Practical Applications

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  Why I Don't Use the F-Word Swearing has become totally entrenched in our culture, and many Christians worry that it's spreading into the church. Kelly Givens Aug 08, 2013
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  We Are All Virgins Now Virginity matters because sexual purity matters because God says it matters. But it is not the highest of virtues. Tim Challies Aug 07, 2013
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  8 Steps to Helping Your Adult Children Financially (without Enabling Them) According to the Pew Research Center, three out of 10 parents are reporting that their grown children ages 25-34 are coming home. They are called the “boomerang generation” or “generation stuck.” Megan Pacheco Aug 05, 2013
• Let’s Get ‘Er Done, Church! If we wait until we can do everything perfectly, we will still be sitting here when the Lord returns. Let us be up and doing. Joe McKeever Jul 31, 2013
• Unstructured Play (and Why Your Kids Need More of It This Summer) All of our well-meaning attempts to fill up our children’s summer with enriching activities may actually be harming them. Here is why we need to back off a little and let them just be kids. Madeline Levine, PhD Jul 29, 2013
• 10 Insights to Help Us Better Relate to Others How can we better relate to the people we encounter around us on a daily basis? How can we work to understand and build relationships with those around us to ultimately show them the love of Christ? Anna Kuta Jul 25, 2013
• How to Get Your Kids to Eat and Enjoy Fruits and Veggies What’s a parent to do? How can you get your kids to starting eating and enjoying the fruits and vegetables that God created? Whitney Hopler Jul 23, 2013
• 10 Tips for Praying as a Couple Make praying together a priority in your day, and make sure to find a place where you can pray without interruption. Janet Thompson Jul 22, 2013
• Is It Okay for a Christian to Drop OMGs? It is not uncommon to hear people toss around God’s name as the exclamation point of their frustration. In the last year I have heard an uptick of Christians engaging in the same. Is that okay? Erik Raymond Jul 19, 2013
• Four Tips for Learning to Change Thom S. Rainer Jul 18, 2013
• We Don’t Find Grace, Grace Finds Us The Gospel is not a story of God meeting sinners half-way, of God desperately hoping to find that one righteous man on whom he can bestow his favor. The news is so much better than that. The Gospel is that... Tullian Tchividjian Jul 17, 2013
• Women: How to Pray God’s Word for Your Life When you pray for yourself you invite God’s power into your life, which will give you the strength you need to give to others as God leads you. Whitney Hopler Jul 16, 2013