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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
Vance Havner

A few words about spanking: We did! The Scriptures command it: “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him” (Pr. 22:15). While this Scripture does not teach all discipline is corporal, “the rod” has its proper use… Common sense dictates that spanking ought to hurt – some. But all parents must understand that spanking is not a beating. Beating a child is abuse. Spanking is a brief, controlled, painful punishment intended to make the recipient sorry he or she committed the offense that brought it about. Very often only a swat or two is necessary. When administering such discipline, we gave the simple explanation, “What you did was wrong.” We did not refrain from expressing our dismay or anger at the wrongdoing. But we always affirmed our love before and after the discipline. After all, godly discipline is an act of love. Similarly, punishment is not positively effective without a background of praise (Kent and Barbara Hughes).
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    Conservitive Roman Catholics

    CONSERVATIVE ROMAN CATHOLICS

    Generally speaking, this refers to Roman Catholics who, while going along with most of the modernization of liturgy since Vatican II, still cling to some older forms of Roman Catholic practice, as Churching, Purgatory, or even Limbo.

    Conservatism is more extreme among older Catholics who live within an ethnic group which is itself more conservative – Irish, Old French, old Italian, etc.

    While conservatives are generally agreeable to ecumenism, they are inclined to feel that other religions should be absorbed by the Catholic Church, rather than encouraging mutual compromise.

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