Sacred Marriage

Gary Thomas asks the question, "What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?" His answer is moving. His insights profound. Buy two copies and give one as a gift to your best friend!

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Hearing God

Dallas Willard holds that God speaks all the time. But we don't listen. Evaluate his evidence. The answer should cause your toes to tingle.

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Gift of Peace

Joseph Cardinal Bernadin knew he was terminally ill when he wrote this book. He completed it just days before he died. He wrote from his heart and left a great gift.

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Revoking Provoking

Jeff VanVonderen, Families Where Grace Is In Place, Getting Free From The Burden Of Pressuring, Controlling, and Manipulating Your Spouse And Children, Bethany House Publishers, 1992, pp. 89, 90.    SoAmazing.com

Category: Spiritual Life, General
ISBN: 1556612664
Keywords: parents, children, obey, husbands, wives, submit, Christ-like, angry, anger, provoke, Bethany House Publishers, VanVonderen, Jeff VanVonderen

"Parents know all about the children verses, and not very much about their own. They remind their children that Ephesians 6:1 says, 'Children obey your parents.'

Parents, take a moment to notice something in Paul's words: He is addressing our children, not us as parents. Likewise, he does not say, 'Husbands, get your wives to submit to you,' or 'Wives, get your husbands to act like Christlike leaders.' And he is not saying here, 'Parents, get your kids to be obedient.' This instruction is written to children, and misusing scriptures written to others is like opening someone else's mail.

Parents, stay away from your children's verses. We have our own verses to worry about. Our verse, Ephesians 6:4, says, 'And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger. . . .'

Is Paul telling parents that they should never do anything about which their kids will feel angry? Not at all. Children are sometimes going to feel angry when they are asked to do things they'd rather not do. This may even be often for some children. A person's anger is their own responsibility. Paul is not placing us in charge of controlling our children's anger, and some parents today mistakenly see it as their job to keep children happy all the time. Paul is placing us in charge of whether we provoke or not."

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