Solomon said, “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it” (Prov 22:6). A child can be trained to respond to directions in loving obedience. Parents mold the character in obedience by instruction and example. Hannah is a good example of a mother. She
Corrective Training is seldom practiced, and even more rarely is it carried out by scripture plan. Sadly, when a member of the church is “not living according to the teaching” (2 Thes 3:6), elders normally avoid the command of corrective training (discipline) by ignoring it or advising the accused to “go find another place to
The true doctrine of Jesus was “delivered once for all” in the first century (Jude 3). When scripture was completed by the apostles, it was perfect and was known as Christ’s last will and testament. It was “perfect” and any man who dared to change or add to it was “cursed” (Gal 1:6-10). This testament
The Bible “furnishes the man of God completely for every good work” (2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet 1:3). This faith, this doctrine was given “once and for all” time in the 1st century (Jude 3). God’s man does not need a church manual, creed, catechism, Watchtower, Book of Mormon or church discipline to teach him
