What Is a Limited Church?
Is your local Church serious about the Great Commission? If yes, then maybe it’s time it started doing less.
What Fills Your Family Calendar
As parents, we are frequently oblivious to something that dramatically impacts the faith and character of our children—our daily family schedule.
Pluralism & Relativism
Today’s young people are saturated with pluralism, which has become unfortunately intertwined with relativism. The philosophy of relativism suggests that all statements of fact depend upon one’s perspective. In other words, all statements of truth depend upon your point of view, and are relative in comparison to the point of view of others. If we tell someone that we believe Christianity is true, we frequently hear the response, “I’m glad that you’ve found something that works for you. Christianity is true for you, and my beliefs are true for me.”
The Power of Servant Leadership
In our culture and communities, we talk a lot about leadership. How can you be a leader among your friends? How can you be a leader at school? How can you be a leader in the world? However, although leadership is a valuable attribute, I believe that we have lost one of the most important aspects of leadership. Like anything in life, we can look to the Bible to find what it means to be a true leader.
Give Me Your Heart
Solomon writes to his son in Proverbs 23 saying, “My son, give me your heart.” For many teenagers this sounds strange. What does it mean to “give our heart” to our parents?
Loving Your Neighbor Starts With Loving Your Siblings
When I was younger, my mom would always say to me, “Your siblings are your best friends. Everyone else will come in and out of your life but your siblings will always be there.” This is the second in a series of posts by Lissy Rienow that will address how, as teenagers, we can learn to be Christians with our families.
Help us reach families around the world
It’s hard to turn on the news today and not be overwhelmed at the incredible needs of families around the globe. Refugees, financial chaos, wars and famines dominate the headlines, and our hearts break at the pain and suffering endured by so many. While VFM continues...Humbled
This post is not going to be polished or carefully edited…just from my heart to the screen… There is a list of things I said I would never do. One of the the things on that list was, “I will never be in a job/ministry where I have to raise my own...Awareness by JD Rienow
OK, proud dad moment here. My 12 year old son, JD, wrote this poem a couple of weeks ago about a little talked about Christian virtue — Awareness. I will be happy to pass any comments you have on to him. Awareness Her kindness is incomparable. She brings people out of...