Parents, Please Read: There’s Trouble in the Land

  [328 words] There’s trouble in the land. No wide-awake person will deny that! These upheavals have caused many parents to express apprehension concerning the future of their children. That’s understandable. When our children graduate from high school and leave home, many of them also leave the church. Suddenly they are exposed to an environment hostile to Christ and even to the basic principles of morality. If a young person is ill-equipped to handle this, he is in grave trouble. Unfortunately at a time when families should be doing everything in their power to “beef up” their spiritual defenses and intensifying their fight against Satan, many are permitting the safeguard to be torn down. Neglect of Sunday morning Bible classes, Sunday evening services, absence from Wednesday Bible study, and failure to encourage children to become totally involved in church-centered activities are some of the more obvious evidences of this foolish…