Four Jobs Of The Parent

The job of raising kids today is tougher than ever. Sunday morning I  taught moms and dads about the 4 main jobs of parenting: #1 Prepare your kids for life; #2 Protect your kids in storms; #3 Play with your kids for fun; #4 Point your kids to God.

Follow along with the online sermon notes or download the fill-in-the-blanks PDF sermon outline.

Real Dads of Genius

Real Dads of Genius are dads who are caring, consistent, close, and Christian. This is the Father's Day talk delivered by me to Church Requel on June 15, 2014. It also includes 4 "Real Dads of Genius" videos of real dads within our congregation. The cover art photo is my son, Jonathan, with his 4 children: Grayden, Lila, Lincoln, and Cohen.

#106: Raising Today's Kids

I introduce the new sermon series, Raising Amazing Kids, with some personal thoughts to why raising children today is such a challenge. The expectations for mom and dad and their family is very different than when I was a kid - and these pressures are continuing. But raising a family today is not at all impossible. Teaching godly principles is just as important to success as ever.

In this first sermon, we talk about 4 challenges of raising kids in today’s world. We consider 3 reasons why it’s so important to give our children a spiritual foundation. Finally we provide 3 suggestions for today’s parents.

Music for today's podcast is The Andy Griffith Show themesong.

Unbind Him

We learn six lessons from the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.  Join Pastor Mark Pierce of Church Requel in this study of John 11.

5 Setback Lessons Dads Should Teach Children

Setbacks are normal in life, yet we like to protect our children from failure. What should we be teaching our kids about setbacks and progress? Join Pastor Mark of Church Requel as we study Philippians 1:12-18