WIVES UNDER ATTACK Wives who hold to the traditional Biblical role of a wife and mother are under attack today. In Focus On The Family, Dr. James Dobson said: Everything they have been taught from earliest childhood is being subjected to ridicule and scorn. Hardly a day passes when the traditional values of the Judeo-Christian heritage are not […]
We are honored to have Charles Donovan from the Family Research Council write a series of articles for The Outlook. Not only is Mr. Donovan an eminently qualified expert in the field of family values, but he and the Council represents form a crucial link between the American family and policymakers in the United States […]
Judges 4:1–9, 23–24 …I Deborah, arose…a mother in Israel. Judges 5:7b (NASV) The Bible assigns to mothers many domestic tasks. But that is not all. There are times when mothers have to expand their role as did Deborah—the wife, mother, prophetess, poet, singer, judge, patriot and military expert. There was a need in Israel for […]
The title of this article, “What Is Home Without a Mother?,” is the caption of a picture which hung in my grandparent’s home when I was a child. The picture showed a mother and child, depicting tender, motherly love. As a child, I answered that question for myself many times. I loved my mother and […]
This month we are presenting a very personal family portrait with the prayer that you will understand our motivation — that of displaying the holiness of God’s creative design and work in the womb of a mother. On August 25, 1997 our daughter Jane and her husband Drew received the disappointing news from the doctor […]
From the world of secular psychology, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that human beings are designed to fall in love. The bad news is that they are not designed to stay that way. These psychologists say the synapses just start firing differently after two years. From the realm of […]
We have heard predictable explanations for the tragic killings of four children and a teacher by children in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Some say it’s violence on television and in films. While today’s graphic “entertainment” violence is far worse than the cowboys, vaporizing aliens and monsters I grew up watching, that alone seems an incomplete excuse. Others […]
The word “devote” is given the following definition in Webster’s Dictionary: “to give up oneself or one’s time, energy, to some purpose, activity, or person.” Every person is devoted to something or someone whatever absorbs one’s time. We will consider devoting ourselves faithfully to Bible reading, Bible study and prayer. Any relationship requires faithful and […]
It was ten years ago. I was in the midst of finishing out the year as a long term sub at the local Christian high school. My daughter, a freshman, was one of my students. Some of the other students had been intrigued by the fact that she was comfortable having her mom as a […]
People looking for causes of the cultural decline—including why girls are engaging in sexual activity at ever-younger ages—might wish to consider the Spice Girls. At a recent Washington-area appearance of the four (formerly five) women, a near-capacity crowd — including mostly female children, some as young as 4 dressed up in leopard-print miniskirts, platform shoes, […]