Written By Robert W. Reed “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” (Psalm 127:3) Birth control is the attempt to interfere with God’s method of creating life because it stops the process of reproduction. The Lord is the author of life, and children are a gift and blessing from Him. Birth control is an attack on motherhood, family, society, and the Kingdom of God. According to Psalms 127:3-5, children are…
Written By Pastor Robert W. Reed “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” (Colossians 2:8) Higher Education This article will discuss the issue of higher education, that is, education that extends beyond the home. Many questions are asked in reference to college. “Do I need a college education? Where do I go, and what subjects do I enroll in?” Much emphasis…
How many Christian women take these verses seriously? “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” (1 Timothy 2:9-12) This is what Matthew Henry…
Written By Robert W Reed “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” (I Timothy 2:9-10) Modest Apparel Christian modesty is always in style. This Biblical doctrine of modesty is taught throughout Scripture and is binding today. After sin entered into the world the first issue dealt with was modesty, for God clothed…
Written By Robert W. Reed “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” (I Timothy 2:12) The latter part of the twentieth century has brought much change in the thinking about women’s role in the church. The Bible forbids women preachers and any argument in support of them must come from outside sources. Women preachers have contributed to the rise of many sects and cults which promote false…
Written By Pastor Robert W Reed “That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” (Titus 2:4-5) Every Christian has a special place given to them by their Creator. Our heart’s desire should be to find that place and abide therein, for this is the perfect will of God. According…
Written By Pastor Robert R. Reed This article is a defense of women being “keepers at home” (Titus 2:5). The issue before us is not whether a woman should work, but where she should work. Every individual, whether male or female, is created by God to labor in His kingdom. Even in paradise our first parents were given a vocation (Genesis 2:15). Work brings health, happiness, and stability to those who are engaged in it. To work is to imitate…
From The Old Schoolhouse Magazine An anonymous reflection from a daughter who finally sees clearly. I told myself I was being brave. I scrolled past another post on my feed–someone else sharing how they cut off a “toxic” parent for the sake of their mental health. And something inside me cheered. “Yes. Finally,” I whispered to no one. “I’m doing the right thing. I’m standing up for myself.” Except I wasn’t. I was building a wall. A thick, cold, pride-wrought…
Some women didn’t like Debi Pearl’s book “Created to Be His Help Meet” because they claimed she gossiped. She told the story of a fat, ugly woman in her book. Her point was that men were still attracted to her because of her smile and joy. Was this gossip? I tell things about what I see other women do and then use them as an example of what we are to do or not to do. Is this gossip? I…
The above picture is of my college friends and me at Jan’s wedding (the bride) a few months before my wedding in 1980! (I am the second one from the left.) All of us only wanted to be wives, mothers, and homemakers. We went to college because that was what we were supposed to do in order to prepare for a career. None of us wanted careers. Four of us graduated from college. The other two dropped out after a…