Stone those rebelious teens

Stone those rebellious teens! Ever wonder what to do with a rebellious teenager? Want some advice right out of the Bible? Try Deuteronomy 21.18-21: “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him he will not even listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders at the gateway of his hometown. …

…is a minor sin. Perhaps we are tolerant of children's rebellion because we rebelled against our parents and are in rebellion ourselves against many of God's ways. Maybe we need to spend more time in the Word, trying to understand just how serious it is to rebel against God's ways. Perhaps we need to spend more time in prayer, asking God to show us where we are personally disobedient to his way of doing things.