I feel inadequate to describe the significance of the Lamb of God, but tonight is Passover, so I’ve got lambs on my mind. I don’t know anyone who has lambs, and I really haven’t been around these animals in my lifetime. I can imagine a kitten, or a puppy, or [...]
“Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because YHWH brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast… For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to YHWH. Eat [...]
Someone recently noticed that I believe we should obey God’s law, and she said, “If the law is still in place, then Christ died in vain.” Is that true? Another friend asked, “How do you teach others to obey God’s laws, yet still make it clear that these are practices [...]
Way last June (!), I received this note: Please, please could you help me out with something? Sometimes I think I missed out on your “foundational fours” and need to spend time going back to that. Our multi-grade classroom is not working, and I’m going crazy. It’s like everyone is [...]
This post needs a subtitle, so we’ll call it “How to Teach Our Children about Idolatry.” If you’ve been reading my posts this last year, you’ll know that I’ve been spending a bit of time in the book of Deuteronomy. Do you ever get the feeling that something you’re learning [...]
Way back in September, I wrote a post called “Sibling Fighting Isn’t Funny.” One reader wrote, “I would love to hear what you do when your kids do argue or fight. Mine don’t say hateful things, or punch each other, but this summer was particularly bad in arguing, taking offense, [...]
Our seven kids love to play games with mom and dad! We enjoy games more than worksheets in school, video-game tournaments more than television, and board games more than other family activities. As a homeschooling mom, I love how playing games together as a family provides benefits that go far [...]
I have a child who has a strong concept of “fair,” so when I saw this article by Joyce Herzog, I was intrigued — and convicted. I hope this guest post will be a blessing to you, too. ~Anne Children have an extreme concept of “fair.” It is part of [...]
We’ve been talking about good character for several weeks now, but I wanted to start listing some specific ideas for teaching character to our children. I thought I’d start right where Jesus does: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with [...]
Let’s quickly summarize what we’ve already studied about character. Character can only be passed on to our children when we have it in our own hearts first. When we say that we want to teach “good character” to our children, we mean that we want to teach them how to [...]
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