Matthew 22:36-39 – The two greatest commandments: love the Lord your God and love your neighbor.

Luke 6:46

James 1:26 – If we love God, we must bridle our tongues.

I John 1:6-7; 2:3-6; 4:7-8, 20-21; 5:1-3 – Loving God means keeping His commandments. It’s more than just saying we love God.

Read the Bible!

• II Timothy 3:16-17 – The Bible is from God!

• Read daily. Start today!

Oneida Community (1848-1879)

• They believed that Jesus returned in 70 AD and that heavenly laws should be followed on earth.

• No traditional marriage. All women married to all men. Children were raised by the community.

• This is an example of wrong idea about the family.

Squash selfishness!

• Matthew 20:20-28

• II Corinthians 5:14-15

• I Corinthians 13:5 – Love does not seek its own.

• Luke 9:23

• Luke 14:11

• Luke 17:10

• Survey: The New Moral Code

• Studies show that students today have higher intellectual confidence than in 1962, but are actually less capable.

• Philippians 2:3-8 – Regard others above yourself.

Take action as a parent!

• Deuteronomy 6:1-13

• Talk about God with your children!

• Proverbs 1:8-9

• Ephesians 6:1-4 – Children, obey your parents! Fathers, bring up your children in the Lord!

• Colossians 3:20-21

• Titus 2:4 – Women, love your husbands and children.

• Hebrews 12:7-11

• Baumrind’s Parenting Styles

  • Warm love vs. disciplinary love

  • Neglectful (little warm love, little discipline) – Proverbs 13:24

  • Permissive (much warm love, little discipline) – Proverbs 29:13

  • Authoritarian (little warm love, much discipline) – Colossians 3:21

  • Authoritative (much warm love, much discipline) – Ephesians 6:4

  • Children from authoritative parents did the best across the board. Authoritative parents demand a lot, but also give a lot of warm love.

  • These are the same parenting styles God talks about in the Bible!

• If we trust what God has told us, our families will thrive.

Acts 17:30-31