Family Foundations: Building a Strong Family (Part 3 of 3)
By Bryn S. Elliott (If you haven’t already, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 in this series) Disregarding God’s standard of morality creates confusion at the core of who we are and the basics of what is right and what is wrong. God is straightforward. In the Bible, He tells us […]
Family Foundations: Defining Family (Part 2 of 3)
By Bryn S. Elliott (If you haven’t already, make sure to check out Part 1 in this series: Family Foundations: What Is A Biblical Model of Family) “Family is the foundational institution of society ordained by God. It is constituted by marriage and is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood or […]
How Can Fathers Connect With Their Children?
“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12) A Father’s Greatest Calling Children are our greatest blessing from the Lord, and how we […]
Guest Blog: You are the Father’s Bridge Builder to Your Children (Part 2)
Donna Tadych, a close friend and the director of Heartsync for Texas was kind enough to contribute the following blog on the role of the father as a bridge builder. In Part 1, Donna speaks on the importance of bridge building. In Part 2, Donna teaches us how bridge building looks different at various stages […]
Dying to Live: A Fresh Perspective on Suffering
A close friend of mine, Charles Zimmerman, had some very deep comments on how my daughter Bryn’s book Dying to Live: Experiencing God’s Redemptive Power In the Midst of Tragedy changed His perspective on pain and suffering, bolstering His faith and trust in God for whatever may come his way. My daughter’s life was marked […]
Dying to Live: No Compromise
When Abbe and Bryn were struggling with addiction, I was spending $40,000 per month on various rehab centers doing whatever I could to get them help and keep them safe. For a period of time, it worked. However, whenever they came back to the real world, they would fall back into their destructive lifestyles because […]
A Father’s Blessing – Part 2
If you look at the families and parents and children who make up today’s culture, it’s not hard to see how the enemy has attempted to destroy what God intended for good. Single parents, estranged children, rampant divorce, abandonment, and dysfunctional people filled with bitterness and resentment only begin to describe the effects of fatherlessness […]
Fight for Your Family Through Prayer
As parents, we must fight for our children, and prayer is essential for protection and enforcing victory against the enemy’s schemes. When a mother and father come to agreement in prayer (and in unity within the marriage), the authority they have in the Spirit to war over their family is unmatched. Even as a single […]