How do you react when your children fail – when they disobey in some way? What is your reaction? This is one way to judge whether you are relying on God’s grace or on your own efforts as a parent. Fitzpatrick and Thompson write this: If you are angry, frustrated, or despairing because you work [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Good parenting in, good children out?
Posted in Books and articles, Family, Personal growth, tagged books, children, Family worship, parenting, Parenting for Joy on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How to raise good kids
Posted in Books and articles, Family, Personal growth, tagged children, parenting, Parenting for Joy, salvation on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Do you want good kids or godly kids? Do you parent to raise good kids or godly kids? Those are two distinct questions, because often what we desire and what we do in practice do not mesh and can even be at cross purposes. In chapter two of Give them Grace, Fitzpatrick and Thompson help [...]
From Sinai to Calvary
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged children, parenting, Parenting for Joy on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How do you use the Bible to get your children to obey? Often we cite a story like Jonah and use this reasoning, “Jonah ran away from God instead of obeying him. We shouldn’t do that. We should obey God the very first time, because that’s what pleases God and doesn’t bring about punishment.” None [...]
Give them Grace: Parenting and the Gospel
Posted in Books and articles, Family, tagged children, parenting, parenting book, Parenting for Joy on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have told people in the past, “If you think your life changed when you got married, wait until you have kids!” Those of you who have children know that’s true. Life is different in many ways after you have children, particularly because we then need to figure out ‘what do I do now?’ Today [...]
What does Scripture mean by a “rod”?
Posted in Biblical Studies, Family, tagged children, discipline on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dr. William Barrick, Professor of Old Testament at The Master’s Seminary, helps to interpret passages like Proverbs 23:13, which encourages us to discipline our children with a “rod”, in a letter he wrote. to limit it to only a stick or a rod, would be too legalistic… It seems obvious that 2 Samuel 7:14 cannot [...]
Prayer for our Children
Posted in Family, gospel, tagged children, prayer on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bestow, dear Lord, upon our young, The gift of saving grace; And let the seed of sacred truth Fall in a fruitful place. Grace is a plant, wherever it grows, Of pure and heavenly root; But fairest in the youngest shows, And yields the sweetest fruit. You careless ones, oh hear betimes The voice of [...]
The Gospel and Children
Posted in Biblical Studies, Pastoral ministry, tagged children, the gos, the gospel on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Dever preaches an encouraging and strengthening message on Mark 10:13-16, entitled “The Gospel and Children” to students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.Worth a listen.
Communicating with grace and truth to our children
Posted in Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Family, Personal growth, tagged children on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a great interchange in which C.J. Mahaney responds to a father’s email on being to hard on his children, so hard he worries that he will be a barrier to them seeing God’s love through him. I encourage you to read it for growth and practical ways to not be a barrier. Hi, [...]
Feminist writer, wise words, and Tim Tebow
Posted in contemporary culture, Family, tagged children on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excellent article. Yes, it is on the sports page, and yes it is written by a feminist who will probably take some flak. She doesn’t agree with Tim Tebow, but she thinks the flak he is taking over a Super Bowl ad that hasn’t even aired yet is ludicrous. Let me just [...]
The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Faith over Formula
Posted in Family, Personal growth, tagged children, parenting on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sojourn Kids highlights an interesting article from Christianity Today on this subject. I believe the whole article is worth reading. The author begins by addressing some faulty assumptions in parenting and parenting “techniques” or “formulas”: We must assume, then, that there is serious error in our beliefs about parenting. We have made far too much [...]
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