Reading tonight in “Grace Based Parenting” by Tim Kimmel, I was reminded that Satan is fighting for our kids. Scary thought. He knows the needs they have and tries to fill those needs in counterfit ways, even our youngest children. He operates within our children to lie and deceive them. A child’s three most basic [...]
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Satan’s battle with our kids.
Posted in children's ministry, family, gentle discipline, parenting on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Independence – Is it overrated?
Posted in family, gentle discipline, parenting on January 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was having a parenting discussion with a friend today that led me to thinking (as most parenting discussions do!). As a society we value the attribue of independence in our lives and in the lives of others. From the time our children are born we are concerned with them sleeping through the night, when [...]
spare the rod, spoil the child?
Posted in gentle discipline on August 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
As a parent, we are challenged with decisions we make every day for our children. We all look out for their best interest, yet one view that deeply troubles me is the apt way many Christians discipline their children — spanking. I tend to sit back and not say much of anything, although those closest to [...]
