The Biblical Family
Articles about marriage, courtship, home schooling and parenting.
Why Christians Should Not Obtain A State Marriage License
Five Reasons Why Christians Should Not Obtain
A State Marriage License
by: Pastor Matt Trewhella
Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license from the State in order to marry their future spouse. They do this unquestioningly. They do it because their pastor has told them to go get one, and besides, “everybody else gets one.” This article attempts to answer the question – why should we not get… Continue reading
Training Your Children For Christ
Training Your Children For Christ
by General William Booth
Edited and paraphrased by Martin Bennet
There are certain things that parents must do – indeed, that only parents can do – if their children are to become true servants of God. I don’t want to hide the fact that what I’m setting before you will not be gained without considerable difficulty, carefulness, and work. However, nothing truly good or great is ever accomplished without trouble. I am certain that… Continue reading
Home Schooling Resources
Home Schooling Resources
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” [Proverbs 22:6]
Whose values do your want your children to have when they grow up? Yours or the values of God’s enemies? Your values or the values of people who think you are totally unfit to teach your own children, especially when it comes to moral and religious matters? Who even knows what all your… Continue reading
Family-Centered Training After High School
Family-Centered Training After High School
If men and women of antiquity could somehow be transported through time to our present era and culture, they would probably be dumbfounded by the number and kinds of choices that are granted to individuals in our society. As we have already noted, during Bible times parents exercised a decisive control in the arrangement of marriages. For the most part, a man’s choice of vocation was similarly determined. Sons usually took up the occupations… Continue reading
The Religious Nature of Education
The Religious Nature Of Education
by David Sant
I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. –Deuteronomy 5:6-7
ALL EDUCATION IS RELIGIOUS AT HEART
Most Americans think of education as a value-neutral arena in which children are taught the knowledge and skills they need to function as adults in society. As Christians, we must realize… Continue reading