Shepherding a Child's Heart

(^) “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyar ...

the challenge to the conscience made its mark. They knew he was talking about them. They had indicted ...

Something happened as he heard me speak of the mercy of God to wicked sinners. There was no accusati ...

that does not require grace and does not cast them on Christ, but rather on their own resources. (^) Many ...

(^) 4. How is appealing to the conscience different from addressing behavior? What benefits come from ...

(^) (^) Chapter 13 Shepherding the Heart Summarized In the first part of this book, I have laid out the fo ...

communication and (2) the rod. These methods must be woven together in your practice. Your ...

Part 2 Shepherding (^) Through the Stages of Childhood ...

Chapter 14 Infancy to Childhood: Training Objectives Howard’s son suffered brain damage during infancy. Howard ...

toddling, and even walking. He learns to run, hop on one foot, climb trees; to do things you are too decrep ...

Summary (^) The rapid changes during these early years give parents grandiose ideas about their children. Ma ...

own world. (^) Submission to earthly authority is a specific application of being a creature under God’s aut ...

Things Go Well (^) It is imperative that children learn to honor and obey. It will go well with them ...

(^) The function of the rod and communication is rescue. Correction and discipline moves your child from the ...

me orders. You may make requests, but you cannot give me orders because God has made me the authority over y ...

When you fail to be respectful or courteous, or sin against them, you must seek forgiveness. There is ...

refuse to respond at once, they are not obeying. Submission to authority means that they obey ...

the parent could be selective about when he wished to be obeyed. Obedience is not simply an issue between ...

safety valve. (^) There is an important “before-command” safety valve for parents. The wise parent will wei ...

want to think through the implications of saying “Yes.” (^) The benefits of this appeal procedure are obvio ...