Monthly Archives: July 2011

Psalm 128:3

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around you table. The husband is responsible for the condition of his home.  In the garden, God did not go looking for … Continue reading

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Leviticus 10:10

Teach them the difference between what is holy and what is ordinary, what is pure and what is impure. In the past there were things we did not do simply because they were wrong.  We as Christian parents can teach … Continue reading

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Job 29:14, 16 and Proverbs 31:26

Job: “I put on righteousness and it clothed me… I was a father to the needy.” Proverbs: “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” A man of God is described in Job … Continue reading

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Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope. There is greater hope for our culture if husbands and fathers will take back their leadership role.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common … Continue reading

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Genesis 2:23

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman’ for she was taken out of man.” When Adam saw Eve, he realized that she was bone of his bone … Continue reading

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Titus 2:4

Encourage the young woman to love their husbands, to love their children, to be… good managers of the household. For a wife and mother, loving her home means deciding consciously that her home comes before everything else in the human … Continue reading

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Isaiah 38:19

Fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. There is no government program that can fix a family if the father is not there.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. You can … Continue reading

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Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. Parents today need wisdom, divine common sense, to fulfill the calling of God in their families.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:28

He who loves his wife loves himself. Women do not necessarily want to be liberated from male leadership, only from bad male leadership.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. You can … Continue reading

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Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. God intends mothers to have a dynamic influence in their homes, but not to usurp the influence of the father.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web … Continue reading

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