The Homeschool Family

This is for all of my homeschool friends...you know I love you.

The Myth of Global Warming

Deborah Drapper

Deborah Drapper, a 13-year old homeschooled child, was recently the subject of a BBC documentary. Watch this video for part 1 of 6. (You can watch the rest on YouTube). You can go to Deborah's blog here. She's a pretty amazing young girl - I especially like her post that evolution is a fairy tale for grownups...



HT: Josh Harris

30 Years Ago

Thirty years ago today it snowed. On that snowy day, I was born, coincidentally enough, at Baptist hospital which is directly across the street from the church where I now serve. I think it's pretty cool that I work pretty much where I was born. After being born in Columbia, attending school in Columbia up through college graduation and moving to Texas, Raleigh, and Sumter my life has come full circle.

When I got into my car today to drive down to the church the first thing I heard on the radio was Alan Jackson singing, "Remember when...30 seemed so old." Odd. That got me thinking about songs about 30. I think Tim McGraw's song, My Next 30 Years, sums up the way I'm feeling today.



I think that song pretty much sums up exactly the emotions that I feel about turning 30. I'm not having a crisis. I had that at 24 and 25. I made peace about growing older back then.

For your enjoyment, here is an interesting video about about March 26, 1979.

http://www.getback.com/video/march-26-1979/3037262

(I can't figure out how to embed it, so just click the link and it'll take you to the short video clip)

I'll have a post later about the fantastic birthday surprise my wife and friends threw me...

Protecting Your Wife

Husbands, watch this to find out what your wife needs and wants. Also, what is biblical headship? It means you get hit by the car...

8 Ways to Honor Your Wife

8 Ways to Honor Your Wife from Mark Driscoll

1. Honor her maritally. Take a wife honorably. Establish right priorities, and be a one woman man–absolutely faithful to your wife.
2. Honor her physically. Be strong for your wife, not against her. Be protective of her and present with her.
   
3. Honor her emotionally. Be emotionally present and intimate. Take her on dates.
   
4. Honor her verbally. Speak honorably to her. Speak honorably of her, when she is present and absent.
   
5. Honor her financially. Provide for the financial needs of your family, organize your budget, and be generous towards your wife.
   
6. Honor her practically. Consider her needs and how you can serve her.
   
7. Honor her parentally. Be “Pastor Dad” by shepherding your children (praying with them, teaching them about Jesus, reading the Bible with them, etc.).
   
8. Honor her spiritually. You initiate and lead prayer, Bible, chats, church attendance, etc. Take responsibility for your church.

What's For Dinner?

HT: Josh Harris

Been There, Done That

How to Help Those Who Adopt

As a Christian, husband, father, and pastor, I am a fan of adoption. We have many families at the church that have adopted children and we have some who are currently in the process. John Piper lists 10 ways that we can help those who go through the sometimes grueling adoption process. By the way, adoption is a biblical concept...

1. Develop your own heart for the fatherless..

2. Do a biblical study on God’s perspective on orphans.

3. Educate yourself on basic facts about adoption and orphan care.

4. Ask questions.

5. Remind them that they desire a good and God-magnifying thing.

6. Keep on encouraging them.

7. Provide financial counsel and help.

8. Cry with them and celebrate with them.

9. Celebrate adoptions publicly in services.

10. Don’t feel like you have to have all the answers.

Click here for the entire article which is complete with commentary on the above ten.

Tedd Tripp on Formative Instruction

How to Exasperate Your Children

"Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged." (Col. 3:21)

1. Be a hypocrite
2. Be a bully to them
3. Be harsh to them
4. Be Emotionally Distant from them
5. Show Favoritism to Other Kids
6. Have Unrealistic Standards
7. Be Mr Question your kid’s salvation guy
8. Be Mr Assure your kid’s salvation guy
9. Don’t discipline them
10. Discipline them without biblical instruction
11. Don’t teach them the Bible
12. Don’t connect discipline to the gospel

HT: here