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Parenting Rooted in the Word

Laura Stoddard

As parents, when we are rooted in the Word, we can rest in the goodness of God, our new identity as his beloved child, and we have confidence in the direction God will give us. When we are rooted in in Him, we know have a loving God who will never leave us or forsake us, he communicates to us through the bible, and we know our needs will be met and we can grow. As we wrestle through these truths, we model for our children how to learn them as well.

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Serving Love Toward the Poor

Dennis McCallum
1 Timothy 5:1-16

Paul continues his instructions to Timothy on leading the church at Ephesus. He advises him how to relate to both older and younger members of the church, but his main focus is on how to serve the poor among them, especially widows. Paul puts conditions on giving to the widows because hand-outs can be harmful. Giving financially to widows was to be after all other avenues failed. If the woman could not remarry, depend upon family or work, then she could ask for help from the church. The goal is to actually help those in need, not inadvertently weaken them.

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Helping Kids Deal with Adversity

Scott Risley
1 Timothy 5:1-16

While it's tempting to to protect our kids from adversity and trouble, it's our job as parents to help them learn how to handle life's challenges. As we seek to help them step through adversity, rather than avoid it, we will help them become stronger children, and they will be well prepared for the challenges of adult life.

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Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Ben Foust
John 4:1-42

Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well demonstrates we we designed to live in relationship with God and when we are not in right relationship with Him, we experience thirst. Only a relationship with God our Creator can quench that thirst. Jesus is offering to reconnect us to God if we ask for that living water.

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Disciplining with Grace

Bev DeLashmutt
Hebrews 12:4-11

Our discipline as parents should reflect God's approach to discipline?that it is done in love, to help train them toward maturity. God is interested in breaking us of our tendency to discipline out of selfishness, and wants to empower us to strike the balance between being too strict and being too soft or indulgent. While it's uncomfortable to acknowledge, discipline often involves pain. Bev gives some suggestions for arriving at appropriate consequences.

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Marriage and Divorce

Ryan Lowery
Matthew 19:3-9

God intends for marriage to be the most intimate lifelong relationship we ever have. It can be the most rewarding or most painful human relationship you ever have. When the Pharisees of Jesus' day tried to trap Him with a question about when it is permissible to divorce, He avoided the trap by quoting Scripture that indicted them for their lax view of marriage and divorce. He affirmed that God hates divorce but because of the hardness of our hearts, He permits divorce in the case of adultery. God's hard line on divorce actually shows how much He cares for women and children who in that time had few options for survival if a husband chose to divorce his wife.

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How to Raise an Adult

Chris Risley
Matthew 19:3-9

Many parents today protect their kids to the extent that, as adults, they aren't prepared for the responsibilities of life. As we raise children, we should allow them to try things on their own, potentially failing, so they can learn and move forward with more confidence to handle things on their own. It can be difficult to watch your child fail or for them to do things more slowly or less efficiently than we would, but it is essential for their growth and competence.

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Hope for Hopeless Marriages

James Rochford
1 Peter 3:1-8

When Peter calls upon wives to submit to their husbands, he is not promoting patriarchal misogyny as modern readers might believe. Instead, he is actually elevating the the view of women contrary to the worldview of his time. No teacher or rabbi would even address women directly in a teaching. He is speaking to women with unbelieving husbands who, if the wives took full advantage of their new status, would needlessly alienate their husbands from the message of the Gospel. He is asking both husbands and wives to submit to the authority of God by serving each other sacrificially.

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Christ and Culture:Sowing the Seeds of Change

Jim Leffel
Colossians 3:18-4:1

The household instructions of the ancient Greco-Roman world dictated that the male head of the household had absolute rule over the wife, the children and the slaves and servants. The idea of equality was unheard of in this time period. When we cringe at Paul's call for wives to be subject to their husbands as is fitting to the Lord, wives of his day would have heard a radical revision of the household rules. Instead of everyone being under the rule of the husband, now everyone is under the headship of God. Before only the husband had rights and all else had responsibilities, but now all have both rights and responsibilities. Men, women and slaves were relating as equals in Christian fellowship. Over time this caused a radical shift in the culture as the rest of society saw believers caring for others regardless of their status.

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