Stephen Williams
Most kids these days vaguely know the history of Thanksgiving. They know about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. They trace their hands and make colorful turkeys in school and maybe have a play. But most kids do not have much depth to their understanding of Thanksgiving or how it came to be an annual holiday.......
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“The Christian worldview doesn’t ignore culture or stand aloof from it. It transforms it.” – Jeff Myers, Understanding the Culture Recently in our Understanding the Culture class, we had one of those really memorable teen rabbit trail discussions about the root causes of cultural injustices like human sex trafficking and abortion. We had been discussing......
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During this election season, several myths about the “separation of Church and State” have been prominent in our culture. To be well-informed voters, it’s important to understand the origin of this phrase. To see Christian Voter’s Guides and resources to help you vote, Click Here. Taken from Stephen and Sarah’s book, Navigating Public Schools, chapter......
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Oregon Christian Voters Guide: Click here to download. Many Believers often ask, “Are all Christians called to vote?” One of the greatest theologians of our day, Dr. Wayne Grudem, said in Why Christians Should Influence Government for Good, “Therefore all citizens who are old enough to vote have a responsibility before God to know what......
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When I was a public school teacher, I loved every opportunity I had to pray with students and there were many legal ways to do just that. One great way is “See You at the Pole Day,” which is this Wednesday. “Bring Your Bible Day” is also coming up soon, which highlights students’ rights to......
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Stephen and Sarah will be helping to lead the Love and Respect marriage series this fall. Though the class is being run through their church, Bend Community Church, it is open to anyone interested in strengthening their marriage! We all know that marriage is under attack in our culture today. Strong marriages have lasting impacts......
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Why prioritize teaching your kids a Christian worldview? Between movies, social media, advertising, the internet, textbooks, music – the world is bombarding them with secular worldviews all the time. A lot of people want access to your kids. How do we respond? We need to teach students how to think – how to examine the......
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As we have blogged about recently, collegiate ministry is a critical support to Christian college students and creates an awesome opportunity to reach college students with the gospel. Come and hear Warren Davie, Director of Northwest Collegiate Ministries, discuss ways to support Christians on campus. They have thriving collegiate groups on 11 different campuses in......
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Campus Christian groups can be an enormous support to Christian students, especially in public schools. Now is a great time to find out which groups are active at the school where your student is attending and when they meet. What we have seen again and again in our ministry is that students who are involved......
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College Christian ministries can be an enormous support to Christian students especially at secular colleges. Now is the time to find out which groups are active at the college where your student will attend this fall and when they meet. Make contact with the leaders sooner rather than later. It can take time to find......
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