Stories tagged with: parenting

• FIRST-PERSON: He's listening to a story about Jesus

  by Laura Hurd, posted Thursday, January 25, 2018 (4 years ago)

  Because God has "so lovingly poured out His care for this special needs mama," Laura Hurd recounts the grace and mercy she is learning to give her autistic child. "Autism will forever be full of surprises," she writes, "but so will my heavenly Father." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Talking to your children about ...

  by Gary Ledbetter, posted Thursday, January 18, 2018 (4 years ago)

  What do you say to children about disturbing news events? Gary Ledbetter suggests, first and foremost, that "children need to know Mom and Dad are dependable and depending on God." Read More

• Gospel parenting prime topic for ERLC in 2017

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, December 21, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Applying the Gospel of Jesus to parenting received significant attention from the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission during 2017.

  The ERLC dedicated its annual national conference to Christ-centered parenting and developed curriculum on the same subject during the year. The other issues that marked the entity's work included religious liberty, racial reconciliation and the sanctity of human life. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Raising debt-free children

  by Elizabeth Owens, posted Monday, October 16, 2017 (4 years ago)

  In teaching children about money, Elizabeth Owens notes it is better "to let them make some bad choices with a few dollars -- and learn from it -- than to make bad choices later on with many more dollars." Read More

• Talking to your kids about the Las Vegas shooting

  by Phillip Bethancourt, posted Tuesday, October 03, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Your kids likely woke up to news on Monday of the horrific mass shooting overnight at a country music concert in Las Vegas. In the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, conversations surrounding guns, hate and seemingly random attacks are inevitable. At school, other children may comment on the attack and even perpetuate fear and anxiety.

  How should you talk to your kids about the mass shooting in Las Vegas? There are five factors to consider when shaping how you talk with your children about a tragedy like this. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Sports & our family

  by David Cook, posted Thursday, September 21, 2017 (4 years ago)

  David Cook takes a lesson from parents of future Olympians whose kids are training for sports such as swimming or gymnastics. He's focused on a different event, one in which his daughter and son would receive "unfading medals of glory." Read More

• ERLC conf. urges parents to be models for children

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, August 28, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Christian parents must seek to be what they want their children to become, a sellout audience was told during the final two days of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's 2017 national conference.

  A diverse collection of speakers -- including a United States senator, a filmmaker, storytellers, songwriters, as well as pastors and authors -- addressed about 1,300 attendees at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. The three-day event -- titled "Parenting: Christ-centered Parenting in a Complex World" -- concluded Aug. 26. Read More

• Gospel vital to parenting, speakers at ERLC conference say

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, August 25, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Christian parents need the Gospel and grace-powered effort to rear children faithfully, a capacity crowd heard on the first day of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's 2017 national conference.

  About 1,300 people gathered Thursday (Aug. 24) for "Parenting: Christ-centered Parenting in a Complex World" at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. The three-day event will conclude Aug. 26.

  Parents are powerless without the Gospel, said J.D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit ... Read More

• Parenting about cross bearing, Moore tells ERLC crowd

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, August 25, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Cross-shaped parenting is marked by dependence on God and connection to other Christians, Russell Moore told a sellout audience at a Southern Baptist-sponsored conference Thursday (Aug. 24).

  Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, delivered the opening keynote address to about 1,300 people gathered for "Parenting: Christ-centered Parenting in a Complex World," the ERLC's 2017 national conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. The three-day event will conclude Aug. 26. Read More

• ERLC parenting conference sells out, begins today

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, August 24, 2017 (4 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is kicking off its fourth annual national conference today (Aug. 24), this time on the topic it receives more inquiries about than any other -- parenting.

  A sellout crowd of about 1,250 people is expected to gather today through Saturday (Aug. 26) for "Parenting: Christ-centered Parenting in a Complex World" at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville.

  "It takes more than a village to raise children; it takes the church of Jesus Christ," ... Read More