Posts Tagged ‘parents’
Thank you for your information on honoring your parents
Question: I was reading Proverbs and came across Proverbs 20:20. I wanted a more definitive explanation of the verse. Thank you, for your detailed information and the resources included in the text. I received so much more! Sometimes, we think this refers only to young children and teenagers. However, reading this text reminds us that God commands us to honor…
Read MoreHow do I honor my mother when we aren’t getting along?
Question: I had some questions and decided to email you again, as your answers and reasoning made sense. Okay, I have heard that you have to love your parents, but do you have to like them? I love mine (my mom and grandparents), but my mom is sometimes hard to get along with. Maybe it…
Read MoreMy parents are too overbearing. Do I have to obey them even though I’m 18?
Question: My parents are too overbearing. They are allowing me to live home, but when I am out with friends and a particular girl I like, I miss curfew and my dad told me the next time I was home late, he would punish me. I work a part-time job and they are paying half…
Read MoreWhere does the Bible mention Joseph providing for his father?
Question: I heard a preacher say that Joseph told his father when he was reunited with him in Egypt to not worry, that he would provide for him all the days of his life. I am unable to find that scripture. Do you know if he did say that and if so, where? I’m working on a…
Read MoreHow do you start over?
Question: I have sent you an email before and I was so happy that you replied. But now I have a much larger problem. I don’t go to the church I want to go to and I’m only 12 so I can’t switch without my parents’ approval, which they won’t give. But every day I…
Read MoreDad’s Nine Rules for Living
by Frank Walton Upon the occasion of his daughter’s high school graduation. via Biblical Insights, Vol. 7, No. 8, Aug. 2007. 1. Put God First We exist for His glory and then to enjoy Him forever (I John 17:3). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One…
Read MoreIs it right to feel that my parents are sucking the life out of me?
Question: I have been a Christian for a little over a year now. I am 17, and up until I was a teenager I thought that there was nothing wrong with how my parents raised me. They are very laid back, a little too laid back. When I hit high school, I went wild. I…
Read MoreMy parents don’t like my boyfriend. What should I do?
Question: I have been in a relationship for 10 months, planning on marriage soon. My boyfriend and I are saved. We are from churches that are different from each other. My parents do not like him for reasons I see as critical and a bit judgmental. I am 25 and my boyfriend is 36. Many…
Read MoreMy parent’s debt is exhausting all of my savings. What am I to do?
Question: Hello, I’m kind of stuck in a situation. My parents have debt issues, and unless I help them out they will lose everything probably, or at least they would have to sell the house. In the last couple of months I have been helping them out while trying to earn money to go on…
Read MoreCan a young couple make a covenant even though their parent won’t allow them to marry?
Question: If a holy couple is in love, and is having a child on the way and wants to bring the child in right, but one of the mate’s parents does not agree with marrying so young. So the couple brings their relationship to God because they both have strong relationship with Him. And they…
Read MoreHow do I honor my parents when I’m constantly fighting with my mother?
Question: I have a question about the article on honoring your father and mother. I am a mom in my late twenties. My husband and I live too close to my parents and my mother and I are into it constantly. I was just wondering does all of the honor stuff that is in the…
Read MoreHow do you honor an abusive parent?
Question: Well, I am not a Mormon either. (See earlier question.) My father is angry with me because I told him I thought that his buying a 34-year-old woman $209.00 in clothing at Nordstrom’s department store was not proper. My mother is in a home with Alzheimer and he is spending her money on another woman. Not only…
Read MoreWhat is a Christian’s responsibility to his parents?
Question: I have read your many articles regarding children obeying their parents. What is in the Scripture for parents to obey or respect their children? For example, I have been married for nearly 30 years and now my mother-in-law has moved in. She is in her seventies and in good health, but she just can’t…
Read MoreHonor Your Father and Mother
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton The command to honor your parents was carried over into the law of Christ intact. “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on…
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