• Childhood •
June 15, 2009
Avoiding the Summer Brain Drain
Summer is a great time for resting, relaxing and enjoying time away from school. But summer can also be a time for mentally checking out of life. How should parents encourage their children to stay mentally engaged during vacation? From reading to travel opportunities, summer is a great time for families to learn, together.
Avoid the Summer Brain Drain
June 15, 2009
A teenager I happen to know quite well (seeing that he lives in my house) announced last week that summer is time off for his brain. Well, nothing fires up the parental learning plans like a teenager who announces his plans to learn as little as possible over the summer. Suffice it to say that the young man has a wonderfully enriching summer on his way. And — I promise you this — he will enjoy it. Like I say, I know the kid.
June 9, 2009
Leaving Adolescence
Adolescence is a difficult stage of life to thrive in. Yet scripture calls people to excellence in all stages of life. Alex and Brett Harris are working hard to do hard things: calling their generation to live exciting lives, fully committed to Christ. Listen and be encouraged by this call to excellence, by two young…
May 29, 2009
Stop Texting and Read This — The Thumb You Save May Be Your Own
Statistics can be used to inform or to mislead, and sometimes they can shock. See if this statistic isn’t shocking: In the fourth quarter of 2008 American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month. As Dr. Mohler points out on today’s program, that is nothing to LOL about.
March 13, 2009
A Birthday Party You Might Miss: Barbie Turns 50
Barbie turns fifty this month, but she doesn’t show it. Meanwhile, the girls who first played with Barbie dolls are now over fifty themselves. Millions of them have grown up to be women of virtue and character, raising families and serving others. By now, many show some signs of aging and the passage of time….
A Birthday Party You Might Miss
March 2, 2009
Faith Equals Fertility?
December 17, 2008
A growing number of researchers and observers are beginning to take note of a huge demographic reality — those who take belief in God most seriously tend to have more babies. For many years, the conventional wisdom has held that demography determines destiny. Well, now it appears that theology determines demography.
They Like Themselves
November 19, 2008
USA Today is out with a report on a new research project that deserves our attention. It seems that high school graduates surveyed in 2006 consider themselves much more likely to succeed in life when compared to the self-assessment offered by graduates in 1975.
“How Not to Raise a Pagan”
November 7, 2008
I had the privilege of preaching in chapel at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on November 6. I preached a message entitled, “How Not to Raise a Pagan,” drawn from Deuteronomy 6. The audio and video are now available here. It was a great privilege to preach to the seminary community at Southeastern, where my great friend Danny Akin is president.
October 28, 2008
What Should Christian Families Do With Halloween?
Spare the Rod? America’s Parents Just Won’t Get With the Science
October 9, 2008
Alan E. Kazdin is a frustrated man, and it’s America’s parents who are frustrating him. These parents are, of all things, prone to use an occasional spanking in disciplining their children. Dr. Kazdin’s great frustration is that these parents insist on doing what seems right to them, and thus they are ignoring or rejecting the fact that “science” shows that spankings don’t work.
Spare the Rod? America’s Parents Just Won’t Get With the Science
October 9, 2008
Alan E. Kazdin is a frustrated man, and it’s America’s parents who are frustrating him. These parents are, of all things, prone to use an occasional spanking in disciplining their children. Dr. Kazdin’s great frustration is that these parents insist on doing what seems right to them, and thus they are ignoring or rejecting the fact that “science” shows that spankings don’t work.
