Discipline

The cute baby is brought home from the hospital with great joy. This joyful bundle can turn into the cause of much grief in later years, when all that can be seen in that child is sin and rebellion. Parents spend countless sleepless nights and ministers and elders spend hours in meetings, admonitions, and prayers. Sometimes this effort results in repentance and forgiveness, but, even so, the scars never totally leave. Teachers continually battle with the problem of disrespect, cheating,...