Sometimes it will just «sink in» more readily when your sister or
father says to your child the very same things that you've been saying for months.
Not exact matches
«It's going
to become an almost two - hour commute each way, on top of 10 - hour work days,»
said Weinstock, a married
father of two young
children.
She
said she fled her home in Jutiapa, Honduras, because the
father of her son threatened
to kill her and their
child.
While this disparity can be attributed
to differences in careers and work hours between men and women who have
children and those who do not, the report
says that there is also a difference in how working mothers and
fathers are perceived by management.
«There are many
children who lose their
fathers and need
to work
to get food,» he
said.
Robert Kraft is not the
father of the
child his girlfriend, Ricki Noel Lander, gave birth
to last fall, a Patriots spokesperson
said.
Children described their
father as «mean,» «nasty,» or «bossy,» and didn't want
to bring friends around, for fear of what he might
say.
«Years ago, if a man
said to a woman, «I want
to have sex with you,» she could rightly conclude, «This guy wants
to father my
children.
Hence, here, too, it is nice (not
to say «very important») if the
father does not shirk his responsibility
to teach his
children.
Conversion is the relinquishing of illusory power: seeing that you are a
child (with limited understanding) and listening, in your weakness,
to what the
father has
to say.
Truly, I
say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or mother or
father or
children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and bothers and sisters and mothers and
children and lands.
To those who have confidence in such natural orders, John the Baptist says: «Do not presume to say to yourselves, «We have Abraham as our father»; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.&raqu
To those who have confidence in such natural orders, John the Baptist
says: «Do not presume
to say to yourselves, «We have Abraham as our father»; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.&raqu
to say to yourselves, «We have Abraham as our father»; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.&raqu
to yourselves, «We have Abraham as our
father»; for I tell you, God is able from these stones
to raise up children to Abraham.&raqu
to raise up
children to Abraham.&raqu
to Abraham.»
He makes clear that discipline is the work of a
father even
saying that
children come
to know heaven and hell and Christ through their
father alone.
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus
said in response: «I publicly praise you,
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them
to young
children
David Turpin's
father, James, the grandfather
to the
children,
said from his home in Princeton, West Virginia, that he did not believe the reports about the abuse.
What we need
to do is return the hearts of the
fathers to the hearts of the
children as Malachai
said in the last book of the Old Testament, lest, as he
said, we'd be stricken with a curse.
After all, had not the Lord
said, «I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the
children to the third and fourth generation»?
(In Matthew the
father says, «My daughter has just died»; but according
to Mark and Luke it was only when they were on the way that people came from the ruler's house and told him the
child was dead.)
As
to what the Scriptures have
to say about homosexual orientation, my brother, you not only have
to do deeper research, but most importantly approach Scripture in the Spirit of Love, as a
child who knows nothing, seeking the guidance of his
Father.
Youth workers
said that mothers (presumably in such cases there are no
fathers) are «too terrified of their own
children to confront them and often turn a blind eye
to cash or stolen goods brought home».
Third,
to say that God like a
father loves and cares for his human
children is
to say that he who made us continues
to watch over and try
to help us.
«The parents have
to take responsibility for this
child - apart from one case I have not seen any
father or mother in court,» he
said.»
According
to the New Testament, this experience of the indwelling presence of God is the essential source of the Christian's power (Acts 18) and of his peace and joy; (Romans 14:17) it is the best gift which the
Father can bestow on his
children; (Luke 11:13; John 14:26) it is the secret alike of moral renewal (Titus 3:5) and of practical guidance; (Acts 13:2) it furnishes the interior standards of motive and behavior which must not be violated; (Ephesians 4:30) whatever else in Christian faith is valuable, even though it be the love of God, becomes effective only when this experience makes it inwardly real; (Romans 5:5) and the temple is easily dispensable since
to every Christian it can be
said, «Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you?»
It can hardly be called discrimination, he reasoned,
to say that a husband and wife have a «unique and singular» relationship or
to say that
children - and thus the state - benefit from being brought up in a stable home with a
father and a mother.
The members of today's intense religious groups and not a few members of the larger public like
to get even closer
to home, rubbing texts like these into contemporary Christian consciousness: «Now great multitudes accompanied Jesus; and he turned and
said to them, «If any one comes
to me and does not hate his own
father and mother and wife and
children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he can not be my disciple»» (Luke 14:25 f.).
I didn't pray for leukemia but I got it
children die everyday new souls in this sometimes very cruel world what kind of god does that I'm sure you'll
say the sins of the
father or it just wasn't gods plan or if we were better Christians then we wouldn't be punished or our faith was being tested and
to all of you I
say what a cruel
child of a god you have that» tests his flock he so lovingly created excuse after excuse I'll keep my faith in the science that put my cancer in remission and if I'm wrong I'll march straight into hell knowing I made no excuses
But both
say that
fathers will not be put
to death for their
children, nor
children for their
fathers.
But, my listener, would you dare, as a
father (and I feel confident that you have a lofty conception of the meaning of this name, a responsible conception of the charge which it lays upon you) would you dare, as a
father,
to say to your
child as you sent him out into the world, «Go, with your mind at ease, my
child, pay attention
to what the many approve and what the world rewards, for that is the Good, but what the world punishes, that is evil.
Just as a
Father rebukes His
children... God will rebuke us... so it is ridiculous
to say the same God that loves me will destroy me... that can't be further from the Truth... Jesus died for us that we may have everlasting life... but rebellion will not be tolerated forever... so we destroy ourselves not God... He continues
to give us chances
to turn towards Him and when we don't we want
to blame Him... well blame yourself..
Jesus
said: «no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or
father or
children or fields for me and the gospel will fail
to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers,
children and fields — along with persecutions — and in the age
to come eternal life» (Mark 10:29 - 30).
But I
say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the
children of your
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun
to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.»
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women,
children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women /
children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing
father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give
to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself
to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give
to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next
to impossible for rich
to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go
to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus
says he has come
to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your
father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against
children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell
to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go
to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
Ezekiel
says, «The word of the Lord came
to me again: What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, «The
fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the
children's teeth are set on edge»?
However, «Families 2000» had little
to say about how the church can support the postmodern, dual - income, mother -
father team in its task of raising
children.
So,
said the old theologians, God is one «substantia,» one essence and being, but in Christian experience he appears in three «personae,» plays three parts, unveils himself
to his
children in three characters —
Father - Creator; Christ the Revealer; the Spirit, our indwelling Friend and Comforter.
«If you then, who are evil,» Jesus
said (Mt 7:11; cf. Lk 11:13), «know how
to give good gifts
to your
children, how much more will your
Father who is in heaven give good things
to those who ask him.»
Its experience of the extent
to which human brutality can go, of the fury that can be unleashed when the human animal is attacked, its acceptance in wry cynicism of the venality of great and small; its acceptance, too, of a psychological analysis that tends
to show how slight the power of reason, how great the strength of obscure passions; how corrupting of
children the possible love of mothers and the wrath of
fathers; its portrayal of men and mankind in bitterly disillusioned novels and in shuddering chronicles of man's inhumanity
to man — in all this the 20th century has perhaps gone beyond anything that Edwards
said in dispraise of men, individually and in the collective.
If parental status is a matter of intent, however, not of genes, absent
fathers can
say: «I never intended
to take on the role of that
child's parent; therefore I'm not morally bound
to act as a parent.»
The
child, they
say, is
father to the man, and any psychologist will tell you that the
child within us may be a downright nuisance
to the man, unless he has been put in his place.
«36 She
said to him, «My
father, you have opened your mouth
to Yahweh; do
to me according
to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the
children of Ammon.»
So, for example, when Jesus
said, «Whoever comes
to me and does not hate
father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, can not be my disciple» (Lk 14:26), he was not
saying we should literally hate these people.
But I
say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be
children of your
Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
His
father had died when he was 3, and when he was 14, his mother found six
children too much
to deal with, he
says.
He will
say to you, «my
child,» and you will answer Him, «my
father.»
Luke has this
saying later (14:26 - 27) in even sterner language: one who comes
to Jesus must hate his own
father and mother and wife and
children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life.»
My guess would be that with the Massai it might not be dissimilar
to what you
say about not being manly for a
father to play with his
children.
To blame the past for errors which have brought us to this pass is to indulge in the ancient fallacy of saying that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edg
To blame the past for errors which have brought us
to this pass is to indulge in the ancient fallacy of saying that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edg
to this pass is
to indulge in the ancient fallacy of saying that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edg
to indulge in the ancient fallacy of
saying that the
fathers have eaten sour grapes and the
children's teeth are set on edge.
His
father would go with actual speed: infarction,
said someone
to all his dazed
children.
He
said as much when the Pharisees had the audacity
to ask him why he didn't wash his hands before he ate, and he asked them why they didn't follow his
father's old laws and kill their unruly
children.
Would an earthly
father not
say this
to his
child who
said «I hate you, I don't love you anymore, I wish you weren't my dad» «I wish you were dead».