Archive for November, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 24th, 2005Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Let your children know what you are thankful for!
Psalm 136
May God’s grace and peace be with you,
Mark Strohm, Jr.
Gate
Monday, November 21st, 2005Webster’s Dictionary says a gate is “a means of entrance or exit”. In old cities walls were constructed for protection. The gates were guarded to allow only those with permission to pass. Some gates keep evil in (private clubs). Some gates protect and keep evil out. Many are left unguarded [...]
A Worthy Warning
Thursday, November 17th, 2005My wife has a cousin who since age 12 has permanent brain trauma from sneaking off for a joy ride with his neighbor and his neighbor’s uncle. Unfortunately, the uncle was drunk. He rolled the car and the rest is history. My wife’s cousin presently lives in a Nursing Home where they [...]
Name Calling
Monday, November 14th, 2005When my children were young they would give each other a hard time by calling one another inappropriate names. While these “names” were more innocent when young, they increasingly became more and more inappropriate. Early on Ellen and I set up a routine that helped curb this inappropriate behavior. When we caught [...]
True Spiritual Renewal
Sunday, November 6th, 2005Outward conformity to Christian standards is not the new birth. Our goal for our children is the regeneration of each child followed by growth in Christ. We want their hearts bound to the Word of God so that they will fulfill His will, indifferent to praise or criticism. This is why we [...]
Even Children Are Tempted
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005James 1:14-15 states, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”
I have been thinking about my recent post on “A New Strategy for Porn Websites”. This new information [...]