By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. “Just say, ‘No,”‘ is the anti-drug message being urged upon our nation’s young people. Christian parents need to adapt this message to themselves as they rear their children in an overly permissive society. Godly parents are constantly bombarded by their friends, relatives, and even brethren, to lighten up and be more …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
The One-Parent Home
By Weldon E. Warnock Ogden Nash once said, “A family is a unit composed not only of children, but of men, women, an occasional animal and the common cold.” Families are still composed of children, an occasional animal and the common cold, but in almost seven million households a mother or father is missing, either by …
Control The TV
By Harold Fite “Television is a dominant voice in America, and is a formidable teacher of children” (Eli A. Rubinstein, American Scientist, December 1978). Children watch approximately 32 hours of TV a week. One fourth to one half of their waking hours are spent watching television. Over 98 percent of American households have at least one …
Building Spiritual-Mindedness
By Sewell Hall There is no magic formula which will guarantee spiritually minded children. Spiritual-mindedness is the result of allowing the Spirit rather than the flesh to control one’s life. It involves spiritual values, spiritual goals, spiritual attitudes and spiritual conduct in all relationships. The decision to “walk in the Spirit” is one that each individual …