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Examining Christianity with Science

Next: Three Types of Historic Methods of Proof Did Julius Caesar ever live? Did William Shakespeare really write Hamlet? These questions are outside of the realm of scientific investigation. We cannot prove them by repeating these circumstances and observing them. Instead, we’re left to draw a conclusion, a verdict, based on the evidence. The...

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3 Destructive Thoughts

You know there’s some lines of thought that are so destructive when it comes to parenting. Destructive line of thought #1: I’ll work hard now and be able to play later. One line of thought is this: Well I’ll work hard now and be able to play later. You know what? That’s a delusion. I’ve hardly ever met a business man or woman who...

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Do Special Things for Your Children

If relationships equal time and time equal relationships, then be creative in spending time with your kids. Unusual situations that will give you the freedom to talk. Now I’m just going in a few segments share with you some of the things I’ve done. Now remember, I wasn’t creative enough to come up with all of this. I stole them from other people....

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Be Original and Unusual

You know, I often said that if we’re going to impact our children, we need to spend time with them. And one of my philosophies is when you spend time with them, have fun! Do in-ordinary things, do things that other fathers wouldn’t do. Some examples of what Josh has done are: Picked his children up from school in a horse and carriage Sat...

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>> Watch the other videos from the Creative Parenting series How do young people spell love? T-I-M-E.  They did a study of 300 7th and 8th graders. They wanted to find out how much time does a 7th and 8th grader spend in a meaningful conversation. In other words, in a conversation that is not just meaningful to the father but to the child....

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Undivided Attention

We need to spend time with our children if we’re going to impact their lives. That includes dinner time! I used to sit down at the table with Dottie, before we even had kids, and I’ve always just loved to read the newspaper while I’m eating breakfast and having coffee. And one time Dottie just got fed up with it, and she said, “Honey, can...

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You know, in raising our children there’s a number of, I call them fabulous delusions that we have with our kids. I want to touch on three of them. This is wrong thinking when it comes to raising a child. Fabulous Delusion #1: Quality over Quantity They not only need the quality, they need the quantity. The time in, not just the big times,...