Heritage Parenting: A Parent's Guide to Intentionally Raising Godly Children

Parenting looked at through the lens of Scripture and Christian faith. Christian parents want to raise children that love God and learn to appreciate and navigate life through the timeless truths of faith. The book contains end of chapter reflection/ discussion questions, a small group guide, topical scripture lists and other resources in the appendix. This book looks at four particular areas of parenting by Christians. First is the undeniable truth that young people leaving the family environment predominately wrestle with faith. It looks at why young people are not confident in the faith of their family and cites significant research to talk about that and how parents can counteract these causes of questioning faith. The second area looks at how Jesus trained the disciples to be world changers and ways in which parents can use the same common sense approach that Jesus did. Third, the book examines child development of intelligence, personality and morality. It presents how children grow and why their understanding of life is so different than adults. With this information, parents can communicate with their child and reach a whole new level of empathy and understanding. Fourth, The book presents a paradigm for examining your own family amid 7 facets (Pillars) of Christian family. The book does not tell you how you should practice your faith or your family but instead examines scriptural principles to help you understand your family and to intentionally raise Godly children. There is much opportunity for reflection and the spiritual depth of the content make this more than a book; it is a spiritual pilgrimage.

R. Thomas Schwind and Todd Gates have a combined 41 years as Pastors, 46 years as parents and have extensive Theological training. Schwind holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree and Gates a Masters of Divinity. They both care deeply about families which prompted them to write this book helping Christians to understand parenting from a Biblical viewpoint. The book is not a list of how-tos but an opportunity to change perspective and understand the role of parent from a biblical perspective. 32 sets of reflect questions turn this book into a spiritual pilgrimage.