Reformation Collection

RefWall

Here are some good posts about the lasting importance of the Reformation:

What We Can Learn from the Reformation 500 Years Later – Stephen Nichols (Crossway)

What is Sola Scriptura Protecting Us Against? More Than You Think – Michael Kruger

Ten Lasting Fruits of the Reformation – Joel Beeke

The Luther Family and the Reformation of Marriage – Jeff Robinson (TGC)

The Reformation’s Evangelistic Impact – Gregg Allison (Crossway)

Family Collection

As the Fall draws nigh, here are some good posts for parents on family worship and discipleship:

5 Reasons to Prioritize Family Worship – Donald Whitney (Crossway)

Five Benefits of Regular Family Worship – Tom Ascol (FM)

Parents, Disciple Your Teens (While There’s Still Time) – Jaquelle Crowe (Crossway)

Family Collection

Here are some helpful posts for parents related to children on the internet:

Wise Technological Parenting – Jon Payne (ref21)
Allowing our tweens and early teens carte blanche freedom on their devices is equivalent to letting our toddlers play soccer next to the freeway during rush hour. It’s absolutely foolish, plain and simple. If ever we needed to be wise and courageous in our parenting, it is now.

10 Internet Safety Rules to Teach Children Before They Go Online – Alan Henry (lifehacker)
From making sure they don’t fall for phishing scams to reminding them to never reveal personal information online, children just getting their start on the web may talk savvy, but still need a helping hand learning the stuff the rest of us know. Here are a few tips to get them started on the right foot.

How to React the First Time Your Child Admits Watching Porn – John Fort (Covenant Eyes)
What are we supposed to say the first time we find out our child has been exposed? Even if we have a plan, that doesn’t mean it’s easy for us to see it through and react in the best interest of our child.

Standing Against a Destructive Misogyny Threatening Our Children – Denny Burk
A generation of young men are destroying themselves by the darkness of pornography, and now they are foisting their desolation on young women who desperately want to be loved by a young man. The sexual revolution which promised to liberate has given birth to a destructive misogyny that is now being soft-pedaled as “normal” by the likes of Teen Vogue.

Family Collection

Tim Challies has been doing a weekly series about godly moms.  In honor of Mother’s Day, here are the first five posts:

Christian Men and their Godly Moms (Intro)

The Hidden Strength of a Weak Mother (John Newton’s Mom)

The Power of a Praying Mother (Hudson Taylor’s Mom)

The Unbreakable Bond of Training and Tenderness (John Gresham Machen’s Mom)

The Power of a Persevering Mother (Christopher Yuan’s Mom)

 

Passion Points

Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Using Self-Examination for Spiritual Formation – Joe Carter (TGC)
The Christian life requires frequent self-examination to ensure we are overcoming sin and growing in obedience.

Fears and Fleeting Faith – Tim Challies
…there is no situation beyond God’s knowledge, no condition beyond God’s control, no circumstance beyond God’s power. The one who holds us in the storm is the very same one who holds the storm.

3 Mistakes to Avoid When Helping the Hurting– Dave Furman (TGC)
No one wants to be like Job’s friends. We have hurting people in our lives, and we want to help them, but how do we manage to not make fools of ourselves? And how can we actually help hurting people without discouraging them even more?

The Best Day of the Week…for Your Kids – Nick Kennicott (TCC)
Here are eight ways we can help our children view Sunday as being the best day of the week…

Hope you have a great best day of the week!

Church Collection

I am very much in favor of including children in the Worship Service.  Our children grew up in the Worship Service, and learned at an early age to sing what they could, pray when everyone else did, and listen to the sermons.  So here are some good posts on why to keep children in the service:

4 Reasons Your Kids Should Sit with You on Sunday– Jared Bridges (TGC)

5 Reasons to Keep the Kids In – Nick Batzig (TCC)

It’s Okay for Kids to be Bored During Church – Melissa Edgington

4 Ways to Welcome Children in Worship– Megan Hill (TGC)