Playlist: Juvenile Delinquency (topic)
God's Will in the End Time
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughDr. James Dobson illustrates the consequences of permissive parenting through the example of a mother whose three-year-old daughter, Sandy, repeatedly defied her authority during routine conflicts over naps and requests for water. The child rejected every boundary, screamed until neighbors intervened, and manipulated her mother …
Childrearing (Part Five)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJ. Edgar Hoover observed that criminals are made, not born, and that long before a youngster receives the legal label of juvenile delinquent, his actions already follow a familiar pattern of falsehoods, disobedience, truancy, and petty stealing. Each dereliction builds upon the previous one, so that without the fundamental …
Childrearing (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe rearing of children carries inherent difficulties that can produce juvenile delinquency even without external pressures, as shown by Adam and Eve successfully raising Cain to murder his brother Abel despite the absence of television, peer groups, drugs, or gangs. This biblical precedent demonstrates that delinquency arises …