s redeeming work in every part of life.
For Childhood Fears, Bible Memory is Not Enough →
This article argues that Bible memory alone is not enough to address children’s fears; parents must also help them see and imagine what is truly real—God’s presence, promises, and care—so that Scripture can reshape fear with truth.
How to Raise Radical Children →
This article argues that parents raise truly “radical” children not by chasing extremity but by helping them sink deep roots into the gospel through theological depth, humble example, repentance, and confidence in God’s faithfulness.
The Irony of Thanksgiving →
This article argues that Thanksgiving becomes ironic when people celebrate gratitude without acknowledging the Giver, and it calls readers to direct their thanks beyond gifts themselves to God, the true source of every good thing.
Where to Find Heaven on Earth →
This article traces how the tabernacle, temple, and ultimately Jesus reveal God’s desire to dwell with his people, showing that the true “heaven on earth” is found not in human-made paradise but in God’s gracious presence with us in Christ.
John Newton: Parent with Intention, Grace, and Confidence in God →
This article draws parenting wisdom from John Newton’s life and writings, urging parents to raise children with intentionality, everyday gospel conversation, consistent spiritual practices, and patient confidence in God’s grace rather than in parental control.
What Your Kids Need More Than A Salvation Prayer →
This article argues that while it matters for children to call on the Lord, parents should focus less on securing a memorable “salvation prayer” moment and more on teaching their kids a lifelong pattern of repentance and faith.
Living and Relating in a Way that Makes Us Radically Different →
This article argues that Christians can help teens navigate relationships in a confusing culture by teaching them to view life through the biblical lenses of creation, fall, and redemption—“good, bad, and new”—so they learn to love God, love people, and live distinctly Christian lives.
The Christmas Treasure →
This article shows that one of the richest treasures in the Christmas story is the truth that Jesus is both “Jehovah saves” and “God with us,” meaning that in Christ God did not merely send a rescuer but came himself to save his people from their sins.
The Pathway to Wisdom →
This article explains that Proverbs presents wisdom as a life-long path from receiving wise instruction to seeking, gaining, and finally internalizing it, so that a person learns not just individual sayings but a God-shaped way of skillfully navigating life.
A Blue Christmas Together →
This article encourages readers facing a “blue Christmas” by reminding them that holiday disappointment and grief are part of life in the gap between God’s promises and their full fulfillment, and that the Psalms and the hope of Christ give God’s people language to lament together and hope together.
What's Your Story? →
This article argues that we make sense of our own lives only when we see them inside the Bible’s larger story of God’s redemptive love, so that Scripture becomes the true storyline that steadies us in fear, suffering, and everyday life.
Three Reasons Reading Fiction Will Help You Read the Bible →
This article argues that reading fiction can make readers better Bible readers by helping them grasp Scripture’s big story, notice literary features more clearly, and see God’s reality with fresher, more awakened eyes.
Teaching Our Children to Have Thankful Hearts →
This article argues that parents can cultivate thankful hearts in their children by helping them connect the good gifts of everyday life to God the Giver, and by teaching gratitude not only for creation’s joys but also for Christ’s forgiveness when thankfulness fails.
Helping Your Kids Grasp the Reliability of God's Word →
This article helps parents show children that God’s Word is trustworthy by pointing to fulfilled biblical prophecy—especially the many Old Testament promises fulfilled in Jesus—as evidence that what God says is reliable and true.
Replacing Boredom and Complaining with Gratitude →
This article argues that boredom, complaining, and ingratitude are closely connected, and that parents can help children grow in thankfulness by teaching them to see God’s goodness in creation and to run to Jesus for help and forgiveness when hardship exposes a grumbling heart.
Sparking a Curiosity and Love for God's Word →
This article explains that sparking kids’ curiosity about God’s Word means giving them accessible, engaging, truth-rich “samples” that deepen trust in Scripture, awaken wonder about God, and stir them to keep learning and loving him more.
Motivating Others Toward Vine Work →
This article argues that leaders can’t force people into disciple-making, but they can patiently cultivate a culture of “vine work” through exhortation, example, equipping, environment, intercession, and shaping affections.