5 Great Ideas To Make Thanksgiving Mean More Than Football And Turkey

by Phillip Ward | Nov 22, 2016 | Intentional Parenting, Theology of Home

Thanksgiving is often many people’s favorite holidays for many great reasons: good food, time with family, and football. In the midst of stuffing our faces full of turkey and watching game after game of football, we may come to realize that we missed it — a time...

Spiritual Formation in Marriage

by Kurt Bruner | Jul 20, 2016 | Intentional Marriage, Theology of Home

Traditional wedding vows include a sacred oath. They recognize that every marriage, as designed by the original Matchmaker, is intended to reflect a much bigger reality than joint checking accounts and shared household chores. Consider the following words that have...

Spiritual Formation in Parenting

by Kurt Bruner | Jul 20, 2016 | Intentional Parenting, Theology of Home

Did you know that traditional wedding vows list parenthood as one of the primary purposes for which matrimony was ordained? To quote: “[I]t was ordained for the procreation of children, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise of his...

Four Roots to Lifelong Faith

by Kurt Bruner | Jul 20, 2016 | Intentional Parenting, Theology of Home

Spiritual formation at home is the most natural and productive context for faith and character formation because the longer one aligns his or her life with the truth, the more “second nature” it becomes to believe and behave according to God’s design. So what,...

The Front Line of Spiritual Warfare = The Home

by Kurt Bruner | Jul 20, 2016 | Family Life Challenges, Theology of Home

The family is the highest expression of God’s image on earth. Like the Holy Trinity, it is a communion of loving persons. The apostle Paul described the marital union as a mysterious picture of the gospel itself. Satan hates anything that pictures his mortal enemy. If...

Spiritual Formation at Home

by Kurt Bruner | Jul 20, 2016 | Intentional Marriage, Intentional Parenting, Theology of Home

What do we mean by the phrase “spiritual formation,” and what does it have to do with home? The Scriptures tell us that men and women were created “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27). In other words, we were made as icons to reflect our Creator, just like children...