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Category Archives: Parenting
Law of Moses: Children
In this series, we are examining some of the many commandments which are contained in the Law of Moses. It is our aim to understand them better, build faith, and answer critics. We are considering them topically. 1. Firstborn. Firstborn … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Family, law of moses, Parenting
Tagged adam clarke, atonement after child bearing, blood, burnt offering, children, circumcision, clean and unclean firstborn animals, Dennis Prager, Deuteronomy 11:18-21, Deuteronomy 15:19-23, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 5:16, Deuteronomy 6:20, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, drunkard, evidence, evidence unseen, evidenceunseen.com, Exodus 12:25-27, Exodus 13:1-2, Exodus 13:11-16, Exodus 13:13, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 22:29-30, Firstborn, firstborn males consecrated, gluttony, honor father and mother, honor not love, honor vs. love, james rochford, laws concering children, levites replace firstborn, Leviticus 12:1-8, Leviticus 15:25, Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 20:9, Leviticus 27:26-27, menstruation, mosaicmagazine.com, Numbers 18:15-18, Numbers 3:11-12, pidyon ha-be, postpartum impurity, r.l. harris, rebellious child, redeem firstborn, religious training, respect, sin offering, stoning, stoning rebellious child, talmud, the law of moses, The rational Bible, torah, wherami.blog, whereami, why sin offering after having a child, why unclean longer when daughter is born
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Where Are You Leading? (Part 1)
What is a leader? Here are a couple of definitions. (1) “Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, toward the achievement of a goal” (Kevin Kruse, Forbes Magazine, April 09, 2013). There is in … Continue reading
Posted in Example, leadership, Parenting, youth
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Timothy 4:12, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15, abraham, examples of positive leadership, forbes magazine, Genesis 18:19, imitate Christ, imitate me, john quincy adams, joshua, Joshua 24:15, kevin kruse, lois and eunice, Matthew 15:14, paul, rearing children, teach children, Truth for Today, william w. grasham, youth
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Father and Son’s Fishing Trip
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807-1886) was an important man. He was a politician like his father, John Quincy Adams, and his grandfather, John Adams. He served in the Massachusetts legislature, then, in the U.S. Congress, and finally as the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Parenting, Time, youth
Tagged 1807, 1838, 1881, 1886, 1918, 1959, 2014, a day spent with your child is far from a wasted day, abigail brooks adams, charles francis adams, Deuteronomy 6:6-7, edgar guest, Ephesians 6:4, father and son fishing trip, father's day, fishing trip, glorious day, henry brooks adams, john adams, john quincy adams, Luke 1:17, Malachi 4:6, poem a boy and his dad, the wheeling intelligencer, time, wasted day
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A Clean Trough (Life is Sometimes Messy)
“Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox.” Proverbs 14:4. If a farmer wants a clean barn, a barn from which he’ll never again have to shovel dung, all that … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Proverbs
Tagged clean trough, life is sometimes messy, new converts, oxen, Proverbs 14:4
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A Quiver Full of Arrows
“Behold, children are a heritage (gift NASB) from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward” (Psalm 127:3). The reason that humans can reproduce is because God gave them this ability. He could have made them without this … Continue reading
Appreciating His Work
“He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and reproach” (Proverbs 19:26). “The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child will delight him. Let your … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Family, Parenting
Tagged appreciating father, Appreciation, changing view of dad, edgar guest, father, mark twain, poem father, poem only a dad, work
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Eating Together
“These words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house…” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). The family sitting at the table … Continue reading
Posted in drugs, Family, Money, Parenting, Sex, Stats
Tagged alcohol, cnn, cornell, Deuteronomy 6, drugs, eatting together, economics, electronics, in the news, nutrition, Parenting, purdue, Sex, television, the university of minnesota, tobacco, value of family meal
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So, You’ve Got A Little Power!
In Psalm 82 God addressed the judges of old. He referred to them as “the might,” and even as “gods.” Why are they referred to as “gods”? The word “god” has reference to might, strength, authority, or position. Some have positions of … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Elders and Deacons, Ethics, Family, Government, Marriage, Parenting, stewardship, Textual study
Tagged 1 Peter 3, abuse of authority, Acts 5, bribes, Colossians 4, emplyer and employee, Ephesians 5, Ephesians 6, fathers provoke not, husbands love wives, judges, masters treatment of servants, men called gods, power corrupts, prejudism, Psalm 82, rebuke of gods, submission, use authority for good, use od authority, ye are gods, you shall die like men
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A Mother Makes a Difference
“The Educated Child,” a book by William J. Bennett, Chester E. Finn Jr., and John T.E. Cribb Jr., contains this story: “About 150 years ago, a mother in Port Huron, Michigan took her son out of school after a teacher called … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature, Parenting, science
Tagged addled child, book the educated child, chester finn jr, home school, inventor, john cribb jr, mothers influence, parents influence, physics primer, poem when mother reads aloud, port huron michigan, school, scientist, the school compendium of nature and experimental philosophy, thomas edison, william bennett
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Bryan Hodge 
Sacrificing The Abomination
“Then Pharoah called for Moses and Aaron, and said, ‘Go sacrifice to your God in the land.’ “And Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD … Continue reading →