The Tulip Driven Life

By: Thomas F. Booher 1.) Mom and Dad have to resist their own carnal desires first and foremost. If they live and lead by example, practice what they preach, and repent when they fail, the kids will learn by example. 2.) God has given parents responsibilities, especially the father as head of the home, to not provoke their children to wrath but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord, Eph. 6:4. 3.) Moms, especially while the children are younger, should be the primary nurturer of the children. Ideally, mom is at home with young children (this is essentially commanded in Scripture, Titus 2:4-5), dad is working to provide, and so mom must lead by example, but also in Bible study/memorization, and catechizing in Bible doctrine. What does it mean to catechize? It is simply a question and answer format to learn the Christian faith. We do this with all 7 of our children. They start answering basic questions like "Who made you?" Answer: "God made me!" befo...

  By: Thomas F. Booher The short answer is the faithful Elders, as a class, failed to heed Paul's words to the Ephesian Elders in Acts 20:28-29, "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears." False teachers rising from among the Eldership is not a surprise, it's a Scriptural promise. Hence Paul warns the Elders to keep watch, vigilantly, and take swift action. Nothing will poison churches, denominations, the Christian faith at large, worse than its leadership being run by savage wolves in sheep's clothing, by ...