Church Is Messy: Welcome Home - Parenting

Church is Messy

Today, Pastor Caleb Smith joins Svea in the studio as they close out our discussions on family by looking at parenting and parental influence.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:36 An exceptional message that spoke to people of many different categories of people who have parental influence whether or not children are a part of home life.
• 03:23 The parental models we have in the bulk of Scripture are not examples of great parenting - usually just the opposite.
• 06:13 The parental influence and example of Jesus - largely exhibited in his relationship with the disciples.
• 08:14 Dual roles of actively shaping and modeling with our lives.
• 13:46 Speaking to people who are grieved by what may have been "caught" vs what was "taught."
• 16:50 How are you engaging in your discipleship with Jesus? The fruit of the Spirit is a natural byproduct of intentional discipleship.
• 19:20 Each child is different, so there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting.
• 22:45 Disconnecting the idea that discipline means punishment or retribution. Discipline is about training and thriving.
• 27:38 How do we account for great parents who do not follow Jesus?
• 33:52 When we don't know what to do or how to proceed, we can go back to the foundation of what it means to be a child of God ourselves and try to bring that, as best we can, into our own child's life.