Blog… Ezra 7 – Thoughts From My Devotions 8 Nov 2005 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll,…
Blog… Deuteronomy 17 – Thoughts From My Devotions 7 Nov 2005 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment..., being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which…
Blog… Difficult or Good? – What I'm Reading 6 Nov 2005 "As we educate our children and as we struggle to recover academic standards, we must take care not to equate 'classical' with 'irrationally strict.' I say this because my involvement…
Blog… 1 Peter 5 – Thoughts From My Devotions 6 Nov 2005 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,  and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that  shall be revealed:…
Blog… Acts 15 – Thoughts From My Devotions 5 Nov 2005 "But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of…
Blog… Competent Humility – What I'm Reading 5 Nov 2005 "Two things are difficult to mix together: competence and humility. This creates a quandary for parents when they consider the education of their children. Competence without humility creates an insufferable…
Blog… The Age of Accountability 4 Nov 2005 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither,…
Blog… Smart Toddlers – What I'm Reading 3 Nov 2005 "One of the besetting sins of parents is to assume that little children (toddlers) know far less than they actually know. Little children are emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually sensitive. Inability…
Blog… Silence – What I’m Reading 2 Nov 2005 "It's quite true some children are more verbal than others. This means some children will naturally be quiet and yet be quite content. But there are many times when a…
Blog… All You Need Is Love – What I’m Reading 1 Nov 2005 "The fundamental goal of childrearing concerns who and what they love. Some may want to substitute other verbs, thinking the children have been brought up well based on what they…
Blog… Children Who Flourish – What I'm Reading 31 Oct 2005 "When we garden, we know what to look for in order to determine whether the plants are flourishing. If they are brown and lying lengthwise on the ground, we know…
Blog… Real Education – What I’m Reading 26 Oct 2005 “The process of education is one that concerns every faithful parent, and the goal of such education is to impart knowledge to the child–as long as that word ‘knowledge’ is…
Blog… An Optical Illusion – What I’m Reading 25 Oct 2005 “Adolescent children present parents with an imposing optical illusion. Because children at this time look more like adults than toddlers and because they are eager for increased responsibility and independence,…
Blog… War Isn't Working! 22 Oct 2005 I saw this statement on a car's bumper the other day. When we walked by, someone asked me, "does that make you really mad?" I answered, "No." The other person…
Blog… A Curious Law – What I’m Reading 17 Oct 2005 "The Old Testament had a curious law (to the modern mind). When someone was flogged, an upper limit was placed on how far the discipline could go. 'Forty stripes he…
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