Category: family

• God’s Way Is Always Best

  God has defined His way for us in many areas: the family, the church, how to be saved, how to treat our enemies, etc. Yet we do so many things in violation of God’s established plans; then we wonder why life is full of trouble.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  January 3, 2026

  faithfulness, family, pride

  baby daddies, Bible study, fornication, pride, sin, suffering, walls of Jericho, wisdom

• Toxic Parenting?

  When we apply terms like abuse, dysfunctional, bullying, and toxic to normal imperfect human behavior, we diminish the value of the terms, making it harder to confront real and serious cases of abuse, bullying, and suchlike.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  November 15, 2025

  family, parenting

  anger, children, dysfunctional families, family, forgiveness, God the Father, grace, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, mental-health, parenting, punishment, relationships, tolerance, wisdom

• May I Have Your Attention Please

  Life for most people is so very, very busy. We divide our attention like cracker crumbs over the top of a casserole. Sometimes that’s what life feels like— like we’re strewing crumbs all over the place.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  October 18, 2025

  family, kindness, patience

  Bible reading, busy lives, Christian works, Jesus Christ, parenting, prayer, time with God, worship

• Personality Types — Part 3

  We are all created in the image of God. We all reflect some beautiful aspect of His personality. But only Jesus was the perfect “express image” of God (Hebrews 1:3). We are imperfect representations, which is exactly why we need each other– to complement each other; to fill in the gaps for each other.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  January 27, 2024

  family, marriage

  image of God, men and women, personalities, word of God