Domestic Kingdom — applying the gospel to the mundane

Teaching Big Truths to Little Kids – The Lord’s Supper

May 23, 2013 · 1 comment

I remember one particular occasion when our oldest child sat with me during what she refers to as “big people worship service.” The believing community took part in communion during the service. And as the bread and juice trays were being passed she excitedly whispered, “What’s this for?” I promised to explain everything and told [...]

Tagged as: catechism, children, Lord's Supper

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How Close is Cleanliness to Godliness?

May 20, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman As you were growing up your mom may have encouraged you to clean your room saying, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” You also may have learned the axiom that literal, physical cleanliness—like dust-free baseboards and mildew-less grout—are not credits to your personal holiness. It’s possible for one to clean her house so [...]

Tagged as: 2 Cor 1, cleaning, Holy Spirit, John Owen, mortification of sin, sin

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The Mortification of This Mother’s Sin

May 15, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Priya Samuel It’s that dreadful time of the year again. School exams! Not my school exams, but my kids’. But it feels like their exam time is more like mine because I’m the one planning every detail of their preparation and learning (not to mention all the worrying I do on their behalf). A [...]

Tagged as: 1 Peter 1, covetousness, encouragement, gospel, mortification of sin, motherhood, sin

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Treasuring God After My Miscarriage

May 10, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Kristen Narara I usually look forward to Mother’s Day and anticipate the handmade gifts and sweet cuddles I will receive from my son. But this Mother’s Day, along with many other women around the world, I anticipate tears and moments of bittersweet reflection. We lost our second child recently. My son and I were [...]

Tagged as: gospel, grief, hope, miscarriage, motherhood, Philippians 4, resurrection

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The Struggle to Trust God with My Child’s Salvation

May 8, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Lindsey Carlson Seeing my children struggle with sin makes me squirmy. Whether they’re back-talking during bath time, squabbling with siblings, deceiving, or disobeying, I fear for their future. What if their foolishness or hard-heartedness is only beginning to show? What if they stay dead in sin fooor-evvvv-er? More than anything, I want my children [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, Romans 3, sin, trusting God

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A Counselor Shares the One Story that Moved Her Most of All

May 6, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[This article by Christina Fox originally published here on her blog "To Show Them Jesus" on March 25, 2013.] “The One Story That Moves Me Most of All” by Christina Fox I once held the hands of a rape victim while we sat in a hospital waiting room. We spoke different languages, but I could [...]

Tagged as: 2 Corinthians 5, Easter, gospel, Isaiah 53, testimony

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How to Manage a Home by Faith

May 3, 2013 Inspiring Homemaking

by Melissa McDonald I sat on my dirty kitchen floor scrubbing the latest crayon mural off the garbage can. My thoughts flitted between a beautiful wedding I witnessed a few days before, my own pre-marriage anticipation once upon a time, and my surprise that the brown scribbles came off easier than the blue ones. I [...]

Tagged as: Ephesians 2, faith, homemaking

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Lauren Chandler’s foreword for Glimpses of Grace

May 1, 2013 Good Reading

I’m so thankful for my friend Lauren Chandler, who wrote this in her foreword for Glimpses of Grace: “This is sustaining grace, this is the desired haven: to know his steadfast love that saves and keeps us. Glimpses of Grace is not a how-to. It is a true friend’s invitation to see and know the [...]

Tagged as: Glimpses of Grace

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When I Want to Edit My Life

April 29, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I sat there staring at the coffee cup on the table in front of me. Listening to my friend talk, I felt my eyes burn and tried to gather myself together. It had been a while since we chatted. On our own, without the kids and husbands, we sat in one of [...]

Tagged as: gospel, Isaiah 53, Paul Miller, Philippians 2, Romans 4, testimony

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Gutsy Prayer Requests

April 23, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[Excerpt taken from Glimpses of Grace by Gloria Furman copyright ©2013. Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, Il 60187, www.crossway.org.] Gutsy Prayer Requests Martin Luther said, “Although it hurts us when he takes his own from us, his good will should be a greater comfort to us than [...]

Tagged as: Glimpses of Grace, prayer

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Christ’s Glorious Mercy vs. All Our Worst Sins

April 19, 2013 Good Reading

Richard Sibbes considers the infinite and the finite in his perspective on the sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross: “It is no less mercy than glorious mercy that will satisfy us when our conscience is distressed; and if this will not, what will? Let Satan join with conscience to aggravate our sins as much [...]

Tagged as: mercy, Richard Sibbes, sin

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God’s Nearness, Our Good – a testimony

April 17, 2013 Devotional Mundane

Today on the The Gospel Coalition blog, “God’s Promise and a Petrol Station” — a testimony from a time in our lives when we saw quite tangibly how God’s nearness is our good. “This incident seems so slight when we consider all that God has done, but it’s an illustration of God’s faithfulness, which is [...]

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