Posts Tagged ‘Boys’

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    Holiday Services and Men

    November 26th, 2005 | Church culture, How we're off the mark | David Murrow | 4 Comments

    Kyle and Bonnie have been married almost twenty years. Kyle hates going to church. Bonnie loves it. This has caused tension in their marriage, as she subtly prays, preaches and prods Kyle toward religion, and he steadfastly resists.?? But Kyle “does Bonnie a favor” and attends church three times a year: Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday [...]

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    Putting Away Childish Things

    September 18th, 2005 | Boys, How we're off the mark, Teaching in the church | David Murrow | 1 Comment

    Some of you will be taking your children to college in the next few weeks. While you’re in the dorms, you might notice a difference in how girls and boys decorate their rooms. Stop your snickering. This is a serious subject. In a young woman’s room it’s not uncommon to find various keepsakes of her [...]

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    Boyz to Men

    June 3rd, 2005 | Boys | David Murrow | 1 Comment

    The church loses almost all of its young men after high school. Research indicates that more than 70 percent of the boys who are raised in church abandon it during their teens and twenties. Dan Schaeffer told me the sad tale of his son’s nine best Christian buddies. All were pillars in the youth group, [...]

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