a word from the pastor

The Divine Mandate to Parents

In a New York Times article, author Laurie Frankel wrote about a dilemma involving her 6-year-old son’s entrance into first grade. Apparently, the lad developed a preference for dresses over what little boys normally wear. As soon as I use the word “normally,” I recognize that a growing number of...
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The Children Begin to Speak

In this day in age, children are often treated more like commodities to be used for adult fulfillment instead of the human persons they inherently are. Two gay men get “married” and want to be fathers. Obviously, there’s a problem. It takes a man and a woman to have a baby. No problem, they’ll...
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Dysphoria or Delusion?

We live in a society that encourages children to embrace their gender dysphoria; a condition where a person’s emotional and psychological identity as male or female is opposite to their birth sex World magazine recently ran an article about the increasing number of books in elementary and midd...
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Depression and the American Adolescent

Leaving God out of one’s life will always produce a negative outcome. Well known journalist Elizabeth Bernstein recently published an article entitled, “How to Spot Teenage Depression.” She cites statistics that clearly indicate an increase in the number of adolescents who experience depressio...
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Gratitude Never Rebels

Four Practical Steps to Help Your Children Be Thankful - Looking back on my years as a student pastor, a handful of teens stood out for their strong testimony of Christian character and spiritual maturity. Four Practical Steps to Help Your Children Be Thankful Looking back on my years as a ...
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Nobody's Perfect

Whenever a person’s flaws are exposed there is a tendency to offer the well-known epithet “nobody’s perfect” citing the glaring reality that all of us make mistakes. Whenever a person’s flaws are exposed there is a tendency to offer the well-known epithet “nobody’s perfect” citing the gla...
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