task. It is not my personality. Margy and I were exposed to some
teaching from the book of Proverbs that convinced us that spanking
had a valid place in parenting. We became persuaded that failure to
spank would be unfaithfulness to their souls.
A Responsibility
(^) The rod is a responsibility. It is not the parent determining to
punish. It is the parent determining to obey. It is the parent, as God’s
representative, undertaking on God’s behalf what God has called him
to do. He is not on his own errand, but fulfilling God’s.