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December: a month of Celebrations

December: a month of Celebrations

Three very important Christian holidays are celebrated in the month of December. These are great opportunities to teach our children, those in church, family members, or your class.  Bill of Rights Day, celebrated on December 15th, commemorates the ratification...

When I was young I thought the chaos was fun.

When I was young I thought the chaos was fun.

by Ben Gilmore– Tomorrow is my 89th birthday.  As I look back along that long path, many thoughts come to mind.  I think of the incredible individuals that God has brought across my path to inspire and guide me.  I recall the many times that the hand of God has moved...

Teach Your Children to be Content

Teach Your Children to be Content

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.Exodus 20:17 The tenth commandment strikes at the root; Thou shalt not covet. The...

Teach your children to tell the Truth

Commandment IX:You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Exodus 20:16 The ninth commandment concerns our own and our neighbour's good name. This forbids speaking falsely on any matter, lying, equivocating, and any way devising or designing to deceive our...

Teach your children to respect property

Commandment VIII:You shall not steal.Exodus 20:15 The eighth commandment is the law of love as it respects the property of others,” says Matthew Henry. "What are we not to steal? We are not to steal by which every man has lawful dominion of."* What does this...

Teach your children to love their neighbor

Commandment VII:You shall not commit adultery.Exodus 20:14 The seventh commandment expresses the honor we are to give to the purity of our neighbor. William Ames writes, “Chastity is a virtue, whereby the purity of his person is preserved in respect to those things...