God’s Exact Warning on Adultery

“My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother.  Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck.  When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they…

Preventing Sin

       Benjamin Franklin is credited with the maxim “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.”  Is this not the reasoning behind many people who preemptively get vaccines for polio, influenza, typhoid, malaria, pneumonia, and a host of other possible diseases? …

The Reality of “Stranger Danger”

       In a healthy baby, every biological system in its body is fully functional at birth.  Except for one.  For a newborn to mature and develop properly, the digestive, respiratory, excretory, nervous, circulatory, and other systems must be up and running properly.  Only one…

The Commandment is a Lamp

       Like the psalmist who declared, “Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105), King Solomon echoes this sentiment with these words: “For the commandment is a lamp and the law a light” (Proverbs 6:23).  This metaphor illuminates several important…

Fathers and Mothers

       A godly parent is a teaching parent.  Faith in God, holy living, a properly educated and trained conscience, and wisdom to identify and avoid foolish and sinful behaviors must be taught.  According to Deuteronomy 6, such instruction was to begin in every Jewish…