Dealing with bad language (godly parenting)
*CONTENT WARNING* This post will use the bad language that one of my children said. The purpose is that you can experience the horror but still see how to respond in a godly way. "I have to teach you a great new card game the boys taught me at my camp!" my eldest...
Principle #2: Holy (Teach your children godly sexuality part 11)
We have seen in the previous three posts that sexual intercourse is holy as it reflects the oneness and intimacy in the trinity, it is the seal of the marriage covenant and it points to the ecstasy of our future union with Christ. Since our sexual intimacy is Holy it...
Our marriage to Christ (Teach your children godly sexuality part 10)
We saw in our previous post that marriage is an exclusive covenant relationship between a man and a woman which reflects the intimate relationship between the father and the son. However, it is also a prophetic declaration of the relationship that Jesus wants to have...
The marriage covenant (Teach your children godly sexuality part 9)
In the previous post we looked at the first aspect of the holiness of our sexuality: it reflects the inseparable oneness and intimacy of the Trinity. In this post we look at the second and related reason it has been set apart by God: It has been set apart by God to...
Principle #2: Holy (Teach your children godly sexuality part 8)
In the previous three blog posts (1 2 3) we've been discussing the first principle of teaching your children godly sexuality: communicate its goodness. And it was declared to be very good (Gen 1:27) as our sexuality images our Three-in-One God. Now, the lie that the...
Principle #1: Good (Teach your children godly sexuality part 7)
Now we're going to apply the theory of God's goodness of our sexuality to three of the four broad areas that arise with children aged 2-11: Exploration/questions about their bodies Questions about growing up/parents bodies What does it mean to be male/female? Where do...
Principle #1: Good (Teach your children godly sexuality part 6)
In our previous post we saw that our sexuality is good because it reflects the: community of the Trinity oneness of the Trinity love of the Trinity delight & joy in the Trinity joy of the Trinity in Creation ultimate ecstasy of our union with Christ So we need to...