by Kirk Thomsen | Jun 24, 2024 | Dad Blog, 2024, Application, Discipleship
Our sins of commission can tend to dominate our focus. Those things that are obvious to us as well as to others. Our cursing or use of poorly chosen words that signify gossip or slander are clear examples. Likewise, our addiction to anything that holds mastery over us...
by Kirk Thomsen | Sep 21, 2023 | Dad Blog, 2023, Application, Discipleship, In the Word and Prayer, Prayer
The Scriptures provide clear direction for us Dads with regard to the teaching of our children. (Deuteronomy 6:7-9) It’s not optional, it’s a given. The reality of that command, however, can be daunting to the new Dad. The modern world around us communicates...
by Kirk Thomsen | Jun 17, 2023 | Dad Blog, 2023, Application, Discipleship, Prayer
The last book of the Old Testament contains the last words of the prophets as provided by God to the nation of Israel. A silence that would last for around four centuries. A friend of mine, with a twinkle in his eye, likes to refer to the man who wrote the book as the...
by Kirk Thomsen | Jun 3, 2023 | Dad Blog, 2023, Application, Discipleship, Scripture
There is an old saying that “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” A rather crude way of saying that men are mainly driven by their appetite. There is some truth there. I found that to be so recently in attending a Dad’s meeting at the Pennsylvania home...
by Kirk Thomsen | Mar 3, 2022 | Dad Blog, 2022, Discipleship, Discipline, In the Word and Prayer
This past year a friend of mine held a Zoom conference as a part of his work with business men. The title he selected for the subject of the call was “Distractions.” In the previous months, as he had spent time with Christian men, he could sense with some that there...
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