Lesson 163: “Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar: Raising Twenty Children”

How do we keep the joy of the Lord in our homes? The answer is: many things! Just as there may be many children, there are many ways we as parents can get to the root of the things that bother them. Envy, strife and comparing can be overcome when we affirm the uniqueness of each one.

It was only supposed to be a 20-minute stop. Tom Burch and his family were on their way home to Alaska from the Knoxville, TN, conference. IBLP had just acquired the Big Sandy, TX, campus, and the family thought it would be nice to stop by and see it.

The world pulls in many directions. God pulls in one direction. When you feel pulled in different directions, or that you and your wife are going in different directions, or that the family is split, or ... that is the time to let the peace of God "umpire".

Norm and Marlys Christiansen have two children whom they home educated for many years. Their oldest, Chad, enjoyed learning and did well in school. Nate has Down Syndrome and attended special education classes for several years before the Christiansens began home educating him.