There is therefore now no condemnation to, who?

Not to them who live after the flesh. Not to they still in bondage to sin. Not to they who choose to disobey God. Not to they who do not have His mind in them. A true child of Christ is obedient to Him. They are His justified living by faith; and are by faithContinue reading “There is therefore now no condemnation to, who?”

Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1

Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 17—Heredity and Environment (Part  2) Children Inherit Inclinations—Children inherit inclinations to wrong, but they also have many lovely traits of character. These should be strengthened and developed, while the tendencies to evil should be carefully guarded against and repressed. Children should never be flattered, for flattery is poison to them; butContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”

Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1

Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 16—Prenatal Influences (Part 4) Parents Provide Child’s Life Equipment—What the parents are, that to a great extent the children will be. The physical conditions of the parents, their dispositions and appetites, their mental and moral tendencies, are to a greater or less degree reproduced in their children.—The Ministry of Healing, 371Continue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”

Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1

Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 16—Prenatal Influences (Part 3) Fathers as Well as Mothers Involved—Fathers as well as mothers are involved in this responsibility, and they too should seek earnestly for divine grace that their influence may be such as God can approve. The inquiry of every father and mother should be, “What shall we doContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”