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In The News: China’s New Parental Law
USA Today reported on December 28, 2012 of a new law in China, saying, “Beijing – visit your parents. That’s an order. So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its laws on the elderly to require that adult … Continue reading
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Tagged china, family, honor father and mother, in the news, visit parents
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Marital Issues
When marriage is what it is supposed to be it is wonderful. Husbands are to “so love their wives as their own bodies” (Ephesians 5:28) and “even as Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it” (Ephesians 5:28). Wives … Continue reading
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Tagged children, communication, expectations, family, husband, inlaws, intimacy, marriage, mixed religious marriages, money, religious differences, roles in home, tongue, upbringing, wife, words
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Appreciating Mothers
Greek word: Matar or meter “from Sanskrit ‘to measure’; but whether denoting the ‘moulder,’ or the ‘manager’ is debated” (Thayer). English word: Mother “(from) Middle English ‘moder’ … the change from the ‘d’ to the ‘th’ seems due to Scand. … Continue reading
Appreciating Fathers
Greek word: Pater “from a root signifying ‘a nourisher, protector, upholder’” (Vine’s). “From root ‘pa’; lit. nourisher, protector, upholder” (Thayer). Aramic word: Abba. “Abba is the word framed by the lips of infants” (Vine’s). It is a tender affectionate term … Continue reading
