NOWADAYS fathers are present at the births of their children. The wonder and pain, the cry of life and the blood of birth are thus in some measure shared by both parents.
The helpless, naked miracle of a first newborn child surpasses any other experience within marriage. A sense of unworthiness s…
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When Israel left the land of Egypt, the whole family came out. They crossed the Red Sea and they were all sustained by God in the wilderness. What will happen to families when Jesus comes back?
Responsible members will be taken to the judgement seat of Christ. What about the others? We can be sur…
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It is safe to remark that discipline is unfashionable today. The creed of our modern humanist society demands the freedom of expression and behaviour, wherever that behaviour might lead. To say that this approach is a mistake would be to indulge in the drollest understatement. We commenced this seri…
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EARLY in his reign Solomon was presented with one of the most momentous and alluring choices that have confronted any man: the Lord said to him: “Ask what I shall give thee”. Solomon’s choice was very prudent: “Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this peopl…
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In the following article Brother Roberts draws together some sound instructions for parents on the bringing up of
children. Sadly we live in a world whose philosophy has challenged these God-inspired instructions at enormous
cost to itself. May we, as wise parents, allow God to guide us in this im…
One of the unfortunate consequences of an increasingly violent and dangerous world is the loss of personal freedom. Homes must be locked and only an irresponsible parent would let their children wander unsupervised, as was, in measure, possible in previous generations. Besides the dangers of abduc…
Know what your Children are Doing Read More »
The first part of this article written by Sister C H Jannaway in 1895 appeared in the previous issue of The Lampstand. The circumstances in the world have changed considerably in the last 100 years, and some of the situations she refers to may not be generally applicable in our present ecclesial e…
The Education of Children Read More »
As you will be aware from the recent articles in Visiting Distant Lampstands, Brother Murray and Sister Jenny Lund visited brethren and sisters in Europe, Russia, UK and North America. At a recent meeting Brother Murray presented the following observations which we felt well worth sharing with all…
“That He Might Seek a Godly Seed” Malachi 2:15 Read More »
By looking at some examples of teenagers in the Bible there are some clear messages for parents endeavouring to faithfully develop young people in God’s ways. This article focuses on five teenagers—Timothy, Joseph, Solomon, Daniel, and Jesus—to show how we should approach the development of ou…
Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go Read More »
As our children quickly slip from their childish, playful and trusting days into adolescent teenage years, parents are often caught by surprise by the questioning, even challenging attitude that is now seen in their children. Yet this is not a thing to take fright at, for it is the natural developme…
“My Son, Hear the Instruction of thy Father, and Forsake not the Law of thy Mother” Read More »
