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Keeping Ministry Attractive to your Children

October 24, 2012

As part of celebrating my first Blog-i-versary, I am re-posting some of my favorite posts which capture the heart of NoSuperHeroes. This post is one I enjoy because it captures the tension of missions and family. In the stage of life our family is, this is just as real today as when I wrote it. Check back all week for more great posts and giveaways.

“When I grow up, I want to be just like Daddy!”

There is nothing better as a Dad than to hear your kids say they want to do a job similar to yours. Both my sons have recently expressed a desire to be either Bible teachers or missionaries, just like good ol’ Dad. Read more... (748 words, 1 image, estimated 3:0 mins reading time)

In Missions & Cross-Cultural, Parenting Andy Stanley, Bible, Billy Graham, boundaries, children, God, Jesus, kids, ministry, missions

Do We Protect our Kids from the Bible?

April 30, 2012

How do we inspire a love for the Bible in our children, while dealing with its dark side? The people, events, and stories reflects topics we might not be ready to talk to our kids about.

We read a Children’s Bible to our kids as well as allowing them to listen the NIV Audio Bible Dramatized CD. They love it! The first time we played it on for our oldest, he walked around the house listening to the entire book of Genesis! My Bible School students have nothing on my son!

Granted, after this, he had some very interesting questions for us out of Genesis. Do we need to protect our kids from the reality the Bible shows us? I mean there are certain questions I would rather not answer.

I would rather have my kids learn about the dark side of life from the Bible, than the playground. Read more... (475 words, 2 images, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

In Bible, Parenting adultery, Bible, Bible studies, children, Christian, church, death, God, grace, guide, kids, murder, nurture, parenting, protect, Scripture, sin, Sunday School, word of god

Don’t Buy Your Kids “Lousy” T-Shirts

April 9, 2012

“My parents went to _______ and all they bought me was this lousy t-shirt!”

How many of us have seen these shirts, or perhaps even have one tucked in a drawer gathering dust? Of all the amazing gifts we could bring back from a foreign country, and all we got was a t-shirt!

Souvenirs represent a gift, but more so, they carry a memory.

What if instead of lousy t-shirts, we had stones of remembrance?

In Joshua 4:1-8, 20-22, there is a story about the nation of Israel setting up 12 stones as a memorial to commemorate the crossing of the Jordan.

Verse 6 and 21 tell us the purpose behind the memorial. “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, What do these stones mean? then you shall let your children know, Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.” Read more... (442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)