Practical Biblical Solutions
Laying a Good Foundation in Your Child’s Life—Part 4
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important indetermining who and what they become as adults. Preparing for Change (What you can expect): There is no quick fix. We want to see our children’s behavior improve as quickly as possible but we need to [...]
Laying a Good Foundation in Your Child’s Life—Part 3
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important in determiningwho and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review: Two main components of child training (‘paideia’) Direction—getting a child on course. Teaching + Modeling + Reinforcement = Internalization (i.e. your child adopting your beliefs [...]
Laying a Good Foundation in Your Child’s Life—Part 2
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important indetermining who and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review: The fundamental problem with any parenting approach centers on the issue of control. The battle forcontrol begins early in a child’s life. Control is [...]
Laying a Good Foundation in Your Child’s Life—Part 1
Key Thought: Laying a good foundation during your child’s formative years is critically important in determining who and what they will become as an adult. Quick Review—The biblical parenting approach allows freedom within limits; the child is given control but on the parent’s terms. The amount of control given is [...]
15 Signs of Emotional Detachment in Marriage
Emotional distance can build up over time, often sneaking up on you without you even realizing it. Before you know it, it feels like you are miles apart, disconnected, and maybe not even in love. Unfortunately, it happened for a reason…and you may have played a part in that. These behaviors [...]
Do You Have a Healthy, Intimate Marriage?
This kind of relationship requires an emotional investment from both partners. There is a consistent effort to strengthen the emotional bond by engaging in the following behaviors: Spend quality time together. Engage in physical affection. Have regular, meaningful conversations. Be open and transparent with one another. Listen attentively to one [...]