There is a huge mistake going on among many parents today. They don’t want to say “no” to their children. They don’t want to correct them. They don’t want to discipline them or use the rod on their bottoms for disobedience. They don’t want to link sin and pain together. They want to be their children’s friend instead of their parent. They want their children to have “freedom of expression.” This is not raising children in wisdom; for God’s Word…
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober (most of the time), to love their husbands (if they make them happy), to love their children (which includes leaving their children all day so they can have a career), tobe discreet (this doesn’t mean they can’t do what they want to do), chaste (but living…
Written by John Rosemond Given that this is the first column of a new year, I’m proposing a number of parenting New Year’s Resolutions for my readers to consider. The list is by no means comprehensive. It’s just a good beginning on what is probably a much-needed family revolution: 1. We will not throw expensive “event parties” for our children on their birthdays. Instead, we will confine all birthday celebrations to our family, including extended family. We will keep it…
“My mom lived her life the way you teach. She married young and had a bunch of children. She submitted to my dad, but he divorced her so she was left alone with all of these children and no way to make a living. Your way doesn’t work and is destructive for women.” This is a story I have heard over and over again but with a few different details. Because of this story according to them, women need to…
Written By Elisabeth Elliot from her newsletter in 2002 “Submission” what does it mean? The question, asked of me by women only, never seems to refer to submission to civil law, military officers, the boss, or the schoolteacher. It’s submission to a husband that is the sticking point. Instead of resorting to Webster this time, I’ll give you Oswald Chambers’ definition: “Etymologically [looking at the basic meaning of the word], submission means surrender to another, but in the evangelical sense…
There are so many “Bible Studies” for women, but few of them study the Bible. Why is this the case? In Hosea 4:6, God tells us that His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and I see this happening in the churches. Too many women don’t know the Word but study false teachings that make them feel good about themselves and in tune with their “feelings” instead of learning how God commands that they live and love. Many today…
This is the comment I receive the most whenever I write about women being keepers at home: “Families can’t make it on one income!” I asked the women in the chat room how they’ve been able to stay home full time and live on one income. Stephanie: It’s hard, but it’s doable. We do without things a lot, but we have what we need. He’s enough. We give when we can, and somehow God always sends us what we’re lacking….
We were having a discussion in the chat room recently about breastfeeding. It’s amazing how many Christian women think it’s fine and dandy to openly breastfeed their babies and show their breasts to men who aren’t their husbands. It riles women up when I teach them to be modest and discreet even while breastfeeding. They falsely believe that breasts aren’t sexual and it’s men’s fault if they like to see breasts while nursing because they are “perverts.” Women have told…
Since I wrote about the devastating effects of Dr. Spock’s child-raising book, I thought I would share what others think about spanking children. It seems we are constantly being told how the “studies” prove that spankings are bad for children and just plain wrong. In fact, a50-year study proved that spanking children is just as bad as physical abuse. We as a society think of spanking and physical abuse as distinct behaviors. Yet our research shows that spanking is linked…
As many of you have noticed on my Facebook page, my viral post has gone viral again. Each year at this time, it goes viral, and I receive many hateful comments with a few good ones thrown in. Most in our culture hate the ways of the Lord, but in the midst of the ugliness, there are some wonderful comments I receive from women who have found my blog because of the viral post and love it. What those who…