Did Voddie Baucham really say that a shy child who refuses to obey a parent and say hello to him is sinning? Cindy of Under Much Grace provides the evidence (in the form of a transcribed audio clip) so that you can decide for yourself.
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Hermana means sister in Spanish and Linda is my name. I was born in late 1960 to a mother who had traveled around the world and had been impressed at the baby wearing she saw in Africa and Japan. While in Japan she purchased the baby carrier in which she is wearing me in my avatar.
By the grace of God, I trusted Jesus as my personal savior in 1983. He gave me a husband in 1987 and 2 sons in the early 1990's. All glory to God.
Wow….. WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL falling for this garbage???
He has a nice sounding voice…. but the “It’s ok for your child’s world to revolve around them for the first few WEEKS, after that, their world revolves around ME!” REALLY?
“Wear them out all day long?” Spank often?
What a nightmare.
And yet another millstone is being made ready for this ghoulish, cruel unholy creature. Why do people fall for him? Because satan is full of guile and false sweetness – because the parents are filled with fear OF God by the same people who should be showing him to be a loving father full of patience.
Really??? This makes me sick! He obviously does not understand child development nor God’s grace and forgiveness. And spanking a child for everything? Sounds like a good way to murder them. He isn’t God. He cannot see into people’s hearts, so who is he to judge? And what about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)? Gentleness is one of the fruits! Spanking/hitting a child is anything but gentle!
I completely agree with Voddie on this one. Spare the “abuse” comments please. If I tell my home to do something and they think that acting “shy” is a way to get out of obeying, I will start seeing it pop up in other areas as an excuse to not obey. The bible is clear about discipline and excusing your child from discipline is not loving, it’s the exact opposite. If spank=abuse then you should all turn your parents in for child abuse because I’m positive that at least 75% of you were spanked as a child in one form or another.
I see that you do not believe in shyness. That would likely be because you did not experience it. I hope your disbelief is limited to shyness and that you do not inflict pain on your children for not obeying you when they are unable to. Do you also punish your children for making mistakes and/or forgetting things? Your comment about turning in our parents for the mistakes they made demonstrates lack of grace in your thinking. I feel very sad for people who do not understand grace and even sadder for those who live with them.