God’s Exact Warning on the Peril of Adultery

“My son, pay attention to my wisdom; lend your ear to my understanding, that you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge.  For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she…

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…