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As Fall approaches, now seems like a good time to challenge all of us fathers to recommit to leading our families in Family Worship.  Some helpful posts and a video from Donald Whitney:

5 Reasons to Prioritize Family Worship

Husbands, It’s Time to Start Leading Family Worship

How to Do Family Worship (Short Video)

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Here are some good posts on parenting:

Parenting Well in a Digital World – Tim Challies
Even at the best of times there is nothing simple about raising children. But throw in a million new technologies—new devices and social networks and apps—and things get far more complicated still. This is every parent’s challenge today.

I Pray This for My Children – Gregory Harris
Part of my answer to those who asked me about raising our children would be that we repeatedly prayed for them….Here is what I prayed (and still pray) for my children….

The Most Important Thing My Parents Did – Tim Challies
Here is one thing I learned from my parents: Nothing can take the place of simply living as a Christian in view of my children.

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Here are some good posts for parents on teaching the Bible to your children:

How to Soak the Next Generation in God’s Word – Jani Ortlund

5 Simple Ways to Teach Your Kids Theology – Aaron Earls

Helping Children Benefit from the Sermon – Erik Raymond

Teach Your Child to Have Devotions – Ryan Higginbottom

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Here are some good posts on the family:

Marriage on the Edge of Eternity – Francis Chan
(It might be time to rethink our focus…)

10 Ways to Exercise Christlike Headship – Owen Strachan
(It may not be what you think…)

5 Reasons We Eat Together as a Family – Tim Challies
(Some good reasons for an important family practice…)

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Here are some good posts on parenting I’ve been collecting:

Five Things We Teach Our Kids When We Don’t Know They Are Watching – Melissa Edgington

When My Fashion Accessory Told Me To Take A Hike – Tim Challies  (Yes, this is about parenting, and if you are reading this, you should probably consider this post.)

Daddy, Does God Want To Save Me? – David Murray

The Call To Purity

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Here are some posts I have been collecting on sexual purity:

F.L.E.E. – A Strategy for Purity – Trent Hunter (GC)
What’s your plan for the next encounter with temptation? Or for the next conversation with a friend, child, or spouse who needs your counsel?  Here’s a strategy: F.L.E.E.  It’s biblical, it’s hard to forget, and it fits on a napkin.

How Far Is Too Far: Part One, Part Two, Part Three – Crossway
Adapted from Sex, Dating, and Relationships by Gerald Hiestand and Jay Thomas
Very interesting and helpful approach.  Tim Challies offers another summary.

Sex As A Commitment Apparatus – Tim Keller via Kevin DeYoung
The Bible does not counsel sexual abstinence before marriage because it has such a low view of sex but because it has such a lofty one. The Biblical view implies that sex outside of marriage is not just morally wrong but also personally harmful. If sex is designed to be part of making a covenant and experiencing that covenant’s renewal, then we should think of sex as an emotional “commitment apparatus.”