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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 3

Posted on May 22, 2015 by parklinscomb

It’s just an observation, but one of the major ways that fathers create regret for themselves is through failing in the area of discipline of their children. There is plenty of indication of this in Scripture… Proverbs 17:21 “He who … Continue reading →

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Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 2

Posted on May 19, 2015 by parklinscomb

Last week we began a short series on fatherhood and regret. We started with David’s regret about his failures with Absalom, but there are plenty of regretful fathers in the Bible. The high priest Eli would be just one such … Continue reading →

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The Two Sides of Kindness

Posted on September 28, 2013 by parklinscomb

Kindness is not a topic that you are likely read too many posts about. It seems just sort of—well, bland. “Yeah, yeah, practice random acts of kindness, blah, blah, blah.” But for Christians it is a rather important virtue to … Continue reading →

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Raising Godly Teens: One Last Word — For Now

Posted on June 15, 2012 by parklinscomb

Over the past several weeks I’ve been talking about raising teenagers. There are whole books written on the subject, and all that I’ve been able to do is scratch the surface in these articles. And I had planned on finishing … Continue reading →

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Parenting Godly Teens, #5: Teach them hope

Posted on May 23, 2012 by parklinscomb

Here’s a topic for raising teens that isn’t raised too often. And yet here’s a topic that really must be addressed, because of the alarming rate at which young people seek to deal with temporary problems with serious, long-term, bad … Continue reading →

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Raising Godly Teens #4: Keeping Electronics Under Control

Posted on May 15, 2012 by parklinscomb

OK, this one may seem like a little hypocrisy coming from a guy who loves his electronics. The other difficulty with even writing this article is that everyone has a slightly different idea about what is “under control” and what … Continue reading →

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Raising Godly Teens, #3 — Let Them Suffer (and Learn) a Little

Posted on May 10, 2012 by parklinscomb

I hope this title doesn’t make me sound like a monster, but interestingly enough it is actually biblical: “Do not hold back discipline from the child, although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.” Proverbs 23:13, NAS95. … Continue reading →

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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? — Proverbs 22-24

Posted on August 28, 2011 by parklinscomb

Many of you who live in New England and the northeast corridor are either enduring hurricane Irene or cleaning up after her. I pray you all suffered little or no loss. Getting down to the text, however… “Train up a … Continue reading →

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