2012-05-01T13:26:52-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/punish/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/every-scar-has-a-story-6602 2012-05-01T13:26:52-05:00 the scars of Jesus tell the story of how very much He loves you. There's an old hymn that says it pretty well, "I shall know Him, I shall know Him, as redeemed by His side I shall stand. I shall know my Redeemer when I reach the other side by the print of the nails in His hands." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-not-so-grim-reapers-6555 2012-02-28T10:35:29-05:00 Don't wait a long time for discipline. When a lot of time has passed, the lesson will be forgotten. Explain the discipline; explain why it's wrong. Be consistent, especially in the early stages of trying to establish a boundary in your child's life. Whatever you do, don't fail in this life-giving responsibility. Be sure your children learn from your discipline that whatever a man sows, he will reap. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/released-not-restricted-5743 2009-09-09T15:42:01-05:00 Maybe you have a tendency to think that God is usually mad at you - punishing you. But our feelings about God are based way too much on our experiences with our parents, with people who've hurt us, and on our immediate circumstances. So we end up missing the love that our Heavenly Father is trying to show us. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%206:5-7&version=NIV 2009-08-13T15:29:42-05:00 In the Old Testament during Noah's time the earth was a vastly wicked place. Every inclination of evil that man could think of was happening. God heartrendingly decided that humanity needed to be punished, and soon after the flood happened. Much later in history, Jesus came to the earth and through his death he took the burden of punishment for our signs on his shoulders. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=2948 2008-01-07T18:09:55-05:00 Does God punish nations for their wickedness under the Christian dispensation as He did during Old Testament times? If He did not we should have to discontinue the use of many of the Psalms in the praise of God. David often speaks of the righteousness of God’s judgment against the nations, and if it