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Offensive Words about Families
"What Assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up? Calvin & Hobbes
We love Families! We firmly believe in God's covenant family blessings.
We Believe that there is much blessing in a family who's quiver is full.
We Believe that God alone opens and closes a mothers womb and we would be proud and presumptuous to fight against Him.
We Believe in sheltering our young children from the evils of the world.
We Believe that Home schooling is the best way to train Godly children. Christian school is a good way, and State School should not be considered as even a remote possibility.
This first article has brought me more grief than I ever thought possible! Originally, in a failed effort to be creative, I wrote it in the form of a marriage contract. That was a big mistake! I have since rewritten it in a more straight forward style. The content has been just as troubling for readers. The biggest objections have been to the gender issues, but just about all the issues touched upon have been offensive in some manner to most of the readers. There was, however, one family with eight children and one on the way who thought it was not to far off, and another young family with three children and seven on the way, who say they agree with most of it. We are trying to build on those friendships.
All of the criticism has not weakened my stance on these issues in the least. In fact I am actually growing even further towards the right on the issues contained in numbers two, eleven, and twelve. I am beginning to question the validity of having any teacher stand between my children and I, be it at State school, Christian school, or even Sunday School. I can just imagine all the red flags going up on that statement. In regards to dating, I would subscribe to the principals found in the concept of courtship. The indisputable fact that Gods Will will be done no matter what, does not excuse us from doing our very best in striving for what is right and proper.
To have rules and guidelines for your household and to look for other families with like convictions to build relationships with is not legalistic. I would be quick to acknowledge that there is more than one parental route in producing Godly responsible children. This article was simply a presentation of mine. From the article page you can click to read some of the scathing responses I have gotten from friends and family.
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Question of Legalism
"Whenever we deal with specific points of obedience as I am going to take the risk in doing we are in danger of sounding "legalistic." Jesus said (John 14:15), "If you love Me, keep My commandments." This is not legalism. True legalism is thinking I can somehow earn God's grace. We cannot add a single thing to what Jesus already accomplished through His death on the cross in purchasing our salvation. But when Christians purpose to obey the Lord explicitly they are often accused of legalism." Jonathan Lindvall
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Have we lost all touch with reality? It was about the time that I was given this advice that I started to question that if none of our current circle of acquaintances could agree or even tolerate our convictions on so many important issues, then perhaps we needed to find a new circle! Click to read.
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Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds
From Psalm 78:1-7
Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
He bids us make his glories know,
His works of pow'r and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through ev'ry rising race.
Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget his works,
Bur practice his commands.
Isaac Watts 1719
Discussions On The Family
Does Sheltering your children lead them into rebelion?
This week We have been contemplating the concepts of sheltering children. If it is possible to over-shelter them, and if that can provoke rebellion in them. Here is what God has helped us to conclude. Children who rebel, as I did as a teen, are generally not sheltered but fully exposed to the world, only with a heavy burden of rules regarding their behavior in it. I was exposed everyday through public school and friends, to rock music, secular philosophy, rebellion and disrespect to parents, dances & dating and all that goes with that, materialism, and a countless list of other worldly influences. My parents were strict in their enforcing rules that I was not to participate in any of these things, but yet I was surrounded by them everyday. Its kind of like a pastry baker joining weightwatchers. Our hope is that our children will not be drawn to a lot of worldly things because they will hardly know that they exist. The desire of the world comes from the world. We are in it, but we are going to strive not to be part of it. TV, movies, public school, unsaved friends, certain popular songs, youth group, etc., are all negative influences that plant seeds of discontent in Godly children. I must make note, though, that I do not think we can keep the kids in a bubble, but rather simply in a safe and secure home. The positive influence in their lives must outweigh the negative influence, 10 to 1 at least.
Should we expect our children to go wrong?
I would say no, but with a disclaimer. We as parents should be doing our very best in raising God centered children. God promises in His word that if we train them in the way that they should go that they will not depart from it. This does not mean that we will never have a problem. All of the human race, including parents and children have a sin nature.
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