Missionary John Paton

John G. Paton on his Godly Child Training

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The Only Way to Lead (Elisabeth Elliot)

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Bigger is Not Always Better

If God is God—and he is—small with him is better than big with anybody. His old things are better than anybody’s new things. Being his child is better than having the world. And better to be blind with the invisible God than to see everything without him.
John Piper

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Bill of Rights for Children

From John Rosemond
Because it is the most character-building, two-letter word in the English language, children have the right to hear their parents say “No” at least three times a day.
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Children have the right to find out early in their lives that their parents don’t exist to make them happy, but to offer them the opportunity [...]

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From the Sting of Faithless Sadness

For Our Children
Father, hear us, we are praying,
Hear the words our hearts are saying;
We are praying for our children.
Keep them from the powers of evil,
From the secret, hidden peril;
Father, hear us for our children.
From the whirlpool that would suck them,
From the treacherous quicksand, pluck them;
Father, hear us for our children.
From the wordling’s hollow gladness,
From the [...]

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