tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176764260235862752.post8270622650416584182..comments2024-01-22T13:24:51.880-06:00Comments on Redeemed Sinner: Pastor's Bookshelf: Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd TrippUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176764260235862752.post-88101006181521045052010-12-28T14:12:25.727-06:002010-12-28T14:12:25.727-06:00My wife had to read this for one of her seminary c...My wife had to read this for one of her seminary classes on the Christian family. The prof said it was one of the best books on child rearing to come out in the last 20-30 years. She thought it was excellent.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428704726507363582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176764260235862752.post-37878719107261797662010-12-28T14:13:55.812-06:002010-12-28T14:13:55.812-06:00Just one other note on this. If you go to Amazon o...Just one other note on this. If you go to Amazon or various other sites that sell the book and allow reviews or comments, you'll find a segment of people who pan the book due to the fact that it advocates spanking or corporal punishment and that is pretty much their sole basis for dismissing the book. They even cite the differences of the OT and NT and living under law/punishment and grace/forgiveness to suggest that physical discipline is outmoded.<br><br>Without trying to stir up a debate here, I'll simply note, as a parent of two grown sons and an observer of families through 50+ years of life, that applying the board of education to the seat of higher learning does, indeed, have its value. Of course, you have to do it with the right attitude and not in an abusive way. However, I have seen way too many parents who are either ignorant or unwilling on how to control, correct and guide their children and they are paying a dear price for their lack of engagement in the process of turning the hearts of their kids.<br><br>I'm grateful our two sons have grown up with a disciplined life and are doing well as adults. They might suggest that we could have dialed it back a notch on the "spanking spoon" and maybe we could/should have at points. However, we made it our intention to control our children and not vice versa.<br><br>We had read Richard Fugate's "What the Bible Says about Child Training" many years back and that helped plant the seed of proactive discipline in our minds. I think Tripp's book is a good read for the current generation of parents - and even grandparents.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428704726507363582noreply@blogger.com