David Reynolds

Our Children Have Become Our Masters

“As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them…” Isaiah 3:12 When you are in some areas of the south, it is so refreshing to hear young people address their elders with, “No Sir!” or “Yes ma’am.” It is not a matter of geography–it is a matter of training! It is…

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The Divorce Was My Idea, Not God’s

” For the Lord God of Israel says, that He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence.” Says the Lord of hosts, “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.” Malachi 2:16 NKJV Baby, I Can Wash My Own Car “The divorce was my idea. After years of working…

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More Money for Public Education Will Not Fix Our Children, But God Can!

After thirty years in in the public schools I can assure you that the problem is not a lack of money. The problem is not poor teachers or poorly trained teachers. There are many caring and kind teachers in the public educational system. If there is a problem with modern teachers, it is that they…

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Choosing Your Companion…For Life

“Please, put your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell; but you shall go to my country and to…

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Does Your Church Believe In Hitting Kids?

“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes” (Proverbs 13:24) Due to the fact that I was a public school Principal, and had written the book for parents, Handle With Care, I was asked to testify in court on behalf of a parent of one of our…

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Parents, Stay In the Channel!

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 Question: Brother Reynolds, God has given us a new baby; what meaningful advice could you give us as we try to raise him for God in this complex world? Parenting is so easily wrought with errors…

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The Creditor Is Come, What Must I Do?

There cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. II Kings 4:1 Debt brings bondage. Thank…

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Hang On For Your Children

“But the king took the two sons of Rizpah …And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord … And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon…

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Two Are Better Than One, But Three is Better

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him who is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how…

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Family Salvation Insurance

“As For me and my house, I will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15). Question: “What can I do to assure my child will serve the Lord?” Blessed Assurance Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchased of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. Many…

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When Is A Baby A Baby?

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 A professor at UCLA Medical School presented the following case history to his students: “A woman who suffers from tuberculosis is pregnant.…

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And They Lived Happily Ever After!

“Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any and every reason?” Matthew 19:3 NIV Happiness is not a commodity that comes wrapped as one of the wedding presents. Happiness in marriage does not just happen–it happens only when both partners work to make it happen. Happiness is more a matter…

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