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Why Our Children Must Have a Deep Grasp of What Sin Is

Why Our Children Must Have a Deep Grasp of What...

Jill Nelson

I love the scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King where Frodo and Sam are making their last, desperate effort to destroy the one ring in the...

Why Our Children Must Have a Deep Grasp of What...

Jill Nelson

I love the scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King where Frodo and Sam are making their last, desperate effort to destroy the one ring in the...

Using Your Backyard to Launch Gospel “Missiles”

Using Your Backyard to Launch Gospel “Missiles”

Jill Nelson

The idea of a “launching pad” was familiar imagery used by John Piper in the many years our family sat under his preaching. In a particularly memorable sermon, “Raising Children...

Using Your Backyard to Launch Gospel “Missiles”

Jill Nelson

The idea of a “launching pad” was familiar imagery used by John Piper in the many years our family sat under his preaching. In a particularly memorable sermon, “Raising Children...

Enjoying the Many Benefits of Family Devotions

Enjoying the Many Benefits of Family Devotions

Jill Nelson

Parents, what comes to mind when you think about “family devotions”? Does it include regular times set apart for your family read Scripture? Prayer? Worship in song? Formal Bible instruction...

Enjoying the Many Benefits of Family Devotions

Jill Nelson

Parents, what comes to mind when you think about “family devotions”? Does it include regular times set apart for your family read Scripture? Prayer? Worship in song? Formal Bible instruction...

Guiding Children to Serve and Glorify God In the “Ordinary”

Guiding Children to Serve and Glorify God In th...

Jill Nelson

I grew up with a very narrow view of what it means to serve God. Life was separated into two main spheres—the spiritual and the secular. Service to God was...

Guiding Children to Serve and Glorify God In th...

Jill Nelson

I grew up with a very narrow view of what it means to serve God. Life was separated into two main spheres—the spiritual and the secular. Service to God was...

“Setting the Table” for the Gospel—An Interview with Sally Michael about Her New Book

“Setting the Table” for the Gospel—An Interview...

Jill Nelson

Suppose you go to a friend’s house for dinner and find the table set with fine china, a beautiful tablecloth, a fancy centerpiece, and other elegant features. How might this...

“Setting the Table” for the Gospel—An Interview...

Jill Nelson

Suppose you go to a friend’s house for dinner and find the table set with fine china, a beautiful tablecloth, a fancy centerpiece, and other elegant features. How might this...

New Children’s Book by Sally Michael

New Children’s Book by Sally Michael

Jill Nelson

Easter is coming! What a perfect time for parents and teachers to focus on the meaning of Jesus’ resurrection! But too often, especially with children, the full “back story” to...

New Children’s Book by Sally Michael

Jill Nelson

Easter is coming! What a perfect time for parents and teachers to focus on the meaning of Jesus’ resurrection! But too often, especially with children, the full “back story” to...