This book, For Instruction in Righteousness, will help you use the Bible every time you discipline your children! For Instruction in Righteousness is a topical Bible for parents. It includes hundreds of verses on over 50 areas of sin. But it is more than just a topical Bible! Each chapter includes the following listings: What [...]
Christian Parenting
"He that is the master of a family, he has, as under that relation, a work to do for God; the right governing of his own family... As touching the spiritual state of his family; he should be very diligent and circumspect, doing his utmost endeavor both to increase faith where it is begun, and to begin it where it is not. For this reason, he should diligently and frequently lay before his household such things of God, out of his word, as are suitable for each particular... Further, we find also in the New Testament, that they are looked upon as Christians of an inferior rank that have not a due regard to this duty; yes, so inferior as not fit to be chosen to any office in the church of God." - John Bunyan - Family Duty
Teaching Your Children to Pray
Parents, if you love your children, do all that lies within your power to train them to have a habit of prayer. Show them how to begin. Tell them what to say. Encourage them to persevere. Remind them that if they become careless and slack about it…. Believe me, if you never hear your children [...]
The Eternal Welfare of our Children
The man who does not make the eternal welfare of his children, the supreme end of all his conduct towards them, may profess to believe as a Christian – but he certainly acts as an Atheist! It is in the highest degree inconsistent, absurd, cruel, and wicked – for a Christian parent not to be [...]
How Can You Provoke Your Child Into Anger
John MacArthur had some excellent thoughts on provoking our children to anger, “Don’t just teach your children external self-control; train them to understand temptation and resist it. Don’t just teach them manners; teach them why pride is sinful and why greed, lust, selfishness, and covetousness dishonor God. Punish them for external offenses, but teach them [...]
The Word of God, not our Opinions, is the Final Authority in Raising Children
In His Word, God has given us a basic philosophy of child raising. In the Scriptures He has delineated for us the goals, the plans, the strategy, the standards by which we should raise our children. We do not need to shoot from the hip, we do not need to fly by the seat of [...]
Dealing with Disobedience: Excerpt from The Duties of Parents by J.C. Ryle
You will see many in this day who allow their children to choose and think for themselves long before they are able, and even make excuses for their disobedience, as if it were a thing not to be blamed. To my eyes, a parent always yielding, and a child always having its own way, are [...]
Fathers, If You Fail to Teach Your Children the Devil Will
If you fail, father, to teach your son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If you fail to teach your son to guard his mind, the devil will gladly teach him to have an open mind. If you fail to teach your son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him [...]
49 Godly Character Qualities
This is an excellent list of godly character qualities to use as you prayerfully shepherd the hearts of your children to Christlikeness. Remember, however, our goal as Christian parents is not moralism or behaviorism. These character qualities are a reflection of the new man, a regenerate heart. So as you see deficiency in your children [...]
Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham
As I type this the kids are hurrying around the house getting ready for the Saturday morning sessions of the Family Driven Faith Conference. This is such a treat! A few weeks ago my wife and I were able to attend the Alliance Defense Fund Academy in California and spend the entire week with Voddie [...]
The Best Children’s Bible Study Books & Bible Lessons for Kids
It’s hard to exaggerate the importance of teaching our children to read. And introducing them to God’s word and the wonderful truths of the Bible at an early age is the greatest gift we can give our children. I’m often asked about good books to use for children’s Bible study or Bible lessons for kids. [...]
Legacy: Getting Your House in Order Video by Voddie Baucham
“Getting Your House in Order” is the second part in a two-part series entitled Legacy by Dr. Voddie Baucham, author of Family Driven Faith and What He Must Be: If He Wants to Marry My Daughter. “What legacy will you leave your children? Your grandchildren? Will you be remembered for the wealth and possessions you [...]
Television & the Christian Home by J. K. Duff
There are many perils which threaten the spiritual well-being of the believer in these last closing days. Some of these dangers are apparent and can be easily discerned, while others are like sunken rocks which cannot be readily seen, but are, for that very cause all the more dangerous. Such a menace to the Christian [...]
The Duties of Christian Parents by J.C. Ryle
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). I suppose that most professing Christians are acquainted with the text at the head of this page. The sound of it is probably familiar to your ears, like an old tune. It [...]
Catechetical Instruction by Archibald Alexander
Catechetical Instruction must have been coeval with the human family. At first all knowledge was communicated orally, and handed down by tradition. The first man delivered a stock of important ideas to his children; and they again to theirs, with different degrees of ability and fidelity. The most usual place of instruction was, doubtless, for [...]
Children to be Educated for Christ
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ was instituted in this sinful world to seek its conversion. It was said to her eighteen hundred years ago, ‘preach the Gospel to every creature.’ Her time, talents, and resources have all been justly owed to her Lord, for this purpose. Yet, ‘the whole world lieth in wickedness.’ [...]
A Word to Parents by Arthur W. Pink
One of the saddest and most tragic features of our twentieth-century “Civilization” is the awful prevalence of disobedience on the part of children to their parents during the days of childhood, and their lack of reverence and respect when they grow up. This is evidenced in many ways, alas, even in the families of professing [...]
A Sad But Instructive History by William S. Plumer
ABSALOM was the eldest son of David, whose mother was the daughter of a king. His name signifies ‘the father of peace’ or ‘the peace of a father.’ It was not given him by prophecy, but only expressed the hopes entertained of him. He was probably a favorite with his father, was not well governed [...]
