Outline SESSION 1 I. Introduction to the series A. Sessions 1-2: Two parenting foundations. B. Sessions 3-5: application of these foundations to the three stages of parenting: ages 0-5, 6-12, and 13-18. II. Foundation 1: God created the family to be the His primary learning community. III. This learning community consists in three priorities: A. A theological community. SESSION 2 1. Children as revelation receivers.
2. Children as interpreters. 3. Children as worshipers. B. A sociological community. C. A redemptive community.
SESSION 3 IV. Foundation 2: The target of parenting is the heart. A. The heart as the “causal core of your personhood.”
B. Heart training versus “apple nailing.” C. Common apple-nailing strategies: 1. Threat. 2. Manipulation. 3. Guilt. D. Lasting change in a human being always travels through the pathway of the direction system—the heart. SESSION 4 V. Progressive, long-term change takes place in three steps:
A. Confession. B. Repentance. C. Faith.
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GETTING TO THE HEART OF PARENTING
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