Judges 8:30-31 – Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. As we learn about Gideon’s character development from fearful to faith-filled, we have to wonder – does this spiritual growth transfer … Read more
Hebrews 12:7-8 – It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Sometimes, a good parent allows a child … Read more
Genesis 37:3-4 – Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully … Read more
2 Timothy 1:7 – for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Overparenting is “too much involvement by parents in the lives of their children, so that they try to help with or control everything that happens to the child.” (1) Overparenting is the common overreaction to … Read more
Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. One of the most helpful things a parent can do in raising a child is help them to discover the will of God for themselves. Scripture, listening prayer, seeking wise counsel, … Read more
Ephesians 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. The Bible is clear that young children are supposed to listen to and obey both their mother and father. This is necessary because the world is a dangerous place, children lack wisdom, and God has assigned the parents to protect, train, … Read more
1 Thessalonians 1:2 – We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers. When I held our first child, a beautiful little brunette girl, it dawned on me that I really had no idea what I was doing. Sure, I’d read books on parenting, done Bible studies on … Read more
Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. The holidays are when dysfunctional families pretend to get along. That’s the holidays. And the more dysfunctional your family is, the more pressure there is to pretend during the holidays. Because … Read more
In this Q&A from the Real Romance series, Pastor Mark and his wife, Grace, answer audience-submitted questions about marriage, sex, love, and relationships. To get more unfiltered, uncensored, and unapologetic Bible teaching from Pastor Mark Driscoll, visit www.RealFaith.com/sign-up or text “RealFaith” to 99383.
Ephesians 6:12 – For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Every 10 years, the CDC releases a Youth Risk Behavior Survey that examines the mental and emotional health of high school students (1). The … Read more
As the father of five kids who are now in their teens and twenties, I can still remember the complicated conversations my wife Grace and I had about Santa when they were little. Santa is such a towering figure in our culture that you cannot ignore him, as your kids will have questions about him. … Read more
Nehemiah 10:28-29 – “The rest of the people…all who have knowledge and understanding…enter into…an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.” Nehemiah 10 serves, essentially, as a family … Read more