Saturday, October 26, 2013

Raising children

It seems to me that in the raising of children, we need to teach them the right way to live, that is, loving God and loving neighbor, by both our words and our actions. Those two things need to fleshed out though. The good use of time and the good use of money need to be in there. What things are important, what things are okay, and what things are sinful need to be articulated as well.

Our biggest struggle is recognizing our own sins, dealing with those sins and not passing them onto our children. Other issues include our children’s own sinful tendencies, the influence of other Christians and ideas they have which we may not agree with, and the influence of the world. 
One thing that I have noticed is that the closer something is to being "right", the more difficult it is to defend against it.

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