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If a child irritates a parent by wetting or whining and gets punished with uncontrolled anger and physical violence, the child…
Anger · Family · Formation
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Better Families, Better World
Emerson and Smith, Divided by Faith (citing popular verse)
The familiar verse runs: “If you want a better world, composed of better nations, inhabited by better states, filled with better countries, made up of better cities, comprised of better neighborhoods, illuminated by better churches, populated by better families—then you must begin by becoming a better person.” The progression places the weight of change close to home rather than only on distant systems.
How you’d preach it
Social change is often imagined from the top down. This reverses the direction.
- Family
- Formation
- Faith
Emerson · Smith