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What the Bible Says About Child Training
Parenting With Confidence
2nd Edition
by J. Richard Fugate
ISBN
1-889700-13-4
Retail $12.95
What the Bible Says
About Child Training is the title of a best
selling Christian book (200,000+ 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 for over
25 years. Now, this classic work is available as a 2nd
Edition, 1995, release with the author's comments, examples,
and anecdotes added.
Excerpt 1: What is Biblical Child Training?
Excerpt 2: Being a Parent
Excerpt 3: God's Promises to Parents
Excerpt 4: Sibling Rivalry
Excerpt 5: Stimulation Addiction
If you would like to see
100+ reviews on the child training book, please search Amazon
under that book title. You will readily see that the quotes
are extremely polarized between those who LOVE the book (5
stars) because it is faithful to the Bible and those who HATE
it for the same reason. This should come as no surprise since
Christ warned Christians that they should: Beware lest
anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit,
according to the tradition of men, according to the basic
principles of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians
2:8)
Those who follow God's
Word are warned in 1 John 3:13: Do not marvel, my
brethren, if the world hates you. This is to be expected
because as James 4:4 says: Do you not know that friendship
with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to
be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Those
who reject God's Word speak from their knowledge of the world
philosophies (psychology and false religion) because: They
are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and
the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears
us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the
spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John 4:5-6)
Of course, some emotional
or untaught Christians may also be deceived by these false
philosophies and are thus warned in Colossians 2:8 to: Beware
lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit,
according to the tradition of men, according to the basic
principles of the world, and not according to Christ. The
consequences for these believers is graphically described in 2
Peter 2:18-22.
J. Richard Fugate
Testimonials/Endorsements:
Thank you so much for
replying. We will definitely take your advice. On
your suggestion of re-reading the
child training book every year – we marked and
highlighted a good portion. We consider it not just a
book, but a workbook. I’m sure we’ll be referencing it
often. A lot of people read a book; few “do” the book.
We’re planning on doing it. We went so far as to
extract and type out the individual instructions so we
would have a faster reference. You have a lot of
theology, philosophy,
and “why” to do the things you say – and we loved all
of it. We typed up the instructions on “what” to do
along with the examples you gave, 42 pages, because we
want understand and follow God’s word as much as we
can.
We even have a list
of favorite family Bible verse and added many of the
ones you referenced. Again, thank you for your
diligence in understanding and explaining the
application of Scripture. You have done a wonderful
thing.
Praise be to God!
Fox Magee
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Fugate,
"In 1989, I caught the
revelation for training by children. My oldest was
five years old; and a monster. Within days, she
came under my authority and I re-established lost
boundaries. Yet, I felt ill equipped. Then someone
lent me your book. Since then, I have read and
reread What the Bible Says About Child
Training. Your book helped me understand
God's philosophy for raising children and gave me
the methods to apply it in everyday life. I've
also taught child training classes to women, and
even broadcasted a nine part series over the radio
here in Zambia. I can't really express the value
of that knowledge, except that it saved my life
and that of my three girls.
My oldest is now in her second
year of college, choosing to be a Christian in the
midst of plenty of ungodly temptation. My second
will complete high school in June (we homeschool
here in Zambia) and wants to study nursing. My
youngest was the hardest to train, since her type
of rebellion was buried and I could never put my
finger on it until she reached her teens. Pretty
scary, but God has been gracious to us. We still
have time and she sees herself pretty clearly now.
God has been good to fulfill His promises. My
girls have thanked me profusely and often for
disciplining them, especially when they see other
teens act horribly. They are not embarrassed by
their mother, but heap affection and love on her
(Proverbs 30 1:28)."
Sincerely,
Joan Hansston, Mazabuka, Zambia
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