What the Bible Says About Child Training: Parenting with Confidence - Softcover

Fugate, J. Richard; Carlen, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889700134 ISBN 13: 9781889700137

Publisher: Foundation for Biblical Research TM, 1996

Synopsis

What the Bible Says About Child Training is the title of a bestselling Christian book (300,000+ copies) and of a seminar nominated "Best Film Series" by the Christian Film Distributors in 1981. This material is unique in that the subject is handled solely from the Biblical viewpoint. The author accepts the Bible as absolute truth and as infinitely superior to any human system of thinking. There has been no attempt to modify God's word to make it compatible with human philosophies, psychology, sociology, religious views, or public opinion. What the Bible Says About Child Training has been accepted by many Bible-believing churches as the standard text on child training since 1980. It has now been translated into seven foreign languages. This is a study designed to help parents to better understand their role and to reveal the mechanics for successfully raising children. To accomplish these ends this book will carefully define parental accountability, authority, and responsibility. It also describes the nature of a child and explains his Biblically-defined stages of development. With these principles firmly established, the book will present the Biblical system for training children. This system is divided into two distinct phases, controlling and teaching. The control phase is the establishment of the parents' right of rulership over the will of the child. When parents can control their children, they have laid the necessary foundation for the fulfillment of the Biblical commandment for children to obey their parents. The teaching phase can only be accomplished by parents who have first trained their children to obey. This is because, before a child will receive the instructions of his parents, he must first respect their word; and before he will respect their word, he must first become obedient.

About this title

About the Author

J. Richard Fugate personally accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized into the Body of Christ at Reinhardt Bible Church in Garland, Texas, in 1968. The Fugate family attended various Bible churches in Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, and Sacramento over the years.

After committing himself in 1971 to serve God anywhere, or in any manner he might be called, Mr. Fugate learned Greek and studied many thousands of hours in the original languages of the Old and New Testament texts. He did not rely on existing systematic Theologies or Bible commentaries; convinced that he needed to perform his own exegesis and word studies to confirm doctrines that are substantiated by Scripture alone. He founded the Foundation for Biblical Research (FBR) in 1979 "to determine the one true meaning of Scripture based on honest research and a scientifically sound system of hermeneutics." All of Mr. and Mrs. Fugate's books are written based on that research.

Soon after his commitment to God, Mr. Fugate was called as Business Manager of Accelerated Christian Education. Soon thereafter, Mr. and Mrs. Fugate were led to start a Christian school in Garland, Texas, based on the experience of homeschooling their own three children for several years. In 1982 he was hired as CEO of A.O.P. where he served 13 years. Mr. Fugate has also been a Keynote Speaker at over 40 State homeschool conventions over the years and has written three books on that topic.  When A.O.P. was taken over in 1995, the Fugate's went on the road speaking on Biblical marriage, child training, and homeschooling while writing 2nd editions of their popular books. Mr. Fugate later served as Business Manager of Family Ministries from 2000 through 2004.

Mr. Fugate is currently functioning full time as Director of the Foundation for Biblical Research in Apache Junction, AZ and continues to teach and write on Bible-Based Theology. He has also served as an teaching elder in his local church.

Edition details

• Publisher: Foundation for Biblical Research TM
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889700134
• ISBN 13: 9781889700137
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Corwin Melissa Evers, Velasquez Rachel
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Yeager Dr. Myron