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Church Is Messy: Welcome Home - Parenting
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Today, Pastor Caleb Smith joins Svea in the studio as they close out our discussions on family by looking at parenting and parental influence.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:36 An exceptional message that spoke to people of many different categories of people who have parental influence whether or not children are a part of home life.
- 03:23 The parental models we have in the bulk of Scripture are not examples of great parenting - usually just the opposite.
- 06:13 The parental influence and example of Jesus - largely exhibited in his relationship with the disciples.
- 08:14 Dual roles of actively shaping and modeling with our lives.
- 13:46 Speaking to people who are grieved by what may have been "caught" vs what was "taught."
- 16:50 How are you engaging in your discipleship with Jesus? The fruit of the Spirit is a natural byproduct of intentional discipleship.
- 19:20 Each child is different, so there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting.
- 22:45 Disconnecting the idea that discipline means punishment or retribution. Discipline is about training and thriving.
- 27:38 How do we account for great parents who do not follow Jesus?
- 33:52 When we don't know what to do or how to proceed, we can go back to the foundation of what it means to be a child of God ourselves and try to bring that, as best we can, into our own child's life.
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