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Oct 4, 20212 min read

Spiritual Disciplines

Question: Recently we’ve become aware of the need for and value of spiritual disciplines both individually and in our marriage. We have...

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Gary Oliver

Feb 1, 20213 min read

Bible Study with Teens

Question We have two early-teen and pre-teen daughters and whenever we try to initiate a bible study they show NO interest. We want to...

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Gary Oliver

May 24, 20193 min read

Church Division

Question Recently, my husband decided to leave our church because he said he doesn’t feel spiritually led there anymore. I see this as a...

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Gary Oliver

Feb 12, 20192 min read

Separate Churches

Question My wife and I attend separate churches. She attends the church from her childhood where most of her friends and her sister and...

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Gary Oliver

Nov 11, 20182 min read

Praying as a Family

Question We gather for a “family prayer time” every week but sometimes it seems like something we “do” rather than something that is...

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Gary Oliver

Jun 1, 20184 min read

Joy to the World

One reader asks: “I don't like to admit this, but for the past several years I have dreaded the Christmas season. I know that Christmas...

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Gary Oliver

Nov 23, 20172 min read

Modeling Your Faith For Your Teens

Question My wife and I are alarmed by the reports we’ve heard of the number of teenagers raised in the church but who abandon their faith...

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Gary Oliver

Jan 1, 20174 min read

Cultivating a Thankful Heart

One reader writes: “Every year Thanksgiving seems to come and go. I'm embarrassed to admit that the only thing about it that I look...

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Gary Oliver

Aug 11, 20162 min read

Cultivating a Lifestyle of Faith

Question We have three teenage children and are looking for some specific ways we can help them go beyond knowing the core doctrines and...

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Gary Oliver

Sep 24, 20152 min read

Parenting Children to be Christian Adults

Question We’ve read research and seen real-life examples with some of our friends regarding the high number of kids raised in a Christian...

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Gary Oliver

Jul 1, 20155 min read

How to Pray When You Don’t Know How to Pray

This is being written the morning of September 12, 2001. There is still much that we don't know about the events that took place...

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Gary Oliver

Jan 1, 20154 min read

A New Year & New Opportunities

If you read very much of the Bible, it wouldn’t take you long to discover that one of God’s greatest desires is to see His children grow,...

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Gary Oliver

Oct 11, 20132 min read

Non-believer Spouse

Question My husband and I weren’t Christians when we married. But I'm a Christian now, and he isn’t. He doesn’t like that I believe in...

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Gary Oliver

Jul 1, 20133 min read

Sample Covenant and Agenda for Men’s Group

1. Start with Prayer 2. His Purpose for Us We are gathered in the name of Jesus and He is in our midst. Before God and each other we have...

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Gary Oliver

Apr 12, 20132 min read

Weakened Faith

Question Three years ago my husband was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It’s a chronic condition that causes pain in muscles, joints, and...

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Gary Oliver

Nov 30, 201215 min read

Developing a Family Ministry for Your Church

I grew up in a nice quiet neighborhood in Southern California. The two-parent family was the norm. When I was in grade school, I remember...

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Gary Oliver

Jan 31, 20112 min read

Radical Reconciliation

John Perkins's remarkable life story began in rural, segregated Mississippi, where his father disappeared and his mother died shortly...

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