ABORTION Gen 25:22; Exo 21:22-25; Psa 139:13-16; Eccl 11:3-5; Isa 44:2,24; Lk 1:41, 44, 2:16; Job 3:3, 16; Hos 12:3, Lk 1:36, 41, 44, Lev 17:11, Gen 9:5-6
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62 matching topics · Showing 1–62Love and good counsel remain valuable when children become adults. Each person remains responsible before God; influence does not give one adult control over another's choices.
An apology should include honest acknowledgment of wrongdoing. Seek reconciliation and show a willingness to change rather than defending every action.
Parents also need humility and honest confession. Authority is strengthened by righteous conduct rather than pretending never to be wrong.
Accepting help need not contradict personal responsibility. Christians are called both to bear burdens and to attend faithfully to their own conduct.
Partial treatment can foster division and resentment. Practice fairness without assuming that every person has identical needs.
Baptism The necessary dipping or immersing of a believing penitent person in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. Baptism is the means…
BAPTISM/IMMERSION: Acts 8:38; 22:16; Rom 6:3-5; Col 2:11-13
Respond to misunderstanding with clear and gracious words. Seek peace without assuming that everyone will judge your motives fairly.
BENEVOLENCE: church: Acts 2:44,45; 4:32-5:11; 6:1-6; 11:27-30; Rom 15:25-27; 1 Co 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1,12; 1 Tim 5:3-16. Individual: 1 Tim 5:4,8,16; Matt 15:4-6; 25:31-46; Ester 2:7;…
BIRTH: Eccl 12:7 Spirit given by God
Another person's conduct does not remove your accountability. Confess your own wrong instead of using someone else's failure as an excuse.
BORN A SINNER? 1 Cor 14:20; Matt 18:3; Eze 18:4-20
BUDDHISM: Though there are a number of different branches of Buddhism, the four noble truths and the eightfold path are at the heart of this teaching. The four…
CHILD ABUSE: Rom 1:31 ('unloving'-lacking natural affection, including that which should exist between parents and children). A lack of discipline is also a form of child abuse-Proverbs 29:15;…
CHILDREN/DISCIPLINE: Eph 6:4; Col. 3:21; Prov 22:6; 23:13-14
CHILDREN/GUIDANCE: Prov 22:15; Matt 5:6
Seeking fair treatment does not require threats or dishonest exaggeration. State the facts with self-control and give others room to respond.
Denominational Doctrines
DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES: Jn 17:20-23; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Eph 4:4-6; Rom 16:16
DISCIPLINE
Discipline — Brethren Biblical discipline is corrective training under proper authority. Congregational discipline addresses impenitent sin and seeks restoration and purity. Parents discipline children for their good. God…
Discipline — Children Biblical discipline is corrective training under proper authority. Congregational discipline addresses impenitent sin and seeks restoration and purity. Parents discipline children for their good. God…
Discipline — God Biblical discipline is corrective training under proper authority. Congregational discipline addresses impenitent sin and seeks restoration and purity. Parents discipline children for their good. God…
Correction should guide a child rather than crush hope. Combine instruction with patience and attention to the child's needs.
Family instruction should be regular and meaningful. Bring up children in the Lord's teaching rather than relying only on occasional conversations.
Father, God as The quality in God which relates to humanity in a parental way, so that God is caring, guiding and disciplining His children. "Father" was the…
A grandparent's example and teaching can leave a lasting influence. Encourage sincere faith through faithful words and conduct.
INFANT BAPTISM: Ezek 28:15, Ezek 18:20; Deut 1:39.
ISLAM Matt 1:21, Jn 8:24, 14:6, Acts 4:12, 10:43, 1 Tim 2:5-6
JEWS/ISRAELITES – CHILDREN OF GOD: Rom 9:4
KINGDOM PARABLES: Matt 13:23, 38. The ones who Hear the Word of God and OBEY it, and then BEAR FRUIT are the children of the Kingdom. Today we…
Patient listening helps parents understand before correcting. Instruction should not be driven by irritation or a refusal to hear.
MARY – Matt 1:18-25, 13:55-56; Lk 1:34; Gen 4:1
Mary / Children Mary was a favored and faithful woman chosen to bear Jesus Christ. Scripture honors her without presenting her as divine or as the one mediator…
Once Saved, Always Saved The unscriptural, Calvinist doctrine that once a predestined child of God has been saved, he cannot for any reason thereafter be lost.
SALVATION/CONDITIONAL: Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; 8:36-38; Rom. 10:9-10
Seed - The SEED is the word of God - Luke 8:11. This means that the SEED which God uses [to bring forth children of God] is His…
The Holy Spirit and the Word – Neh 9:30, Acts 7:51
Instruction requires attention and an example a child can observe. Make room for patient guidance rather than treating formation as someone else's responsibility.
Tradition The religious teachings and practices passed on from generation to generation. While there are inspired, authoritative traditions that have been delivered (1 Cor 11:2,23; 2 Thes 2:15;…
Bring concern before God and offer wise help where possible. Care for another person does not give you control over all of that person's choices.
Written words deserve the same care as spoken ones. Choose language that communicates truth and seeks another person's good.
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