"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace."
"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4 NKJV http://www.domesticviolencenomore.com/ Several weeks ago we received a message on The Wartburg Watch HOTLINE from a caller in Canada. She was terribly disturbed that so-called spiritual leaders in America like Michael Pearl are instructing parents to beat (spank) their children. I returned the call and had a wonderful conversation with Cathi, a Christian mom who lives in Manitoba. Cathi maintains a website that warns her readers about the Pearls. Since we have previously written on this topic here at TWW, she wanted to know what Americans — particularly pastors — are doing to address concerns with the Pearls’ teaching on child discipline. I informed her that it seems the vast majority of pastors are not willing to speak out about the Pearls, probably for fear of being sued. I then told Kathy that the secular media appear to be the primary voices sounding the alarm about the Pearls’ To Train Up a Child methodologies. To prove just how reluctant American pastors appear to be in rocking the boat, we share the following example. We Continue reading →






