There are two important and influential devices in every home. Whoever controls these devices wields great power and influence. They have the potential to bring great joy and excitement as well as tension and discord. The second important and influential device in the home is the thermostat. In contrast to the remote control, no one […]
There are two important and influential devices in every home. Whoever controls these devices wields great power and influence. They have the potential to bring great joy and excitement as well as tension and discord. The first device is the remote control. Oh yeah. Whoever has the remote control determines what everyone else in the […]
I don’t know how I missed this, but the Main Street students sang a couple of songs for the Worship service the Sunday before Christmas. I completely forgot to grab the video camera, but managed to catch one of songs on my cell phone’s horrible video camera. The children, however, were far from horrible. They sang magnificently! […]
Last Wednesday night (March 16, 2011), a missionary from Wycliffe Bible Translators by the name of Nard Pugyao spoke to the middle and high school students. It was a great message! source Vimeo
King Solomon marries 600 women who in turn lead him away from the LORD. Solomon follows after the gods of his wives. Judgment from the LORD includes the tearing / dividing of the kingdom. Jeroboam harasses Solomon, and ends up fleeing for his life. Solomon’s successor to the throne of Israel is his son, Rehoboam. […]
My friend, Jesse Smith, wrote a great blog post about the impact their weekly small group has on his kids. I really resonated with it because our small group has been really impactful for our family as well. My kids really look forward to spending time with their friends at small group. Our small group’s […]
A couple of weeks ago I had sent a couple of our Main Street Teachers to a leadership class during our Sunday morning children’s ministry hour. As a result, I ended up “teaching” grades 3-6 in small group time that morning after our large group time. I get to rarely do these kinds of things […]
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King Hiram of Tyre visits the Main Street students and informs them of the grand Temple that King Solomon built. An animated video walk-though of the spectacular Temple is shown to give a realistic visual of what it might have looked like. We are also reminded that we, as God’s special people, have a big […]
Quite often it is difficult to pin down the ethic of the kingdom of God in our everyday lives. Giving concrete examples of living out the Gospel that go beyond the obvious (reading your Bible and praying everyday and being nice to everyone) are hard to come by. Every now and then, I come across […]
King David dies and his son, Solomon, assumes the throne. The LORD asks young Solomon what he could do for him. Solomon responds by asking for wisdom so he could rule well. The LORD is pleased with Solomon’s request and further grants him wealth and fame as well. King Solomon wrote numerous proverbs and wise […]
My friend Rachel South published this video recently: source Vimeo
King David decides to count his troops, realizes that was a bad decision (after the fact), has to choose one of three punishments, and buys the porch (threshold) where the plague stopped. Interestingly, the “porch” that David bought became the sight where King Solomon placed the Temple. source Vimeo
One of my daughters is experiencing “fear” lately. She will hear a noise while she’s playing with her sister alone in a room and run out into the living room and report to Mom and Dad what she’s “heard” (they’ve got fantastic imaginations as to what those “noises” might be!). After bedtime, she came out […]
This past Sunday in Main Street, the story of the week was “The Conspiracy of Absalom.” What precipitated Absalom’s nefarious coup against his father, King David? It’s a little rated “R”. You see, Amnon, one of David’s sons was “in love” with his half-sister, Tamar (one of David’s daughters). Amnon pretended to be sick all […]
I just recently acquired an updated smartphone which has a whole lot more features than my old one: meaning, I can now use “apps”. Additionally it has the ability to check and do many things on the go: facebook, email, text messages, and lots of multimedia stuff. In light of my recent acquisition, I thought […]
Absalom kills his half-brother, Amnon, then goes into hiding. After 3 years he returns, woos people to like him (and not his dad, King David) and then proceeds to perform a coup. King David flees, but eventually returns after his commander, Joab, finds and kills young Absalom. Key lesson of the story? Sin has consequences. […]
I came across this series of letters to parents the other day and found them insightful and helpful. Here is letter #4: Dear Parents, You attend church, and all of us that work to prepare exciting environments for your children are thrilled that you do. It’s obvious to us that you value what the Body […]
I came across this series of letters to parents the other day and found them insightful and helpful. Here is letter #3: Dear Parents, You love your kid. That much is obvious by your willingness to set rules and then hold your children to obedience to those rules. As a pastor to children, I commend […]