Audios
Gospel-Centered Parenting
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Topics: Parenting
What makes Christian parenting Christian? We all want to parent well and long for our children to love God as we do. This workshop discusses the need for the gospel to inform all that we do with our children in both principle and practice.
Give Them Grace 4
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Topics: Parenting
How would giving your children grace change the way you parent? Do see your own need for grace? Is there room in your parenting paradigm for weakness and failure? This is part 4 of a four-part series based on Elyse and Jessica's book Give them Grace.
Give Them Grace 3
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Topics: Parenting
Do you believe that your children's salvation is not all up to you? Parents can rest in the fact that God can use their successes, failures and sins to draw their children to himself. This is part 3 of a four-part series based on Elyse and Jessica's book Give them Grace.
Give Them Grace 2
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Topics: Parenting
What is the purpose of giving children rules? Is it to make them good? Is the goal of Christian parenting to produce obedient children or is there something more? This is part 2 of a four-part series based on Elyse and Jessica's book Give them Grace.
Give Them Grace 1
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Topics: Parenting
The gospel is good news for us as parents and for our children! How do the truths of the gospel inform your parenting? How often do you remember them and share them with your children? This is part 1 of a four-part series based on Elyse and Jessica's book Give them Grace.
Dealing with Rebellion
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Topics: Parenting
How can parents prevent their kids from getting out of control? What should they do if their children rebel? What about children that are incorrigible? This session unpacks principles from Scripture to answer these questions.
Counseling Struggling Adoptive Parents
How can we help adoptive families when the excitement begins to subside and the realities begin to sink in? Despair and isolation are real experiences for many. This session is not only for adoptive parents, but it is also for those who counsel adoptive parents.
Counseling Parents Who Provoke
The Bible instructs parents not to provoke their children to anger, but many parents violate this instruction without realizing it. This session explains common ways that parents provoke their children to anger and gives a suggested counseling agenda for these situations.
Counseling Blended Families 2
Dealing with blended family conflicts in counseling requires real biblical wisdom and discernment. This two-part series discusses typical problems faced by step-families and gives hope and help for all parties involved
Counseling Blended Families 1
Dealing with blended family conflicts in counseling requires real biblical wisdom and discernment. This two-part series discusses typical problems faced by step-families and gives hope and help for all parties involved.
Blessed with a “Different” Child
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Topics: Parenting
Have you been blessed with a "different" child? In this session Dr. Laura Hendrickson shares her own experiences as a mother of a "different" child, discusses typical challenges and temptations and reminds us of the sufficient grace God gives in situations of weakness.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
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Do biblical principles "work" with children on the autism spectrum? This workshop discusses special challenges that children on the autism spectrum face, gives instruction for patiently applying biblical principles and builds hope that God is at work in every circumstance.
Amazing Grace for Dads who Fall Short
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Many christian men feel overwhelmed by failure in their role as a father. This session will seek to encourage dads with the grace God has for them and help them get a vision of the amazing opportunity they have to teach their children about His grace.
Articles & Handouts
Ten Scriptural Convictions Children Need to be Taught
10 basic scriptural convictions that Christian parents should instill in their children. Each conviction is given with various supporting passages that are suggested for memorization.
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Seven Steps of Parenting
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Topics: Parenting
A weekly log for parents to record their implementation of seven elements of good parenting. Examples include praising the children and being a proper example.
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Manipulation Test
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Topics: Parenting
A 20-question quiz for parents to aid them in determining the degree to which their children may be manipulating them. This quiz is adapted from The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo.
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Christ-Centered or Child Centered?
Topics: Parenting
A handout contrasting characteristics children learn when the home is focused on Christ or when the home is focused on them. This handout is adapted from The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo.
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Child-Centered or God-Centered Home?
Topics: Parenting
A 10 questions survey related to how children function within a particular family unit. Are parents setting a godly agenda or are children really ruling the home?
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