Heralds Digest

  “Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ In public relations, it is generally conceived that there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interest. Unfortunately, the people’s permanent interest is mostly the pursuit of a snack for the body that sets a snare for the soul. Therefore, the scriptures admonished believers against this unfriendly fellowship, particularly when it is with a man or woman whose temperament is not tamed by the Spirit of the Lord. Anyone who introduces marriage, business, or project proposals to an angry man or woman on the basis of the mundane interest, like beauty, wealth, power or position opportunities, is bound to chew more than the mouth can swallow. Precisely, the dirty politics and lifestyle of malice, bitterness, envy, and animosity, which are the variants of anger, will be nurtured in all unfriendly fellowsh...

  “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The scriptural pedagogy of parenting is clear on the combination of learning and culture for all parties involving in the execution of the training curriculum. While the “ Train up a child in the way he should go ” underscored the learning portion of the curriculum, the “ when he is old he will not depart from it ” emphasized the culture. Unfortunately, the emphasis on culture has been dangerously downplayed by those who are divinely engaged in the business of parenting today. And in order to adjust the curriculum to adopt the new mindset, the learning portion has to be interpreted differently, as merely ‘guide along ’, ‘counsel smoothly' , ‘educate softly’, etc; but not necessarily ‘train up’. Obviously, training up a child involves a call to learning up for parents. In fact, the ‘learning up’ of parents is always a strong motivation for the ‘training up ’ of a...