If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, why would we ask those who do not fear the Lord to teach our children?
Doug PhillipsSomething is mighty wrong with our priorities when professing Christian men joke about their wives, joke about their children, and joke about God, but fight to the death over their favorite sports team.
Doug PhillipsDaughters arenโt to be independent. Theyโre not to act outside the scope โจof their father. As long as theyโre under the authority of their fathers, fathers have the ability to nullify or not the oaths and the vows. Daughters canโt just go out โจindependently and say, โIโm going to marry whoever I want.โ No. The father has โจthe ability to say, โNo, Iโm sorry, that has to be approved by me.โ
Doug PhillipsThink long and hard about the way you invest your children's time. Time is treasure. And where your time investment is, there you will find the heart of a child. Invest the majority of his time in entertainment, and his heart will be turned to love of pleasure. Invest his time in peers rather then family, and his heart will be with the peers more than his family. There is a time and place for all good things in balance, but wise parents will steward the treasure of time, and in so doing, shepherd their children's hearts.
Doug Phillips