2012-01-30T14:48:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/children http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/steve-jobs-and-god-6536 2012-01-30T14:48:10-05:00 Behind all the fog of all those "sophisticated" spiritualities and the dueling religions of our world stands one real God, one real Savior. He's the God who hung on a cross. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6737 2012-01-26T10:16:16-05:00 Spielberg's latest movie is getting rave reviews. And rightly so. The popular children's book by Michael Morpurgo has been faithfully adapted: read story of the film and its making. And there are many redemptive echoes embedded in it. Here are a few... http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/hug-them-tightly-but-hold-them-loosely-6529 2012-01-19T09:37:47-05:00 It's so easy to let our children become an extension of our ego, our hopes, our dreams rather than letting them simply be God's servants. Maybe you even have a child God is calling into His service and you're kind of standing in the way. We just dare not forget that our children are God's property trusted to us. We dare not hijack them from His service to be in ours. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/our-own-little-bethlehem-6505 2011-12-16T09:29:56-05:00 You know, Christmas really is all about a Baby who came to die so we could live. And I will never stop thanking Him that He saw that lost little family in a second floor apartment on the south side of Chicago and sent a missionary - my brother - who never spoke a word to gave us Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/paper-trunks-and-permanent-wardrobe-6483 2011-11-16T13:32:38-05:00 Life is a series of new starts. What happens after the children are gone? Those new starts last from starting kindergarten, to college, to marriage, the empty nest, job changes, retirement. And we wear those identities for a period of time. But if you're ever going to find personal security, you need a transcendent identity—someone you can be forever. And Paul gave it to us, "In Christ." http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5916 2011-10-12T11:07:52-05:00 Professor Sugata Mitra is the Indian academic who allowed poor Indian children to work out computers for themselves. But here's the challenge. For those kids who will have a web connection through these cheap tablets (or any other route), where will they find evangelistic material that is contextualized for their own culture, language and religion, and assumes they have zero Christian knowledge? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-most-special-people-on-earth-6457 2011-10-11T10:31:38-05:00 Children teach us something about openness, simplicity, humility, and faith. They help us unmask and they are soft cement that can still be written on. They're so important! They're a life to be shaped. Take stock of who gets your best attention and remember that Jesus thinks the children are some of the most special people on earth. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/what-your-wife-can-t-get-enough-of-6439 2011-09-15T10:41:43-05:00 We can be delivered from that macho frustration that says, "I've got to meet all my wife's needs" and then run from the ones that we can't meet. Together, often, go to your knees and seek your Father for the things that you need. If you're a husband, let your wife live in the secure knowledge that you speak her name often in the Throne Room of Almighty God. She's hungry for your prayer on her behalf, and she can't get enough of it. http://faithaliveresources.org/Products/151370/home-grown-handbook-for-christian-parenting.aspx 2011-06-08T15:33:34-05:00 This practical parent handbook answers questions all Christian parents face. Organized by topic and filled with humor and sound advice, it’s a great resource for adult classes and a thoughtful gift for new parents. http://faithaliveresources.org/Products/018018/celebrating-the-milestones-of-faith.aspx 2011-06-08T15:29:01-05:00 As children, youth, and adults travel on their faith journey, it's important to mark the milestones along the way and to thank God for his faithfulness. This inspiring new book helps you and your church identify faith milestones and celebrate them together.