This morning a friend emailed asking for scriptures to use in teaching her son about the appearance of a Christian young man. I thought others might be interested as well.

Have you noticed lately how scruffy many of our young men prefer to look? You’ve seen them.
Their hair looks like it should have been cut just a week or 3 ago. They haven’t shaved in a week. When you mention a shave or a haircut they are evasive. You may be [...]

“Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.”   I’ve read that lots of times but this morning the verse speaks to me.   In the past I’ve read the verse and thought about the landmarks that divided property.   Of course it would be wrong for a person to arbitrarily move the property line, stealing [...]

There are many reasons to teach but the one I am concentrating on today is a benefit for the teacher. 

As a mother of seven, ages 14-24 I often have one-on-one talks with young people.  This morning I talked with a young person who could be said to be gently pushing the boundaries in the areas of dress, music and hairstyle.  As I talked a clear analogy came to mind.

It seems to be a part of human nature, that we are careful about the things that have affected our own lives; but tend to think that what has happened to others probably wouldn’t happen in our situation.  We think we know someone so well that

There are several reasons.  One is Deuteronomy 22:5, which reads, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment:  for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.”  If there is one thing I don’t want to be it is, “abomination [...]