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Coping with "difficult" children

COPING WITH “DIFFICULT” CHILDREN  Raising children can be challenging and tasking. All children are not the same. They are different in their personalities. The method you use for one may not work for the other. No child is difficult if you understand the child and use the right method to raise the child. A child becomes difficult when you fail to understand the child. The essence of this article is to provide practical approach in coping with “difficult” children and how to see children as treasured gift that need to be expressed love and accept for who they are.  A child is said to be difficult if the child is a trouble maker in school or home. Troublemaking is defined as looking for other children trouble by hitting them, taking their belongings and running away with it. A child is difficult when the child is moody unnecessarily, keeps to himself and does not relate with others just want to be on his own no matter how you try to get response from the child, the child is u...

Biblical approach to Polygamy.

BIBLICAL APPROACH TO POLYGAMY. Christianity is a religion that believes marriage is between a man and a woman. God ordained a marriage to be a union between a man and a woman and not a man with women or woman with men. Churches differ on doctrines in regards with dealings with polygamist. Some churches exclude a polygamist from being a worker or officer of the church. Some even said polygamist cannot make heaven if they do not break away from their polygamous homes. Some even exclude polygamist from baptism and the Lord’s Table. What should be the church perspective to polygamist in the church? How can Christianity and polygamy co-exist? These are the questions that this article tend to answer as it approach polygamy from the biblical point of view and how church should respond to polygamist in the churches. Polygamy is the practice of having several spouses especially wives at one time. Polygamy includes polygyny which is marriage to more than one woman and polyandry which is marria...

Biblical perspective on Divorce.

Biblical perspective on Divorce What does the bible say on divorce? What is God’s view on divorce? Is divorce a sin? Is divorce allow or permissive for a Christian? At what point should a Christian divorce? All these questions shall this write up address from God’s point of view through revelation from the word of God. Divorce is defined by (Encarta dictionary 2009 edition) as official ending of a marriage by an official decision in a court of law. The oxford advanced learner’s dictionary 7th edition defines divorce as the legal ending of a marriage. Divorce is defined by wikitionary as legal dissolution of marriage. From all the definitions above, it can be inferred that divorce is when a marriage cease to be with a legal backing. At what point does a marriage stop, there are several reasons that can lead to divorce and this varies from one couple to another. The major causes of divorce based on statistics are: infidelity, lack of trust, childlessness, financial problem, sexual dys...