REMNANT Magazine

Articles: 44

Parenting

Biblical counsel on nurturing children, teaching faith, and the responsibilities of parents.

WomanJanuary/February 2013

Dear Mother (and Future Mother)

I am a middle-aged mama of three. I’ve experienced the wonder of pregnancy, the pains of giving birth, the joy of opening my home to the homeless child, sleepless nights walking fussy babies, the 24-hour round-the-clock…

Marcia Zimmerman↗
FamilyJuly/August 2012

Why We Don’t Want Children

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that…

Michael Fisher - Bedford, PA↗
WomanMarch/April 2012

A Mother’s Heart Cry

That they may teach the young women ... I look and behold a terrible thing in our generation ... The people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge. Where once they gave attendance to reading Scripture and “meaty”…

Marcia Zimmerman↗
YouthMarch/April 2011

Confess Your Faults

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed,” says James 5:16. Through my Christian walk, I have realized the importance of this verse. This verse is a huge key for a young man to…

Stephen Taylor, age 17 Ephrata, Pa↗
FamilyMarch/April 2011

The Christian Response to Caring for the Elderly

Unwanted parents long for the grave Even though I should not complain, but rather thank God, for all my worthy children, I will still try to awaken you to more carefulness, humility, virtue, honor, and obedience, so that…

Peter Jansz Twisck (1565-1636)↗
Christian LivingSeptember/October 2010

But Mine Eye Spared Thee

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my…

Mike Atnip↗
ParentingJuly/August 2010

Mothers, Sing with Your Children!

It’s the end of the day, and you have five things to do before supper is on the table. The preschoolers are tired and grumpy, and your husband is late getting home again. What do you do? Sing! It is morning and raining ……

Kyndra Steinmann↗
ParentingOctober/November/December 2009

Tool? Or Toy?

I trust you would rebuke me. I mean, if I let my son Daniel use that humongous chainsaw for a toy, you would rebuke me wouldn’t you? 660 Stihl chainsaws are a very efficient tool for milling logs like the one Daniel is…

~Mike Atnip↗
WomanJuly/August/September 2009

The Heart of the Matter

I have been thinking a lot about the verse, “And yet I show unto you a more excellent way.” (1 Co. 12:31) What is this way? It is the way of perfect love. We knew that all the time, didn’t we? But what does Paul really…

Rachel Weaver↗
ParentingJuly/August/September 2008

Monsters of Cruelty

Now that I am a father, and know the affection of a parent—would I not defend from every danger—would I not bestow every truly good thing—would I not implore every blessing—on my tender children? Would I not nourish…

by James Meikle (1730-1799)↗
WomanApril/May/June 2008

God Needs Praying Mothers

Though God is calling Christians everywhere to pray, this little article is specifically to call Christian mothers to daily, earnest, believing prayer. God said repeatedly, “Ask and you shall receive,” and He modeled the…

by Rachel Weaver↗
ParentingJanuary/February/March 2008

Governing Your Family

“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”…

by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843)↗
ParentingJanuary/February/March 2008

The First Book They Read

“Train up a child in the way he should go.” Proverbs 22:6 Education in modern parlance, means nothing more than instruction, or the communication of knowledge to the mind; and a good education means, the opportunity of…

by John A. James, 1828↗
FamilyApril/May/June 2007

Family Duty

He that is the master of a family, he has, as under that relation, a work to do for God; the right governing of his own family. And his work is twofold. First, Touching the spiritual state of it. Second, Touching the…

by John Bunyan Author of Pilgrim’s Progress↗
ParentingApril/May/June 2007

Overheard in the Nursery

Here is a little window into the lives of six mothers through a grandmother’s eyes. I have no one in mind. Each mother is a composite of many of us. She is a fictional character, not a reflection of anyone. But maybe…

by Rachel Weaver↗
ParentingSpecial edition 2007

A Motivating Vision for Our Homes

Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 There was, in the days of Samuel the Prophet, a sad state of affairs in Israel. The ministers of the day had lost…

Taken from the book The Pursuit of Godly Seed, by Denny Kenaston↗
WomanSpecial edition 2007

A Mother’s Heart Cry

When the babies are out of diapers... When I can get a full night of sleep... When the children are old enough to help... When homeschooling is finished... When the teenagers are grown up... When the children are…

by Rachel Weaver↗
Book reviewsSpecial edition 2007

The Pursuit of Godly Seed

It has been over fifteen years since Denny Kenaston first preached the series of messages known as “The Godly Home.” Since then, tens of thousands of copies of this message have been sent out across the country and…

Book Review by Dean Taylor↗
YouthSpecial edition 2007

How Do We Prepare Our Youth Girls For the Future?

Occasionally my husband and I, others at our church, or the tape ministry will receive letters asking us how we prepare our born-again young ladies for their futures. These letters are often asking if we send our girls…

by Helen Leibee↗
DiscernmentSpecial edition 2007

The Christian’s PET SIN

What is it? Gambling? Liquor? White-collar crime? Sexual immorality? No. It is the use of television. What began as a scientific breakthrough in the late 40’s with the promise of much good for mankind, has now been used…

by Ronald E. Willams, Director Hephzibah House 508 School St., Winona Lake, IN 46590↗

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