Watering The Mustard Seed

The third chapter of Meir Munk’s book, Sparing the Rod, is called “The Right Way to be Strict.” Right off the bat, Munk warns teachers against being “too strict” as it invokes a student’s self-defense mechanism to the point that they will reject your goals on principle. Even if you are very strict with yourself,…

The second chapter of Meir Munk’s book, Sparing the Rod, is called “The Educator’s Tools.” Throughout this chapter Munk makes a strong argument that God created the nature of man to work the best under the guidance of praise and to desire justice. Using this fact, the educator (and parent) should first encourage the positive…

The first chapter of Meir Munk’s book, Sparing the Rod, is called “Before Disciplining.” Munk begins by quoting Proverbs 27:6, “Faithful are the wounds of a loving friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.” Punishment is compared to the wound of a friend and as such, should only be borne out by friends.…

I am creating a series to share a summary of a hard to find and out of print book from Israel. I first heard it referenced in Samuel Martin’s book, Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me which can be read for free on his website: https://biblechild.com. I started looking for the book at…