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 PrintableVersion Gospel-powered parentingFor unhurried Mums & DadsGOSPEL-POWERED PARENTING This is not a parenting manual, whose primary focus is on technique; rather, it is a consideration of how a right understanding of the gospel has the greatest impact on effective Christian parenting. The first chapters lay the table by establishing what parenting is and what it means to truly fear the Lord. We then look at the practical implications of the holiness and grace of God for our parenting. The author moves on to look at the examples our marriages set and then how the gospel builds men, affects discipline, shapes what we teach and, finally, motivates us to be loving and affectionate parents. The book is written in an academic but easy-to-read style, although an unhurried read will extract the most benefit. Each chapter helpfully concludes with a summary of its contents and a list of study questions to stimulate further and more personal application. I found the transfer of theory into practice a little intense and his approach does not draw on the full panoply of biblical teaching on parenthood. At certain points the application seemed two-dimensional and would be more relevant, I think, if we had identikit children. I also thought his statistics in the chapters on manliness and fatherhood have the unwitting effect of somewhat diminishing the role of mothers. However, the book is stimulating, edifying and will have a soul-searching effect. I found I benefited most from a second reading. Mandy Hemmings, © Evangelicals Now - July 2010 |
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