Brent Rinehart

I’ve learned this: yes, money can buy some level of happiness… but it’s temporary. But joy is lasting.

What does it look like to be a faithful father? This guide shares prayers, encouragement, and practical tips for pointing your children to God and loving them well. Whether you are a new dad in the midst of sleepless nights or are struggling to connect with your adult children, we hope this uplifts you in your foundational role as "dad."

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It's funny how your source of earthly joy evolves over time. The things you used to do in your leisure time don't matter as much. As a parent, seeing your child laughing and having fun is worth every so-called sacrifice. I was never a very good golfer anyway.

Marriage takes work. Marriage takes prayer. Marriage takes God intervening.

A healthy relationship with God mandates a healthy appetite for His Word.

God can use anyone and anything (at any given time) to accomplish what He wants in our lives.

What a seemingly simple, but overwhelmingly complicated verse!

God created us for a purpose – to bring Him glory.

The Thanksgiving season is a time to reflect on those things that are a blessing to our lives. And, this year in particular, I can find many reasons to be thankful for family.

Have you experienced times in your life where you can't feel God's presence?

The Bible has a lot to say about love. In fact, is is the center of the Gospel. 1 John 4:8 tells us that "God is love". We often wonder about the different types of love and how we can grow in each. Love is something we have marveled about since the beginning of time. It has been the subject of countless songs, poems, sonnets and books over the course of history. Hundreds of movies use it as their theme. And, yet, expertise in the subject still seems to evade us. In many ways, we’ve simply “lost that loving feeling.” Spend a few minutes on Twitter or Facebook today, and I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s as if we’ve forgotten what love is, what it isn’t, and how we are supposed to do it. Love is simply another one of those things God created that we have managed to screw up.

What happened? If God is love, we were created in His image to exemplify love to each other, and love is everlasting… just how did we get so far off track? For many of us, we’ve simply lost sight of what the Bible reveals to us about love. The Bible has a lot to say about it, but here are 10 things we can be reminded of about love from the Bible and how to live in response.

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Whether you interpret Proverbs 22:6 as a promise for raising your kids “in the Lord” or a warning about not doing so, there’s one thing we know: what you do as a parent matters and it will lead to results.