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Article: Breaking the Rod

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/kvquang22 Proverbs 13:24 (KJV) - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. When it comes to discipline/punishment, many of us live on the 'spare the rod, spoil the child' premise (Proverbs 13:24), and many of us take every opportunity to use it! However, the issue of sparing the rod (and of discipline) goes a lot further. Our understanding of the purpose behind discipline must take on a different approach. For many people disciplining their children, they react based on emotions. Many discipline...

Article: Enemies of the Household

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/steved_np3 Matthew 10:34-37 (KJV) - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. When we read these sayings of Jesus, some immediate images come to mind about the...