Part 10: The TARGET [AIM] of Parenting

THE TARGET OF PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) THE TARGET (the aim/heart) OF PARENTINGThe ultimate aim for all of Christian living must be the glory of God. Believers strive to live for Christ and for His renown. Paul said it like this: we make it...

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Part 9: The PROTECTION of Parenting

THE PROTECTION OF PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church, St Louis, MOTHE PROTECTION OF PARENTING A glorious opportunity has been given to all parents. God calls parents to do for their children what God Himself does for His own sons and daughters: protect them. God marvelously...

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Part 8: The PEW in Parenting

THE PEW IN PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) THE PEW OF PARENTINGA wonderfully blessed and simultaneously trying area of parenting consists in the training of children in the pew. The responsibility falls to parents to actively teach and...

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Part 7: The SUCCESS of Parenting

THE SUCCESS OF PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO)  What makes parenting successful? Every father and mother want to be successful in what they do. But how does one really know if they did it right? Christian parenting is like other duties in the life...

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Part 6: The DISCIPLESHIP of Parenting

 THE DISCIPLESHIP OF PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) Discipleship is teaching. Disciples learn from the instructor both formally in content and informally by imitation. No greater context exists for children to be taught about God, self, life,...

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Part 5: The DISCIPLINE in Parenting

 THE DISCIPLINE IN PARENTING Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) God makes the all-wise declaration that foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him (Proverbs 22.15). God commands parents to not hold...

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Part 4: The ORDER of Parenting

 The ORDER of Parenting Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO)THE ORDER OF PARENTING God is a God of order and not a God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14.33). Disorder is a result of worldly, earthly wisdom which is demonic in nature (James 3.15). In parenting,...

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Part 3: The TEACHING of Parenting

The TEACHING of Parenting Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) THE TEACHING OF PARENTINGSolomon said to his son: “observe the commandment of your father and do not forsake the teaching of your mother” (Proverbs 6.20). One of the most fundamental and essential obligations...

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Part 2: The PERSPECTIVE of Parenting

The PERSPECTIVE of Parenting Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO)   THE PERSPECTIVE OF PARENTING The Bible provides all the answers that parents need as they care for, teach, instruct, and minister grace and truth to their children in the home. Christians...

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