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Spiritual Growth Through Teachable Moments

Teach your children about God in a way that captures their attention and changes their lives.

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Encouraging Spiritual Formation in Young Adults

Parenting isn’t easy, but it can be supremely rewarding when done according to God’s plan.

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Teach Kids How to Defend Their Faith

Gear up so you can help your kids to learn how to defend what they believe.

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3 Ways to Keep the Best New Year’s Resolution for your Kids

Need a New Year’s resolution your kids can keep? This year, resolve to intentionally listen for God’s voice in Scripture and respond to Him.

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Why Is a Christian Worldview Important?

Perhaps you’ve seen the survey conducted by the Barna Research Groups, which determined that only four percent of Americans have a biblical worldview. Even more alarming, only nine percent of born-again believers in America have a Christian worldview. Probably you’ve see the devastating results of a secular worldview: broken families, wasted lives and ineffective Christians. …

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A Faith That Sticks

Most Christian parents desire a vibrant faith for their kids. What can parents do to help children make faith their own? 

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‘Am I a Mean Mom?’

Parenting isn’t for the faint-at-heart.

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Studying the Bible as a Family

Have you relied wholly on the church to teach your kids Scripture? God says that’s your job as their parent. Here’s how you can help your children learn about God’s Word.

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Handing Your Faith to Your Grandchild

These are a just a few ideas to help you take positive action when sharing your faith with your grandchildren.

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How to Read the Bible — as a Family

One activity that doesn’t naturally rise to the top in most homes is reading the Bible together. Here is an idea for how to find the time for this activity.

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Christmas Mourning: Surviving the Holidays

The time for mourning does not take a break for the holidays–not even Christmas.

Your Best Present is God’s Presence

From God’s perspective, Christmas is the story of a God of love who desires to have a lifelong relationship with you.

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Teaching Our Kids to Be “In, Not of, the World”

Raising our children in the admonition of the Lord is done through the little decisions we make daily.

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Focus on the Family Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide

This Christmas season, give your children a gift that will help them discover the why behind Christmas instead of focusing on the what.

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The Purpose of Christmas

Jesus Christ was born for a purpose. Help your children understand the reason for His birth.

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Christmas Gift Giving Ideas for Families on a Budget

Find out how others have taught their children the importance of giving gifts or how they as parents have given gifts to their children.

A traditional Advent Calendar

A Traditional Advent Calendar

When the countdown to Christmas starts, some kids excitedly open the numbered doors of Advent calendars as they await the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

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Why is Advent Important?

Advent is a time of hope. When we show our children Advent’s profound truths, they receive a higher hope than anything this world can offer.

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Celebrating Advent as a Family: Parent’s Guide to Meaningful Christmas Traditions

Celebrating Advent is a beautiful way for families to create meaningful traditions, and remember God’s promises to send a Messiah, and how Jesus Christ fulfilled those prophecies.

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How to Reduce Grumbling and Increase Gratitude

Will you take the challenge to stop grumbling for a year? Tricia Goyer’s family did.

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