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The Marriage Bed

by Pastor Curt on July 20, 2010
filed under marriage, sexual intimacy

Ever on the lookout for additional helpful resources for areas of pastoral ministry, I recently came upon a new booklet by Ray Rhodes, Jr. entitled The Marriage Bed (Books That Nourish, Dawsonville, GA, 2010, 32 pages). In some thirty years of premarital counseling this little gem is the first manual on sexual intimacy in Christian [...]

12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child

by Pastor Curt on June 30, 2010
filed under children, parenting

Back before Father’s Day when I was preparing the sermon on Proverbs 23:12-28, someone sent me a blog post by Abraham Piper from Desiring God about ways to move in redemptively to the life of a prodigal son or daughter. I’ve meant to post it on our blog as a follow up to my message [...]

Writing a Tribute to Your Parents

by Pastor Curt on May 8, 2010
filed under Father's Day, honor, Mother's Day

Dennis Rainey, in his book The Tribute: Whatever Every Parent Longs to Hear (Thomas Nelson, 1994, 288 pages), advocates every son or daughter writing a tribute of honor to their parents at some point in their life. He also advises presenting that written tribute publicly, usually on some milestone date in their lives. On July [...]

30-Day Spouse Encouragement Challenge

by Pastor Curt on April 20, 2010
filed under encouragement, marriage

Nancy Leigh DeMoss has a one-page article in the Spring 2010 issue of Life Action Ministries Revive magazine that recently caught my attention. She called it The 30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge. She leads with Proverbs 31:12 which says that the virtuous wife does her husband good, and not harm, all the days of her life. [...]