Who are your children’s friends? Do you know? Do you care?
Christian parents must not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.
Pastor McShaffrey preached this sermon from 1 Corinthians 15:33 on November 6, 2011 in order to alert parents to the danger of evil company and to equip them to protect their children more faithfully. (more…)
While “Thoughts for Young Men” by Bishop J.C. Ryle was written over a century ago, its truths are timeless and therefore must be shared afresh with our generation.
The enemy of our souls has been studying the weaknesses of men since the beginning of time and we owe it to ourselves and to our sons to discuss his devises in detail.
I therefore beg you, by the mercies of Christ, to use this invaluable online resource in your homes, churches, and schools.
~ Pastor Christian McShaffrey
In this environment, the idea of family devotions seems to be an anachronism from the “little house on the prairie” era of fireside family discussions.
However, if one goes back to Bible-believing pastors who were concerned about the lack of “family worship” in their congregations in the mid-nineteenth century, here is what you would hear:
Along with Sabbath observance and the catechizing of children, family worship has lost ground. There are many heads of families, communicants in our churches, and according to a scarcely credible report, some ruling elders and deacons, who maintain no stated daily service of God in their dwellings. (Thoughts on Family Worship, by James W. Alexander, 1847)
Pastor McShaffrey designed the “Catechism Challenge” as a family integrated program of catechetical instruction and memorization based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
Please feel free to use or adapt this program for implementation in your own church:
News – July 2005
Pastor McShaffrey spent the week in Colorado at the annual Covenant Youth Organization convention which was held on the campus of Colorado Christian University.
Pastor was invited to conduct a daily workshop on “Christian Modesty” and brought the Word of God to bear on this much-neglected topic.
