tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post2712303788175734461..comments2023-10-26T01:37:49.599-07:00Comments on The Evantine Abbey: Respecting FathersEvan B. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-69929274600157266702007-10-25T09:33:00.000-07:002007-10-25T09:33:00.000-07:00Thanks Guido. God has been merciful to us in the ...Thanks Guido. <BR/>God has been merciful to us in the rearing of our children. As we sort out what we did correctly we will try to pass it on.Evan B. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-37976738729269911582007-10-24T21:05:00.000-07:002007-10-24T21:05:00.000-07:00Oracle,This is about the only post in recent memor...Oracle,<BR/><BR/>This is about the only post in recent memory with which I have unequivocally agreed. <BR/><BR/>Though being in the position of a youth in comparison with yourself (and, no less, a rotten papist) this may not exactly be high praise.<BR/><BR/>But as my son approaches the age where corporal punishment will be most necessary, I appreciate the thoughts greatly.<BR/><BR/>In Pax Christi,<BR/><BR/>GuidoMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354061248410724936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-81206636931544367502007-10-24T15:25:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:25:00.000-07:00Well it is not Pelagius and doesn't read lucidly e...Well it is not Pelagius and doesn't read lucidly enough to be Lewis whose greater latitude you have already noted. So in order to be a telling quote from the free will side of the equation it would have to be someone like Wesley. <BR/><BR/>Good guess?<BR/><BR/>Nah! I looked it up.Evan B. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-66242269346664592012007-10-24T14:45:00.000-07:002007-10-24T14:45:00.000-07:00Ummmm. Who is the author?Ummmm. Who is the author?Muserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423820700062946847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-11489140844953655492007-10-23T20:31:00.000-07:002007-10-23T20:31:00.000-07:00Completely off topic, but a friend of mine posted ...Completely off topic, but a friend of mine posted these, and since they are relevant to our sometimes discussions on this blog, I wondered if you could guess the author:<BR/><BR/>"<I>The grace of God given [in the Lord's Supper] confirms to us the pardon of our sins, by enabling us to leave them. As our bodies are strengthened by bread and wine, so are our souls by these tokens of the body and blood of Christ. This is the food of our souls: This gives strength to perform our duty, and leads us on to perfection.</I> If, therefore, we have any regard for the plain command of Christ, if we desire the pardon of our sins, if we wish for strength to believe, to love and obey God, then we should neglect no opportunity of receiving the Lord's Supper; then we must never turn our backs on the feast which our Lord has prepared for us. We must neglect no occasion which the good providence of God affords us for this purpose. This is the true rule: So often are we to receive as God gives us opportunity. Whoever, therefore, does not receive, but goes from the holy table, when all things are prepared, either does not understand his duty, or does not care for the dying command of his Saviour, the forgiveness of his sins, the strengthening of his soul, and the refreshing it with the hope of glory."<BR/><BR/>"What are the benefits we receive by baptism, is the next point to be considered. <B>And the first of these is, the washing away the guilt of original sin, by the application of the merits of Christ's death</B>. ... By baptism, we who were "by nature children of wrath" are made the children of God. And this regeneration which our Church in so many places ascribes to baptism is more than barely being admitted into the Church, though commonly connected therewith; being "grafted into the body of Christ's Church, we are made the children of God by adoption and grace." This is grounded on the plain words of our Lord: "Except a man be born again of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John iii. 5.) <B>By water, then, as a means, the water of baptism, we are regenerated or born again</B>; whence it is also called by the Apostle, "the washing of regeneration." ... Herein a principle of grace is confused, which will not be wholly taken away, unless we quench the Holy Spirit by long-continued wickedness."Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-80246724168493596092007-10-19T19:57:00.000-07:002007-10-19T19:57:00.000-07:00Like slavery, women's rights, human rights, and ci...Like slavery, women's rights, human rights, and civil rights,corporal punishment was a non-issue until recent history.<BR/><BR/>It is interesting how interpretations of the scriptures change to accommodate advances in science (and pop psychology) render the old interpretations passe.<BR/><BR/>Science seems to be forcing biblical scholars to perform increasingly convoluted exegetical gymnastics to keep from drowning in the sea of irrelevance.Philistinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342432395733705246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-49542289826040159992007-10-17T08:52:00.000-07:002007-10-17T08:52:00.000-07:00Welcome Angela!I was thinking about this after you...Welcome Angela!<BR/>I was thinking about this after your email and it adds a helpful arena of posting. It is always good to look back over your child rearing run and announce to the saints what worked and what didn't.<BR/><BR/>BlessingsEvan B. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-13606868805892614602007-10-16T19:01:00.000-07:002007-10-16T19:01:00.000-07:00Thanks Evan! I read a book about discipline entit...Thanks Evan! I read a book about discipline entitled Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson. He did a word study on the "spare the rod.." type verses in the Bible (specifically Proverbs)and eventually comes to similar conclusions regarding physical discipline. The most interesting, and perhaps most philosophy altering thing I learned is that the word for 'child', naar, is actually a person in their mid to late teens. This tidbit of information has really changed my perspective on those verses in Proverbs that I once thought offered the Bible's parenting prescription. <BR/><BR/>PS - I really have a complex about posting here, I am not sure my brain is big enough.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465017977136440289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-38387124209173888142007-10-15T21:54:00.000-07:002007-10-15T21:54:00.000-07:00And since the Mother of God's Son turned out well,...And since the Mother of God's Son turned out well, should we suppose that she and Joseph inculcated a proper sense of their superiority in God?Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-75932326312575353022007-10-15T21:53:00.000-07:002007-10-15T21:53:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.com