3. Four Keys to Parenting
Authority
Shepherding
Values Based Parenting (the Gospel is Central)
Values internalization (Your Child adopting your
values as their own)
4. The Heart of the Matter
The heart determines behavior
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the
springs of life. - Proverb 4:23
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart
produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure
produces u evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his
mouth speaks. - Luke 6:45
5. Changing the Heart is the Key
No obedient sociopaths
“White washed tombs”
6. Shaping Influences
Structure of family
Family Values
Family Roles
Family Response to failure
Family History
Family Conflict Resolution
7. Mistakes in Shaping Influences
Determinism
“Change the influence, change the child...”
8. Godward Orientation
The goal of Christian parenting is producing Christ
loving adults.
Godward (values) orientation determine our response
to shaping influences.
What will your child worship?
