Parenting 001

By Kevin DeYoung

Does it seem like parenting has gotten more complicated? I mean, as far as I can tell, back in the day parents basically tried to feed their kids, clothe them, and keep them away from explosives. Now our kids have to sleep on their backs (no wait, their tummies; no never mind, their backs), while listening to Baby Mozart surrounded by scenes of Starry, Starry Night. They have to be in piano lessons before they are five and can’t leave the car seat until their about five foot six.

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5 Ways to Make Your Kids Hate Church

Click here to read the article written by Thomas Weaver (http://theresurgence NULL.com/2011/03/26/5-ways-to-make-your-kids-hate-church).

Please note that Resurgence is a partner with Mars Hill Church (http://www NULL.marshillchurch NULL.org/). Mars Hill Church should not be confused with the Mars Hill Bible Church (http://marshill NULL.org/), which is pastored by Rob Bell (http://www NULL.robbell NULL.com/).

Toward a Better Understanding of Hell

Whatever else you might say of Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins, the ensuing controversy has made at least this one point clear: many churchgoers doubt the evangelical doctrine of hell, and many others reject it outright. Before long the blog wars will fade, and we’ll turn our attention toward other issues, such as Easter and the hope of Resurrection. However, the underlying issues that generated this episode will remain. Indeed, they will likely recur unless we account for and respond to the serious doubts.

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Top 10 Most-Searched Bible Verses: What’s Missing?

After watching many National Football League games growing up, I finally grew curious enough to walk into my parents’ office and pick up the family Bible. It seemed every football broadcast included shots of someone standing in the end zone, behind and between the goal posts, holding up a simple sign: JOHN 3:16. I knew enough about the Bible to locate the Book of John in the New Testament. When I read John 3:16, I wasn’t impressed. Turns out the verse was familiar, thanks to Sunday school. I guess I expected to read some sort of decoded message that would unlock a valuable secret. In some sense that’s exactly what I read, but I didn’t yet have the eyes of faith to behold the beauty of what God has done in Jesus Christ.

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that John 3:16 is the most-searched Bible verse, according to statistical analysis provided by the folks at Bible Gateway. They reviewed the behavior of some of the 8 million visitors who stop by their site each month, many of them chasing results provided by Google. I was intrigued to review the top 10 results, which I’ve listed in reverse order.

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A Lost Letter to Wormwood (conclusion)

We pick up the letter with Screwtape’s instructions on how to keep his nephew’s college-aged subject away from church and perfectly wretched…

At the risk of insulting your diabolical intelligence, allow me to remind me of your course in Youth Misery. Recall the Three S’s of Satan, our Sinister Snake (I know, he sometimes gets carried away with alliteration, but it does help jog the old memory). The Three S’s of youth misery: Keep them separate. Keep them selfish. Keep them searching. Allow me to expound.

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Are Fairy Tales Finished?

Are Fairy Tales Finished? (http://thegospelcoalition NULL.org/blogs/tgc/2010/12/03/are-fairy-tales-finished/)

Before I had kids, I insisted that our family wouldn’t do all of that awful Disney stuff. I cringed at the thought of my home being sprinkled with pink and plastic, and was determined that my girls wouldn’t know that world. We succeeded. For about 10 months. Then Dorothy learned to talk.

My word-hungry toddler learned to say “princess” (pronounced “frin-cess”) almost as soon as she said “momma” and “daddy.” It’s like there’s something genetically encoded in her to love fairy tales, ballroom gowns, castles, and rescue stories.

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What’s the Message of the Bible in One Sentence?

By Dane Ortlund
That’s what I recently asked a handful of thoughtful scholars and pastors. Answers below.

Understand that I specifically asked these brothers to keep it to a single sentence (ahem . . . that’s pushing it, Dr. Beale). There is inevitably much that is selectively omitted, so think twice before responding (or commenting) ‘How could he not mention anything about ____?!’ Little exercises like this are not a replacement of reading the Bible itself in all its contours or big books that trace out the Bible in detail, but a pointer to the Bible and to such books.

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What Makes the King James Version Great?

Article by Leland Ryken
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the most important event in the history of English Bible translation.  In fact, the publication of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 was the most important event in the history of book printing as a whole, inasmuch as it is the bestselling English book of all time.  I tell my students that the publication of the King James Bible was the most important event in the history of English and American literature.

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Parenting: The Joyful Impossibility

By Paul Tripp
It was eleven o’clock on a Sunday night, and I was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot exhausted and overwhelmed. After we had put our four children to bed, later than we had planned, Luella discovered that we had nothing in the house to pack for lunches the next day. With an attitude that couldn’t be described as joy, I got in the car and did the late-night food run. As I waited for the light to change so I could leave the parking lot and drive home, it all hit me. It seemed like I had been given an impossible job to do; I had been chosen to be the dad of four children.

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