How 3 Homeschool Moms Taught Local History

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  What if your best history moments are not buried in textbooks but in your hometown? Knowing what others have done before us shapes our beliefs about today, and what we leave behind tomorrow. Nothing makes history more personal than stories hidden where we live, work, and sleep. That’s all history is, anyway: stories about
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3 Winsome Ways to Equip Children with Truth – Part 2

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Please refer to part one for the previous section. Point To God’s Purpose: Once He laid the foundation in Scripture, Jesus then brings out God’s purpose. God designed marriage to be a union where two become one. To apply this to the sacredness of human life, we know from Scripture God designed man in His
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3 Winsome Ways to Equip Children with Truth – Part 1

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  Life. A precious, priceless gift given value because we are made in the image of a loving, holy God. This God places such a high value on life that He has placed protective limits on that life, which we know from His Word, especially for innocent, helpless life like that of the unborn child.
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Two Simple, Lasting Ways to Befriend Our Families

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  “If I treated my friends like they were my family, would I still have friends?” The question jolted Lisa. She was blessed to have godly friendships, including two close friends where encouragement and delight ran both ways. Yet, when it came to her own family, an uncomfortable inconsistency was present. While none of the
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When Older Children Doubt the Gospels

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  Krissa rubbed her thumb along the thin page of her Bible, fear gnawing at her soul. She had always believed its words, never doubting its record of God’s Son becoming flesh to dwell among us. But shortly after her sixteenth birthday, questions slipped more and more frequently into her thoughts. How could her heart
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Why NOT to Skip Workshops

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  As the largest Christian-themed attractions in the world, Answers in Genesis’s (AiG) twin sites the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter, offer many benefits to homeschooling families. But one aspect that is easy to miss is the workshops offered at both sites. In case you’re tempted to skip these, let me share why you—and especially
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Teaching Children What Scripture Teaches About Money – Part Two

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  How do we teach children to have a biblical and balanced view of money? Part One displayed how young George Muller went to Scripture to establish his personal finances; likewise, his pattern for ministry would be no exception. Scriptures For Ministry: During the same time our young pastor did away with his salary, George
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Teaching Children What Scripture Teaches About Money – Part One

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  How can we teach children to have a biblical and balanced view of money? More importantly, how do we teach them to open God’s Word for themselves, hiding those biblical precepts in their hearts? How does our God, Who knows our needs before we even ask Him (Matthew 6), view material resources that make
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