Chris Pennington
Chris serves as a part-time associate pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Liberty, Utah. He and his wife, Megan, have three young children.
Posts by Chris
38 posts
- Personal Growth
Growing up with Your Kids
God expects fathers not only to mature, but to help their children grow into true maturity.
- Personal Growth
A Biblical Philosophy of Work
Explore the true purpose of vocation beyond just work. Discover how our labor reflects God, serves others, and brings joy in fulfilling our calling.
- Personal Growth
How to Use Your Break Well
During seasons without routines, it's too easy to be selfish, lazy, and self-indulgent. Here are five encouragements to intentionally using your break well.
- Marriage
What It Means to Love Your Wife
God expects husbands to love their wives sacrificially. Let's explore what it practically means to love your wife.
- Personal Growth
Five Ways to Undercut Your Wife's Authority
It's easy to accidentally undermine your wife's authority in your children's eyes. Here are five things to avoid.
- Parenting
Discipline Shouldn't Be Angry
Disciplining your children shouldn't involve sinful anger, but it so often does! Here are a few encouragements to discipline with firm love and without anger.
- Personal Growth
Have You Fallen Behind Reading the Bible?
Discover the importance of reading the Bible for spiritual growth and relationship with God. Don't give up, ask for spiritual insight and dependence.
- Marriage
A Letter to Those Facing Infertility
Read this pastoral letter of encouragement to find comfort in the cross during this difficult season for those struggling with infertility.
- Parenting
Helping Your Child Face Fear
Help your child conquer fear with four spiritual steps: listen and care like God, ask foundational questions, equip with the Bible, and teach about God's glory.
- Parenting
Helping Children Fight Sin
Dads and kids alike struggle to answer "why" when it comes to sin. Learn how to help your children identify the root causes of sin and depend on God for help.
- Parenting
The Dangers of Negative Parenting
When trying to correct the shortcomings of your childhood home, it's possible you're creating new struggles for your children.
- Book Review
Pilgrims Progress for Kids
Pilgrim's Progress is one of the most printed books of all time for good reason. Here's a great introduction to the classic for families with young kids.
- Parenting
How the Gospel Defeats Worry
Worry is common to all people because we aren't in control of everything. The Bible instruct us to respond to worry with gospel reason!
- Personal Growth
Why Do Dads Need Sleep?
Missing sleep is often a badge of honor, but it may also be a sign of a broken self-image and warped theology.
- Bible Exposition
The Question of Christmas
Christmas is God's spotlight pointing to his faithfulness. God keeps his Word even when it seems impossible.
- Family
5 Reasons Dads Need to Read to Their Kids
Reading regularly exposes your children to distant lands and cultures, breeds a healthy imagination and curiosity, and expands their horizons for God.
- Parenting
Teach Your Children to Resolve Conflict
Teaching your children to resolve conflict requires sacrificing your comfort for the sake of their growth. But your children can learn how to be peacemakers.
- Personal Growth
Do You Have a Biblical Understanding of Sin?
Only when our children understand sin biblically can they see the heart of God and truly hear the gospel story.
- Technology
How to Parent Technology
Parenting technology is hard, so let's start with a commitment to a Christ-centered home with tech in its proper place.
- Family
Is Sunday Special in Your Home?
How can you teach and show your children that God is special and worthy of worship by how you organize your Sundays?
- Parenting
How to Enjoy Your Kids Without Worshiping Them
Children are a gift from the Lord, but like any gift, we can neglect it or overvalue it. How can you enjoy your kids to the fullest without worshiping them?
- Family
How to Do Chores Like a Christian
Many dads see household duties as an evil, but God wants you to see them with fresh eyes. Doing so will transform the everyday, bringing meaning to the mundane.
- Personal Growth
How to Fight Lust and Love Jesus (Part 4)
Getting married doesn't fix lust problems. But that doesn't mean your wife has no role to play in your fight against lust.
- Family
9 Summer Travel Tips for Families
We've compiled 9 travel tips ranging from philosophical to practical to help your family have a God-honoring and quality time away.
- Personal Growth
How to Fight Lust and Love Jesus (Part 3)
Fighting lust is bigger than lust. God is inviting you into a full-life wholeness and lust is fighting against that experience.
- Personal Growth
How to Fight Lust and Love Jesus (Part 2)
When fighting the sin of lust, you need more than tips and tricks. You need a real sword. God has given us the Sword of the Word of God.
- Personal Growth
How to Fight Lust and Love Jesus (Part 1)
When you fight any sin, you're not primarily running from something; you're running to Someone! Let's run to Jesus together!
- Personal Growth
Six Considerations When God Answers No
As we learn how to submit to God's Fatherly care, we'll also learn something of the heart of the Father.
- Parenting
The Sinfulness of Sin
Most kids and dads view sin as an inconvenience, an interruption, or a social ill, but the Bible teaches us to think and parent differently.
- Family
The Power of Family Routines
The job of parenting is overwhelming but sticking to a few simple practices each day can shape your home in ways that grand plans never can.
- Personal Growth
Do Dads Need Friends?
Making friends as an adult is hard—especially as men. But God made us social beings and wants us to draw into a community, to develop healthy male friendships.
- Bible Exposition
A Very Old Testament Christmas
This year, make the dawning of Christmas morning about more than presents in your home. by turning the whole month into a season of preparation.
- Personal Growth
Faith Is Not Blind
As a Christian dad, how you think and talk about faith carries heightened importance because your conception of faith will filter down to your children.
- Book Review
Book Review: The Tech-Wise Family
The Tech-Wise Family offers a perspective on technology that moves beyond how we use our phones to how to leverage technology to cultivate a full family life.
- Personal Growth
How Dads Wait on the Lord
God commends waiting as an important part of the Christian walk, but what does waiting on God look like? How do you know if you're waiting on the Lord?
- Culture
Be True to Yourself
Our environment shapes the way we interpret life. As Christian dads, we must be on guard and counter these powerful cultural assumptions with Bible truth.
- Parenting
5 Things Kids Need to Hear Dad Say
Because our kids are always listening, we should pay attention to what we say. Here are 5 things your kids need to hear you say.
- Bible Exposition
How to Respond to Your Child's Sin
What does God expect of you when you correct your kids? What should motivate and characterize your correction? God desires patient words and a grieving heart.
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