Since Crossway made it free for Kindle, I’ve been browsing through Randy Newman’s book, Bringing the Gospel Home: Witnessing to Your Family Members, Your Close Friends, and Others You Know Well. This is an incredibly important topic as I have come to find it harder to share the gospel with family members as it is [...]
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Steps to Sharing the Gospel with Your Family During Christmas
December 8, 2011Hershey
August 2, 2011I was a young, immature 18 year-old kid fresh out of the house in my first year of college when I walked into my hometown pet store to meet a whimpering puppy who I would take home with me. That puppy would spend the next 14 years of my life with me, numbering every year [...]
Covenant Marriage
June 7, 2011John Piper, Tim Keller, and D.A. Carson share their thoughts on the importance of understanding covenant and promise (biblical theology) in marriage. Good stuff.
Marriage, Minefields, and Manhood
February 26, 2011I first heard about this story from Steve Childers in his final talk at my first GCA National Church Planting Conference. His message was entitled, “Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing.” It’s the story about Robertson McQuilkin and his dear wife Muriel. McQuilkin was the son of the founding president of Columbia International University, [...]
Gospel-Centered Families
June 1, 2010Starting this Sunday, Grace will be spending the next 12 weeks on Gospel-Centered Family by Tim Chester and Ed Moll. I was really looking forward to teaching it, but after meeting with my fellow pastors, I am transitioning to focus more on leadership development and growing our church family in the areas of gospel, community, [...]
POTW :: Swingin
April 9, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) Aiden had his first shot at the neighborhood swings, and needless to say, he loved it. I’ve had some sweet moments with the boys this week, and I pray that I will always have front-row seats to watch them grow up. My heart [...]
POTW :: Miromar
April 2, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (see it LARGE) I suppose I’m not the only who is experiencing crazy moments this time of the year. Lots going on. The photos above are from a much-needed family outing to Miromar Outlets. My wife loved getting good deals kiddos. Nolan loved it because they [...]
POTW :: Tubing
March 26, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) Yesterday morning, my wife and I took our 10-month-old son to the hospital to have tubes put into his ears. He has had ear infections since mid-January, and over the course of the past three months fluid has continued to develop and worsen [...]
The Resurrection Story: God’s Wonderful Surprise
March 22, 2010Last November, I posted the video of the birth of Jesus Christ from The Jesus Storybook Bible–a resource that God has used in the lives of my two boys in incredible ways. Below is the video of the resurrection story entitled “God’s Wonderful Surprise” taken from JSSB. If you would like to incorporate family devotions [...]
POTW :: Back Again
March 20, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) Man, it has been probably a year or more since I have done a POTW. As much as I love photography, it has been one of those things that gets laid aside when you have these two little ones by your side. [...]
The Jesus Storybook Bible
September 8, 2009Yesterday was an especially exciting day for the Brister family. No, we didn’t do anything out of the ordinary for Labor Day. What happened was we finished the Jesus Storybook Bible for the first time. God has used this little resourced by Sally Lloyd-Jones to turn our times of family worship as the most exciting [...]
Aiden Clark
May 10, 2009Thank you, all, for joining me in prayer for Aiden. I’ve created a photo set for Aiden on Flickr where I’ll be posting pictures of him in the future. Here are some I’ve posted thus far.
This Week
May 4, 2009This week is shaping up to be a week of exciting happenings. By the end of the week, I hope to have a new baby and a new blog template (though there is no comparision!). As you could imagine, I’m going to be quite busy with everything going on. Last Friday, we went for another [...]
POTW :: aidenclark
April 10, 2009View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) On Monday of this week, I set out to catch a sunset only to see the sun play hide-and-seek behind the clouds, so I went over to the Cape Coral Marina to see what I could capture [...]
POTW :: firsthaircut
March 13, 2009View in Flickr (see it LARGE) View in Flickr (see it LARGE) View in Flickr (see it LARGE) A couple of weeks ago, we took Nolan for his first haircut. As you could imagine from the photos, it lasted all but of maybe five minutes. The first and last photos are a before and after [...]
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