Faith
How My Father Cultivated My Faith: He Opened My Eyes to Spiritual Applications
My dad was not an excellent reader. That didn’t stop him from reading his Bible or listening to books on tape. Since he was an artist, he learned visually. If he could illustrate a concept, he could understand it better.Giving flesh to a truth from God’s Word, my father extended this concept to utilizing anything…
Read MoreHow My Father Cultivated my Faith: Asking Eternal Questions
My father was a masterful question asker. Amazingly, he didn’t require much variety in his questions in order to draw out those around him. Each day he encouraged us to spend time reading God’s Word. His encouragement was based on his experience of the heart-changing power of the Bible. At dinner I could always expect one…
Read MoreHow My Father Cultivated my Faith: Cultivating a Love of God’s Word
With Father’s day around the corner, I thought I’d take this week to honor my father by sharing some of the ways that he strengthened my faith. As a young man, my father cultivated the skills of lying, cheating, and stealing. I know this because I heard him share his testimony over and over to…
Read MoreStrengthening the Faith of my Children with The Jesus Storybook Bible
Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 All of my children have accepted Jesus as their Savior at a young age. Their tender hearts have responded to the sweetness of Jesus’ sacrifice and they’ve…
Read MoreLearning the Grammar of the Bible
As a classically educating family, we are always looking for the grammar of a subject – you know the basic information that enables one to have a foundation to build upon as they continue to learn more in that area. Often with the Bible, we assume people know the grammar because of their age. Why…
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