Supplemental Resources
- Priolo, Lou, The Heart of Anger
- Newheiser, Jim, When Good Kids Make Bad Choices: Help and Hope for Hurting Parents
- Tripp, Paul, Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Parents often look for a formula which will guarantee that their kids will turn out right. Many “Christian” approaches to parenting are legalistic. It is very important to distinguish between what Scripture commands versus one of many possible ways to fulfill our responsibilities to God. Some make their particular methodology “law”, while failing to acknowledge that other approaches are equally valid ways to fulfill biblical commands.
https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CDC-33-Parenting-is-more-than-a-Formula.pdf
Sanctification is a dynamic process; established by God, carried out by God, and completed by God. Yet, human effort is involved in God’s design of sanctification. Much of that effort flows from an accurate understanding of self as having been crucified with Christ and raised with him to new life.
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