Post by Saltandlight007 on Nov 8, 2013 2:24:00 GMT -5
To Train Up a Child (Michael / Debi Pearl):
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/child-abuse-ban_n_4232693.html?ncid=webmail1
This book was in the UK news today (see above link) – I'm wondering if some of you may agree with the writings of these Evangelical Christians. Here's an extract:
"If you have to sit on him to spank him then do not hesitate. And hold him there until he is surrendered. Prove that you are bigger, tougher, more patiently enduring and are unmoved by his wailing. Defeat him totally. Accept no conditions for surrender. No compromise. You are to rule over him as a benevolent sovereign. Your word is final."
Personally, I find it upsetting on many levels and believe it is an example of what can happen when we are not listening to the Holy Spirit to interpret Scriptures. The following is a good interpretation I believe:
“Rod” (shebet) means different things in different parts of the Bible. The Hebrew dictionary gives this word various meanings: a stick (for punishment, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.). While the rod could be used for hitting, it was more frequently used for guiding wandering sheep. Shepherds didn’t use the rod to beat their sheep – and children are certainly more valuable than sheep. As shepherd-author Philip Keller teaches so well in A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23, the shepherd’s rod was used to fight off prey and the staff was used to gently guide sheep along the right path. (“Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” – Psalm 23:4).
In other words, rod = discipline / guidance (in love). If in doubt, one should ask 'what would Jesus do?'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/child-abuse-ban_n_4232693.html?ncid=webmail1
This book was in the UK news today (see above link) – I'm wondering if some of you may agree with the writings of these Evangelical Christians. Here's an extract:
"If you have to sit on him to spank him then do not hesitate. And hold him there until he is surrendered. Prove that you are bigger, tougher, more patiently enduring and are unmoved by his wailing. Defeat him totally. Accept no conditions for surrender. No compromise. You are to rule over him as a benevolent sovereign. Your word is final."
Personally, I find it upsetting on many levels and believe it is an example of what can happen when we are not listening to the Holy Spirit to interpret Scriptures. The following is a good interpretation I believe:
“Rod” (shebet) means different things in different parts of the Bible. The Hebrew dictionary gives this word various meanings: a stick (for punishment, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.). While the rod could be used for hitting, it was more frequently used for guiding wandering sheep. Shepherds didn’t use the rod to beat their sheep – and children are certainly more valuable than sheep. As shepherd-author Philip Keller teaches so well in A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23, the shepherd’s rod was used to fight off prey and the staff was used to gently guide sheep along the right path. (“Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” – Psalm 23:4).
In other words, rod = discipline / guidance (in love). If in doubt, one should ask 'what would Jesus do?'
