Shepherding a Child's Heart

Well Behaved Children (^) Some succumb to the pressure to raise well behaved kids. We help them develop po ...

culture. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, scores of young adults rejected etiquette in an attempt to b ...

go astray. (^) Like Old Testament Israel, you too, are subject to the powerful influence of your culture. Lik ...

denying the importance of a deep conviction of scriptural truth will not develop into godly piety during ado ...

the return-evil-with-evil pattern. Some parents teach their child to ignore a bully. But is either advice b ...

Examples: (^) 1. “Doing your best is all that matters to me” vs. “I don’t want to see any more C’s on your ...

(^) Chapter 6 Reworking Your Goals The first step in building a house is excavation. The excavator’s job is ...

capacity to develop a physical skill? Are we not encouraging pride that comes from the capacity to perfor ...

dictated a change in his riding technique. If the cycle tour was to be a family affair, he could not keep ...

one of the problems with this perspective is that it looks for a major spiritual event of salvation a ...

to become a Christian. They are attitudes of the heart toward ourselves and our sin. Faith is not ...

made them come alive for our children. One day, we packed our things and set out on foot, tal ...

(^) When saying “please” and “thank you” are rooted in what it means to look out for the interests of ot ...

(^) I can hear my reader object, “What if my children are not believers?” We will address this ...

him forever. (^) If you accept this goal as the only one worthy of your attention and effort, what methods m ...

energy spent getting your children saved. How will this affect what you do with them? (^) 9. Are the spoke ...

(^) Chapter7 Discarding Unbiblical Methods A little girl caught my eye. She was a beautiful child. Every det ...

Viewed from one perspective, some might say this is successful parenting. This mother was confronted ...

threaten, holler, hit their kids and grow increasingly frustrated. Sometimes this is done in ...

ensure that the things that you want are done. (We quickly forget that the child’s mind can circumvent any con ...