The authors critique Oosterhuis's article “Abolishing the Rod,” Journal of Psychology and Theology, 21, 127–133. Central to the critique is the distinction between discipline and punishment, which is unclear in Oosterhuis's discussion. Response also contends that punishment is not obsolete merely because it is ancient; the “radical change” between Old and New Testaments is challenged; and the source of authority is ascribed to Scripture rather than trends of modern educational psychology.
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The Holy Bible: New International Version (1984). Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
