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Do We Need to Raise Tougher Children?

The Bible’s terms for toughness are “perseverance,” “endurance,” and “character.” In Romans 5:4, Paul says believers “rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character.” For a person to say he or she “rejoices in suffering” is the language of toughness. Serious toughness.

12 Things Every Christian Teenager Should Know

Worth the read!

Will You Write More Biographies?

John Piper on writing biographies and the process he goes through when writing a biography. This was very interesting. Speaking of Piper, here he is explaining how to find Jesus in the Proverbs. 

Why You Will Join the Wrong Church

As I read de Botton’s article, I couldn’t help but see how much of our culture’s view of love and commitment mirrors how many Christians view church membership. Many Christians’ broken relationships with their churches resemble patterns of the divorce culture and its attendant assumptions about authority, love, and compatibility.

How to Read the News Like a Christian

This will help you read the news through a different lens.