{"id":6976,"date":"2006-07-29T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2006-07-29T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2019-07-31T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:59:51","slug":"should-teens-be-spanked-with-a-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-teens-be-spanked-with-a-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Should teens be spanked with a switch?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Regarding:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-we-start-biblical-discipline-when-our-children-are-already-older\/\">How do we start biblical discipline when our children are already older?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spanking teens with a switch? Yeah right. I hope you burn in hell for this kind of advice to parents. You are a fraud and certainly not a man of God.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I certainly noticed how empty your note is of content, especially scriptural evidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>&#8220;<i>Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?<\/i>&#8220;<br \/>\n(James 4:11-12).<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Regarding:\u00a0How do we start biblical discipline when our children are already older? Spanking teens with a switch? Yeah right. I hope you burn in hell for this kind of advice to parents. You are a fraud and certainly not a man of God. 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