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Recent content by Schutte

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    Need help with something...

    This is less of a verse, more of a book, but pick up phillip yancey's "whats so amazing about grace". There are endless talks in those pages and will give you a new prospective.
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    Purity Pledges

    Ya'll know its ok to make a stand against sins. I realize people mess up and its frustrating and it hurts, but we all have messed up. The key is to stand up to what we know is wrong and let our kids know where we stand. Hopefully they stand with us. I think the key idea is amazing and...
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    Purity Pledges

    So I think you are more concerned about the way the pledges are done than that they exist. We are doing the pledges with our senor high next month and the way we are doing it is to give them the card, box, wrapping paper, and a bow and telling them that they are going to choose when they get...
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    Purity Pledges

    I will say upfront I am a huge fan of purity pledges. They don't work 100%, but they do greatly help. Also, they push back the time that those who do chose to have sex wait, which gives them a chance to make a more educated decision, even if it is the wrong one. As for what age to give the...
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    Dress Code?

    Our public schools have a dress code that is way too strict for everyday (think no t-shirts!). Usually if its a guy, i will say something, if its a girl, a female adult will. Just kind of keep it private and try not to embarrass anyone. We have one lady who uses "if someone is dressed like a...
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    Most Important for Growth?

    I personally think its relationships. There are people coming at 1,000 directions telling kids this and that. That is the last thing that kids need. Keep focused on the kids individually, do the small things, insert a lot of teaching and wisdom if you got it, and the next thing you know, you...
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    consequences for a youth MIA?

    We recently took a trip to the gulf coast where one of my kids didn't show up. It was more the fact that her parents are, how shall I say, the type of people that give the south a bad name. I just ate the cost. It seems like a waste, but I know that the girl will come to other stuff when her...
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    serious question

    I am a Student Life Director and I have Tremor Movement Disorder. This means that I have trouble controlling the right side of my body and I shake constantly. It is awkward when I first meet people, but soon we just laugh about it. It stinks to have a problem like this, but life is good, and...
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    Is it wrong for a Christian to listen to secular music?

    Christian music has a great place in the world. At night, when I do devotion, before I go to sleep, when I am in the car praying, when I am in the city and I want to be alone; all these are times that I love to put on some worship music and just experience quiet time with my God. But what...