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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: Jacob
Who Jacob is the grandson of Abraham, the son of Isaac, and the younger of a set of twins. He is the last of the three men who are classified as being the patriarchs of the Hebrew people, and is the one patriarch to have a wife with multiple pregnancies…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: AbrahamWho? Abraham is the father of the Hebrew nation. He left his home in Ur of the Chaldeans to travel to Canaan with his wife, Sarai (who would become known as Sarah) and his nephew Lot along with both their households (Genesis 12). As the first of the three men…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: AdamGenesis 1:26-30; Genesis 2-3; Romans 5:12 Who Was Adam? Adam is the first man. His name being the Hebrew word for “man” – showing all kinds of imagination. Adam and Eve were the pinnacle of God’s creation, made on the sixth day, and were given dominion over every living thing.…
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Continue reading →: Advent Week 1 – A Biblical Theology of ChristmasWhat is Biblical Theology It’s almost funny to try and define Biblical Theology, because of course, theology should be biblical. But what we mean when we use the term biblical theology is that we are looking at how our understanding of who God is has developed over the course of…
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Continue reading →: Why are We Leaving the Church?Before we get too far into this blog I want to make a few things clear. People are leaving….why? People Are Leaving….Why? This is just my opinion, but I think we all recognize that people are leaving churches. Specifically, people are noticing that middle and younger millennials are leaving, and…
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Continue reading →: Apologetics and StudentsI think we have a problem in our children and youth ministry… What problem is that you ask? Well, I don’t think we are taking the education of our children seriously when it comes to spiritual development. Curriculum is a great tool to utilize in Sunday school classrooms, but it…
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Continue reading →: Paying for Higher EducationThere are a great many questions that students are hit with as they are attempting to figure out what their next steps are after high school. Do they go to college, trade school, enlist, or do they go straight into the workforce. No matter what their choice, there are always…
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Continue reading →: The College Search ProcessProbably one of the most stressful times in a student’s life is going to be when they are considering what they are going to do after they graduate. Who can really blame them? People begin asking what their plans are, and when you are seventeen or eighteen years old, no…
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Continue reading →: Catechisms – Should I Utilize Them?In many ways the western church has taken the public school approach to our faith and spiritual formation – in other words, societally we hand the education of our children over to someone else. This doesn’t mean that all parents are uninvolved – my parents were very involved in my…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Church – Should Churches Have It?Before we get into this I want to be clear that I am not a parent. However, I am someone who has served in children’s ministry, has a background in education, and has a VERY high opinion of the role that parents are supposed to play in the spiritual and…
I’m Rachael
Welcome to Road Trippin with Rachael, where I share Bible Studies, Living Life, and my adventures out on the road. I’m always happy to chat about the Bible and share God with anyone who wants to go deeper in His word.
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