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The Joy of Digging Deeper

Without the intake of Scripture—I’ll be left to my own reasoning and be easily influenced by the culture around me.

I’ll become stagnant in my walk with God. My spiritual growth will be stunted, and I’ll drift into sin.

I’ll become apathetic to eternal and spiritual things while growing in my love for things that are on earth. 

I’ll operate in arrogance and independence, thinking I don’t really need God that much—like I desperately do.

As we wrapped up our most-recent ladies’ Bible study, an inductive look at the book of Titus, I thought about what made the study so special.

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Christian Camp and the Church: A Winning Partnership

Christian camp can lay a foundation, but it’s up to the Church to build off of that foundation and continue to disciple, to support, and to train that young person for Christ. The Wilds acknowledges this, and they do a wonderful job helping refresh and prepare the sponsors during that week to be ready to continue with the camp decisions well after camp.

So here we are—several weeks removed from camp, and we’re needing to continue to keep that flame that they had at camp into this school year and help it become a life-shaping experience for them.

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What’s More Important? The ABCs or the CCCs?

Welcome to the end of summer! No more lazy days by the pool or late nights chasing fireflies. Nope, it’s time for backpacks, pencils, notebooks, and day planners.

Like it or not, summer’s ending and the school year is upon us.

Whether we homeschool, private school, or send our kids to public school, the nine months of the school calendar are, in my opinion, nine of the most distracting months in our parenting year.

Unfortunately, the distracting nature of the ABCs too often causes us to neglect the need to concentrate on the more important CCCs.

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Stop and Smell the Onions

Our family’s evenings at the ball field—filled with baseball, coaching, and scorekeeping—always led to ravenous hunger. A quick fix? The comforting smell of onions sizzling in the kitchen, a promise that dinner was on its way.

But this blog is more than just about onions—it’s about finding hope in Christ and peace in His promises, just as we can while waiting patiently for our eternal home.

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Citizens of Heaven: Living with an Eternal Perspective

In a nation (and even an entire world) full of chaos and confusion, it’s easy to get caught up in the here and now—the news, the debates, the primaries, the wars, the politics, the polls, the elections, etc.

We become consumed by our daily routines, our immediate struggles, and our short-term goals. Yet, as believers, we are called to live with an eternal perspective, understanding that our true citizenship is not of this world but of heaven.

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Dads, Do We Reflect Our Heavenly Father?

Fatherhood is a profound and beautiful calling. It carries with it not only the joy of guiding and nurturing young lives but also the weight of responsibility in shaping the future. As fathers, we often look to various books and other “sources of wisdom” to help us navigate this important role.

But as Christian fathers, there’s a paramount model we are called to emulate—our Heavenly Father.

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Faithfulness Is Fire

There is nothing inherently wrong with living a life that is full of excitement and entertainment, but our highest pursuit should be to stand before God one day and hear these words—“Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

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Four Mothers and God’s Amazing Grace

In the minds of many Christians, the most boring sections in the Bible are the genealogies.

But these genealogies are inspired.

At a quick glance, you might notice who is included in Matthew’s record—four outcast women—mothers.

That’s hardly what we would expect to find in the royal heritage of the King of kings! But the fact that these four women are included is a commentary on God’s amazing grace.

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Love with Boots On: Missions Trip to Brooklyn

During Spring Break, thirteen people headed up to Brooklyn, New York to help at Bay Ridge Baptist Church.

You may ask, “Why would someone want to spend almost a week away from their family, use up a whole week of vacation, and be in Brooklyn—a city that you wouldn’t necessarily consider to be the safest place to be?”

Well, the short answer is that we love the Lord!

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Bloom Where You’re Planted: Lessons from the Dandelion

Every garden must have yellow flowers, because they are my favorite—pansies, tickseeds, mums, black-eyed Susans, sunflowers. And I happen to like dandelions as well!

I know that I’m one of the very few who does, because most people are interested in a well-groomed lawn rather than the yellow polka-dots of these flowers in the grass….

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