As I was editing this magazine, and I read my daughter's article, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with pride and joy in who she is! I look at my children and realize how (...)

Every relationship in your life will at some point be defined by your capacity to work through disputes with each other. Whether you're talking about your marriage or your HOA (...)

One of the most underrated needs of a Christian family is godly community.Too often, Christian families believe that all they need to thrive is each other. And while there is no (...)

Our world is strange and getting stranger. There are a multitude of AI platforms available, predominantly being used for ungodly things. Presently, around 40% of the information (...)

How to control your spouse.Has your marriage been strained recently? Is your nagging spouse constantly trampling on your last nerve? Fret no longer! Just employ one of these (...)

I love the way Jesus can change everything with just a few words. He stopped for water at a well in Samaria on his way up to Galilee, while disciples went into town to grab some (...)

In the last few months, I have been privileged to officiate three, Christian marriages. Every single one of them was totally different from the other; different music, different (...)

I recently found myself speaking to an older church member on the years gone by. As he was reminiscing about “the good old days”, he spoke of how close communities used to be. The (...)

Being a parent is basically the best job in the whole world. I love everything about it!That is, everything but the dirty diapers, dirty dishes, dirty clothes…Okay—I guess there's (...)

Negotiation is a critical life skill. As responsible parents, we ought to teach our children negotiation early, as they will need it in every facet of life. But be warned; if you (...)

It seems like every time you turn around these days there is a new “condition” to worry about. When someone gets into an argument, the other person is a narcissist, or the bad dec (...)

It’s easy to get advice from pretty much anywhere you want to look. But getting good advice? That’s a different story altogether. Our world is full of loud “experts” wanting to off (...)

The earliest years of my life were spent on a four-acre tract of rural farmland, on the edge of Memphis, TN. To my four siblings and I, it was our Kingdom…and we had the grandest t (...)

The afternoon of December 24th found my family and I hurtling toward a grass airstrip at 100 mph in a single-engine airplane. Behind us, thunderclouds stood as foreboding sentries (...)

In this issue, we have chosen to address the current state of the church in America. When we speak of the church, we are talking about ourselves, not some remote institution. Yes (...)

From time to time, someone will come to me for counsel, and it is often about marriage. Over the years, different people have asked me what moms dealing with disaster should do (...)

Well, it's official. I'm old.I recently bought my first set of reading glasses, much to my wife's chagrin, and as it turns out, at 46 it's easier to read with spectacles. My (...)

If we stop and take a look at the state of our modern American churches, it can be easy for us to give in to the clawing grip of despair and discouragement. I’m sure we’ve all ask (...)

One of the most consistent questions that I get about marriage is, “Yes, but what if my spouse did this better?” Now don’t misunderstand. It's not a bad question, or even an unwel (...)

One of the most difficult things to get right as a parent is the handoff of authority that your children need to experience in their teen years. The time to be thinking about this (...)

Have you ever discovered that you were the answer to the prayer of another? that God was acting behind the scenes to promote his own glory? I have, and it changed me. While my (...)

At its core, marriage, or for that matter any relationship, is a series of negotiations. When you peel back the layers of extraneous decisions to be made in your married life, the (...)

Sometimes you might meet a family with a half dozen kids that are all, as my mom would say, “bright eyed and bushy tailed.” Every kid is vying for your attention; they're filled wi (...)

Our culture is such that the closer you get to Christ, the more absurd you look to the modern unbeliever. That contrast is never more striking than when it comes to the topic of (...)

I once met a man who loved to part his hair in the middle; he thought it made him look more godly. He turned out to be a very evil man, but with his hair parted in the middle.I (...)

In the early ’90s in our little country church in the basement of someone's house, my dad taught through the book of Ecclesiastes. Over the course of a few months as we went verse (...)

In AD 60, Paul wrote his famed letter from Rome to the church at Ephesus. This is easily one of his most encouraging epistles. He doesn't have a single critique for the church (...)

The Bible tells me that I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.While that is absolutely true, it also brings to mind the contrast to that verse (...)

QUESTION: Dear Pearls,I want to begin by thanking you for all of your guides on living biblically and according to God’s will. They have helped a couple who has recently come to t (...)

Excerpt from To Train Up A Child-30th Anniversary It has been 30 years now since my dad wrote the first edition of this book. At the time, I was 15 and my brother was 17. I am now (...)

Sometimes it seems as if the only constant in life is that everything changes.Let me explain; in 1994, my Dad finished To Train Up a Child. I remember walking to the mailbox down (...)

Many of you may not know that I am a private pilot. There are few things more thrilling than breaking the bounds of gravity and soaring into the blue sky! I don’t get to fly o (...)

You know that kid you sometimes see at the grocery store? You know the one. She exclaims loudly for the whole store to hear, “No, Mama, I want that one!” To which Mama quickly rep (...)

How does someone get to the strange and ridiculous perspective that they need not fear authority at all?

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalm 68:11 My family and I just got back from a one-month trip to the Philippines. Many of you gave to (...)

True love, today was the 15th wedding anniversary for me and my true love. You would think that after 15 years I would have some insight into what the meaning of true love really (...)

I have spent the last few weeks praying and seeking God’s face as to how we should move forward with a new Shindig. I believe God is in it, so my wife and I will be pursuing i (...)

We asked our kids to list a few things we had taught them that they knew they wanted to pass on to their children. Here’s what three of them said.

I am a young father. My oldest daughter is 9. Last week I was finishing up a construction project and I took her to work with me. As we worked together we talked about life in (...)

Nathan Pearl reflects on the impact childhood experiences have on a person's perception of right and wrong. An encouragement for parents to carefully guide the steps of their (...)

Nathan Pearl, son of Mike and Debi Pearl, offers this reminder that believers are called for a special purpose. What is that purpose? Who is called? What are the (...)

Nathan Pearl discusses the need to develop students of the Word that can contend for their faith. Read about his vision to make this a reality. Learn how you can participate (...)

Children Learn Heart Attitudes from Mom and Dad’s Actions

The responsibility on me as a father is enormous; I am the first, last, and only mediator of truth and balance to my child.

When a man truly loves a woman, he addresses her needs, considers her desires, and is equally zealous for her to find fulfillment.