Posted by chris in News on 09. Mar, 2010 | 7 Comments
This is a test run for a community blogging effort based on Charles Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” devotionals. Charles Spurgeon was a pastor for many years in England and was referred to as the “Prince of Preachers”. He wrote many books, started a college to train pastors, and preached to what many consider the first [...]
As I’ve been going through seminary I am constantly learning just how important the Old Testament is to the New Testament. It seems to me that the Bible should just be called “part 1″ and “part 2″ instead of “Old” and “New” because the way it sounds right now it’s as if the “Old” is [...]
I said something to one of my college students yesterday that has actually seemed to be more for me than it was for her. We were sort of updating the other people in our group as to where we felt we were in our relationship with God lately – how we were doing, where we [...]
Last Friday night my wife and I joined some friends for opening night of the “new” movie from Disney, “A Christmas Carol”. It is the classic tale from Charles Dickens, done who knows how many times already in movie form. While the big push from the entertainment industry is to see movies in 3-D, [...]
Welcome to the PBC Dialogue. This is a place for the people of PBC to read articles and respond to them. We believe written words can be powerful tools for God’s glory and declaring His Kingdom on earth.
Our goal is to encourage the body of believers not only at PBC but anywhere they are, so [...]
Posted by chris in News on 09. Mar, 2010 | 7 Comments
This is a test run for a community blogging effort based on Charles Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” devotionals. Charles Spurgeon was a pastor for many years in England and was referred to as the “Prince of Preachers”. He wrote many books, started a college to train pastors, and preached to what many consider the first [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 09. Mar, 2010 | Comments Off
Join us Easter Morning on April 4th, 2010
Prayer: 9am
Bagels & Coffee 9:30am-10am
Sunday Morning Service 10am
Invite your friends and family to celebrate Jesus this Easter Sunday!
Posted by noelle in News on 09. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
When parents give an instruction but children don’t want to comply or it’s not convenient for them, sometimes they need to learn to “obey first and then we’ll talk about it.” This emphasizes obedience.
If little Brian has pulled a chair over to the counter and is climbing onto it, you may say, “Brian, we don’t [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 02. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
A bad attitude is a challenge to family life and frustrates many a parent. Furthermore, if children don’t learn how to deal with their attitude, they grow up to be adults with bad attitudes. One way to help children overcome a bad attitude is to take it apart and help them deal with it in [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 23. Feb, 2010 | Comments Off
You are invited to a dinner affair put on by Under Construction Youth Ministries.
Your admission cost goes straight to our Mexico Missions fund-raising efforts. We’ll be heading down to serve March 27th-April 3rd.
With Italian Cuisine, Elaborate Dessert Auctioning, Silent Auction with a generous array of local gifts and goodies, charming service and entertainment…. this is [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 23. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
In 1 Corinthians 4:4 Paul says, “My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t make me innocent.” The reality is that just because the conscience prompts a person, doesn’t mean that it’s right. Children need to be careful to obey God first in everything they do.
The conscience looks for convictions in order to prompt a person [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 16. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
“Attitude” is a shorthand term used to summarize many different feelings, thoughts, and behaviors all at the same time. Various triggers provoke attitudes and simply hearing a word or seeing a signal can change a person’s perspective. All Mom has to do is say Derek?! with that certain voice, for instance, and Derek knows she [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 09. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Some view their anger as justified because they are right and others are wrong. They believe that being right is the only ticket required to launch into an adult temper tantrum. But saying “He made me angry” implies that external events require emotional intensity. The dad who links the trigger (what “made” him angry) and [...]
Posted by chris in chris ritter on 28. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
Last night President Obama stood in front of congress and in front of the world and gave the state of the union address. I was only able to listen to about half of it because we had to get to youth group at the Decker’s home, but my point in writing is not to sum [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 26. Jan, 2010 | Comments Off
Families make decisions and solve problems on a daily basis. Parents must make some decisions, and in those cases children need to learn to follow. At other times parents can involve children and help them make wise choices.
Money, for example, provides opportunities for children to make decisions. Parents can teach children how to save, be [...]
Posted by noelle in News on 19. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
The heart contains a number of internal prompters but some of them lead children in the wrong direction. For example, the heart contains emotions, but sometimes those emotions prompt children to act inappropriately. The heart contains desires but when those desires are wrong we call them temptations.
God has placed two governors in the heart to [...]
