The joyful community of God’s people can sometimes be pained by conflicts among its people. How should we respond in times like these? We look at the first two of ten biblical mandates for how we are to respond to conflicts in the church. May the Lord help us to see conflicts through His eyes and respond in a way that glorifies and honors Him.
Proverbs (Various) - Biblical Parenting
PROVERBS 13:24
He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
PROVERBS 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
PROVERBS 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
PROVERBS 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
PROVERBS 23:13-14
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.