Model: A message to all parents

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010

In the early 1700s two men developed distinct reputations for themselves- one was Jonathan Edwards, a man of integrity, refinement and Christian character, and the other was Max Duke, a well known criminal. During the last two hundred years their descendants have been traced. In Jonathan Edward’s line of descendants are 13 college presidents, 200 preachers, 60 prominent leaders, 90 physicians, 32 authors, 65 professors and 300 farmers. On the other hand, Max Duke’s descendants include 90 prostitutes, 100 criminals, 145 confirmed drunkards, 300 delinquents, and 285 who contracted various evil social diseases. The point is this: As parents, we are models for our children and grandchildren and we have a choice. We can be good models or bad models, and the type of models we are will affect future generations. Dr. Howard Hendricks, of Dallas Theological Seminary, has repeatedly stated that “more is caught than taught.
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