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how to develop a biblical worldview in your kids [using secular media]

kid watching TV

It’s Saturday morning, and I’m taking care of the kids. Not just my nine year-old son and nine month-old daughter, but two of my nephews had just spent the night too.

They all just finished breakfast and the boys were looking for something to do.

“Hey Uncle Dan. Can Samuel watch Scooby Doo 2?”

Hmmm… My wife and I are usually very careful about TV programs and movies we let the kids watch, especially when it has to do with monsters and ghosts (among other “Christian-questionable” content). But I also know that I’d always enjoyed the sleuthing of the Mystery Inc. crew.

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thoughts on @barackobama at the 2012 national prayer breakfast

For the record, I hate talking about politics. Specifically, I hate how divided people become when talking about politicians and how they deal with the issues.

I know that ‘hate’ is a pretty strong word, and I rarely use it around here. But I feel like it’s important for people to understand that by sharing this, I am not trying to make a political endorsement or statement.

And like it or not Barack Obama is the leader of our great (and, yes it’s still great) nation, so what he says matters. Especially when he talks about the role of faith in impacting our country.

When I listened to what he had to say at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast recently, there were a couple of things that struck me as important ideas.

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8 books @bibledude readers are reading right now

The Unlikely Missionary

During the month when my book finally came out in a print version, I’m not surprised that it was the best-seller in this month’s list of stuff that our readers are picking up.

But one thing I think is nice to see in this month’s list is a focus on three key themes…

  1. Missions and missions preparation
  2. Spiritual growth
  3. Authentic Christianity

These themes would show that readers here are looking inward (personal/spiritual growth) for the purpose of pouring out into the world around them.

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book review: the resignation of eve

The Resignation of Eve, Jim Henderson

Other women love their churches and their people, but they know they aren’t being given the opportunity to think, strategize, innovate, and create new ways of doing church that both men and women find appealing. Often when they have expressed their desire for more influence, they were blocked, stonewalled, or stalled. These women have acquiesced to the powers-that-be who are more than willing to allow them to run the operation but not lead it. As a result, many have lost the desire to be creative.
- Pg. 3, The Resignation of Eve; Tyndale

Henderson describes a typical church. What would happen if all the women didn’t show up? I find it interesting that when he presented that scenario to the women in his book that no bulletin printing was a constant on their list. I am a church secretary (one of them) who designs and prints the bulletin. All of us church secretaries are women. Henderson is said to play devils advocate.

With that thought in mind, I could easily overlook, say the chapter where the woman in question teaches her children gender-friendly language when reading the bible and that God is an it, both a she and a he. I was disappointed not to see something about that under ‘My Take’ in that chapter. Still, he kept his focus on the topic at hand how women are viewed at church.

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