![]() They will see us longing to read it, hear it and understand it, and learn that it is valuable.” The most effective way to teach our children to love the Scripture is to love it ourselves. By it we are warned, and by keeping it there is great reward (Ps. We must let our children hear how God’s law is sweeter than honey from the honeycomb. We must teach the perfect sacrifice of Christ for sin along with the description of our sinfulness. We must teach the promises along with the warnings. “We must teach our children to love the Scriptures. Formative instruction provides the basis of how live and bring honor to God in every corner of life. This instruction incorporates discipline, but is more than discipline. 22:6).”įormative instruction is a 24/7 activity. We are promised that our teaching will bear fruit in our children’s lives (Prov. It is not a single event, but a lifetime of interaction that is based on God’s revelation. ![]() In this book we will call that deliberate teaching “formative instruction.” Formative instruction “forms” or “shapes” our children. But in addition to that natural process, God calls us to instruct our children about what to believe, how to think from the Scriptures, and how to live. “Our every response, whether it is instruction or silence, teaches. They describe formative instruction this way: This is where the Tripp’s encouragement to use formative instruction comes into play. To prepare for this cultural assault of competing world views Christian parents must be proactive. So the important questions are: who is doing the teaching and what is it that being taught. This book begins with concept that all of life is a classroom. It will provide you with a biblical perspective on how to view your children before God, in the world they inhabit, and how God wants you to instruct them in the paths of the gospel. I heartily recommend it.How to build a biblical worldview for your family.įor the next several weeks I will be blogging through Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp. Instructing a Child's Heart will help them avoid all the behavioristic manipulation and threatenings that sadly marked our parenting ans is seen so frequently in our churches. Whitney, author of Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life, professor of biblical spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The Tripps have once again written a book that will shape our children's parenting style and will have direct impact on our grandchildren. If you need help and hope in the raising of your children - and what parent doesn't - read this book. God-centered, Gospel-driven, and compassionate. The Tripps have a gift for presenting biblical truth about parenting in ways that are practical. ![]() helpful and insightful, then you will likewise profit from Instructing a Child's Heart. John MacArthur, Pastor-Teacher, Grace Community Church If you are (as I am) one of the hundreds of thousands who have found Shepherding a Child's Heart. Its tremendous value comes from the fact that it centers on the essential but oft neglected heart of biblical parenting: the Gospel of grace. This insightful book on godly childrearing is everything we would expect from the author who brough us Shepherding a Child's Heart. It is impressing the heart with truth.” ( source)īiblical. “Instructing a child’s heart is not simply transferring data from parent to child. Laura advise, or what Parents magazine recommends or even what the pediatrician tells us to do.” ( source) ![]() Therefore, formative instruction must be rooted in Scripture, not in what Dr. “Our objective when we teach our children is not simply to ensure, by some venerable or socially accepted child rearing method, that our children are not criminals, or that they ‘do well.’ Rather, our desire is that they should love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul and mind. “We should impress truth on the hearts of our children, not to control or manage them, but to point them to the greatest joy and happiness that they can experience-delighting in God and the goodness of his ways.” ( source) Influence and persuasion are always more important than discipline.” ( source) “As children mature, our goal is not to maintain control at any cost it is rather to persuade. “The goal of formative instruction is so that we and our children and our grandchildren may fear the Lord and walk in his ways, enjoying a long life.” ( source) ![]()
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