Author Archives: Dean W.

About Dean W.

Dean is the founder of Families from the Beginning.

Babies and Eternity

Only God can assign value to the human life, and he expressed that value in the Bible.
God, who is the One who declares our value, tells us that a human’s value begins in the womb. Continue reading

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Embrace the Freedom: A Follow-up to International Women’s Day

At first it seemed a daunting task for me to write a chapter about a woman’s role in the family and the church, so I asked Lynn what she would say to women today.
We, as women, have a lot of things from the world pulling us in different directions,
I can lay my inclinations toward self- fulfillment at His feet because I know He is all I need. I can embrace the gift of my femininity because I know He is the loving Creator who built me. Continue reading

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What’s in Your Attic?

Attics are wonderful places, if you like to explore.
Cleaning the attic often requires answering questions about our life as we look through the boxes.
Whenever I look into the storage boxes of my mind, I find stuff that I wish I wasn’t keeping. Continue reading

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Life-threatening Devotion to God in Service

Jesus makes it pretty clear that life-threatening devotion to God involves service to others. Continue reading

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Life-threatening Devotion Requires Witnessing

Most of us are sissies when it comes to witnessing.
The answer to my fear of man is to love God more. My love for and devotion to God must be absolute. Continue reading

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Life-threatening Devotion for My Children

How will my life-threatening devotion to God effect my children? How can I show life-threatening devotion to God in my role as their parent?
Your children will know if you have life-threatening devotion to God because they will see how it benefits their lives. Continue reading

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Life-threatening Devotion in Marriage

Life-threatening devotion to God will effect our marriages. The question should never be “Do I love my spouse enough?” It should always be “Do I love God enough to love my spouse with His love?”
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Life-threatening Devotion

Life-threatening devotion is having a love for God that is stronger than any other love we have. It’s a devotion to our God and Father that is worth more than our own lives, and is worth any sacrifice to maintain that relationship.
But I realized it’s not just our physical life that we should threaten with our devotion, but our selfishness, our comfort, and our attitudes. Continue reading

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Santa Claus Doesn’t Exist

Every believer in Jesus had to change their mind about Him. That’s the advantage that Christians have over unbelievers: we’ve been where they are.
Our prayers that the truth be told must be coupled with prayers for those whose current worldviews oppose the truth. Continue reading

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Honor the King

So I will honor my kings. First my King of the kingdom not of this world, because He is worthy. Then the president, my king in this world, not because he is worthy, but because it is an honor to my Great King, and He is worthy. Continue reading

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