The following was posted on Elisabeth Elliot Quotes on Facebook: A friend asked a thought-provoking question today…”Why are our children leaving the church in droves?” I need to rent a soapbox for this one! But here is my answer (for what it’s worth), and it’s just a small part of the answer. I see so many mistakes in young families these days, and I wish I could reach them and get them to listen. Child-rearing and family life just aren’t…
Whenever I write about submission, women tend to come up with all of the exceptions, mostly, “What if he asks you to sin?” One woman wrote, “I almost agree with this article, but find it strange that she doesn’t make a simple disclaimer that we are not to submit to our husbands if they are asking us to sin or break the law. We are first and foremost subject to Christ. I agree that 99.9% of the time, there is…
All throughout the Old Testament, God’s people were blessed when they lived in obedience to Him and were punished when they lived in disobedience to Him. Yes, He wants our obedience because He knows that His ways are best for us just as we know that we want our children to obey us because we know that our ways are best for them. Why would it be any different with our Heavenly Father? I am reading through Jeremiah. All throughout…
You would think I was evil for teaching younger women to be keepers at home and that mothers should be home for their children full time. This topic makes many women angriest, by far, of all the things that I write. They must not believe children are better with their mothers. They must not trust God enough to provide for them if they come home. Many believe they find satisfaction and fulfillment from a career. They think widows still should…
Bad things happen in this life. Evil things happen. Many question the goodness of God because of these things. Babies are diagnosed with leukemia. Women who want so badly to have children are infertile. A diagnosis of cancer shortens a life. Where is God in all of this and how should we respond in and through our sufferings? In a book called The Made From Scratch Life by Melissa Norris, Melissa tells of a time when she lost a baby…
We often hear the praises of all of the wonderful things that feminism has accomplished for women. This was being passed around Facebook recently: The fight for women to vote is tragic to me because all the women who fought to be able to vote were doing so because they felt they knew better than men (even though God made men the leaders), which led to the superiority attitude of women in our culture, which has been devastating. (Most sitcoms…
From The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Hey Mama, Right now, it’s a frenzy. Feed them, house them, school them, disciple them. Clean, cook, answer calls, pay bills, show up, be available, clean up the crises. And there are plenty of those these days. Fast forward 10-20 years: You’re not young. But you have grandkids. Your children are still your life. But those grands are your joy. Sometimes your kids help you with big stuff. The projects they complete on your behalf,…
One brave woman on Facebook is continually speaking truth on her newsfeed. One day she wrote: WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS SCRIPTURE? 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ~ 34 – Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women…
One of the reasons we are given that women are not to teach nor be in authority over men is that Eve was deceived. So does this just mean that Eve was deceived but it doesn’t mean that all women are more easily deceived as this one author wrote? Got Questions is a very reliable source for most biblical questions. They answered a questionconcerning women pastors/preachers.I agreed almost 100% with their answer except for this paragraph: “The fact that Eve…
For years I tried to tell my husband how to eat healthier and all it did was drive a deep wedge into our marriage. Trying to control others, especially our husbands, is a terrible way to live. It is counterproductive to a good marriage. We are called to be their help meet and to submit to them in everything, NOT try to control or change them. This is the Lord’s job. I have been following ayoung woman on Facebook. She…