The Rod

Butterflies and Backdoors —By: Michael Pearl, February 1999

With five children still at home, their friends come in like mosquitoes in Louisiana; you just try to ignore the buzz and hope they don’t eat too much.


Consistency —By: Michael Pearl, August 1995

A parent describes her dilemma: “I get so frustrated with the children. No matter how many times I tell them or spank them, they just do the same thing again. We just go round' and round'."


In Defense of Biblical Chastisement, Part 1 —By: Michael Pearl, May 2001

The following article is designed to be used as a resource in defending your faith on Biblical child training. If the Federal or State agencies take me to court over advocating corporal chastisement, this will be part of my...

Category: Bible Teaching, The Rod Bible Teaching

In Defense of Biblical Chastisement, Part 2 —By: Michael Pearl, October 2001

This is the second half of “In Defense of Biblical Chastisement.” We have examined the Word of God and seen God's perspective on the necessity of incorporating the rod as part of our child-training methods. Now we will...

Category: Bible Teaching, The Rod Bible Teaching

Our Own Set of Possessed Damsels —By: Debi Pearl, March 2005

For the last year or so, we have had a group of about eight "damsels" working overtime trying to disrupt our ministry.

Category: The Rod, Perspective

Questions Answered —By: Mike and Debi Pearl, May 2000

Dear Michael and Debi Pearl,

I am a young mom with four small children (ages 5 and under.) I am still learning so much as I have been a selfish mom and wife in the past.

Category: Babies, The Rod, Toddlers

Rodless Training —By: Michael Pearl, July 1999

"Is there a way to train children if you are prevented from Biblical application of the rod?" The Bible says, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him...


The Challenge —By: Michael Pearl, May 2002

There was a time when somewhere in every large city there was a dirty building, dimly lit, tucked back where decent folks would never go. Nearby was a liquor store and a cheap motel that rented rooms by the hour.

Category: The Rod, Fathers/Men

The Folks In England Are Talking About Us —By: Debi Pearl, May 2006

The good folks from The Old School House magazine planned a speaking tour to England this spring...


Too Young to Spank? —By: Michael Pearl, June 2006

When is a child too young to spank? The answer is obviously dependent on your definition of the word “spank.”


Training Fleshy Flesh —By: Michael Pearl, April 1998

Occasionally we receive criticism about our emphasis that parents should set up training sessions for their children. Our first book on child training, To Train Up A Child, contained an illustration of how we trained our...

Category: The Rod, Toddlers