Recent content by Moontan13

Corporal punishment gets their attention.

Technically I believe in spanking, in practice with two children, I never had to . My education in raising children had to do with my Mom doing in-home child care for 12 kids at a time. She never yelled or spanked. I think a large part of child rearing and discipline is differentiating between...

The last paragraph describes exactly my discomfiture in this season. I lack for nothing but the peace that passes understanding.

Take it to the limit. Insist women dress modestly without push up bras, exposed cleavage, make-up or heels. What we accept as normal are blatant methods to enhance sexual attraction. Use the sermons and hymns from the Puritans.

The Lord had something in mind for me, but He wanted me to see others in their struggles with addiction before my shackles were removed.

Sin must be always mentioned because Christians look for a work around so they can sin, feel good and know they're already forgiven, which they are. That's not joy in obedience to the Lord. A wave of joy came to me over a year ago with "The Knowledge Of The Holy" by AW Tozer. In this thin small...

I was raised in a Baptist home, (saved at age 10), thought I knew some things, and once I found a certain radio station, realized how ignorant I was because "preaching is just as good as studying scripture". After reading scripture for myself, I realized I'd been sinning for 30 years. What I was...

AA teaches a false God, a "higher power" that demands nothing, just a buddy to pray to. I was in an anonymous group, and a newcomer, in his introduction, confessed to being a Christian and a voice in the back commented "lot of good your Christianity did eh"? The man paused and said he'd never...

I'd like to hear teachings about the GWT. I've heard things like this is where the Saved might get a head pat for being a good husband or a smack. This may be for jobs in the millennial kingdom.

If I were on the verge of commiting to Christ, do you think this sort of discussion is persuasive? Just STOP. Why do you guys make this harder than it is? Read some Francois Fenelon, then AW Tozer. Or just read the red letters in your red letter Bible. Jesus isn't talking about imperfect...

Though I'm not really a fan of country music

I've seen where used book stores will have an assortment of bargain books on their stoop, but also some neighborhoods, rich and poor, will have a library of sorts where people may come and take and trade books. There's a church nearby that has a small used bookstore, and there I found "The...

Solitude is one benefit of being single. No one sees me reading a book and says "Since you're not doing anything..."

I was such a little nerd that my usual punishment for misbehaving was for my Mom to take my book away and make me go outside to play. Our family vacation was a two week camping and fishing trip. I'd go to the thrift store and find the biggest book of interest I could find, hoping it would last...

There was a time when I heard Steven Tyler and Howard Stern, and they said things about Christianity that had me sweep all my Aerosmith CDs straight into the trash, no regrets. I appreciate your reply. I've got some sorting to do.