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mwwr 11-27-2010 08:03 AM
Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Perhaps this would fit better in theology, but I saw it as a good comeback to refute some of the garbage often used to justify punitive parenting.

"What Jeremiah teaches is that is is a wicked thing for parents to put their own needs and desires ahead of the needs and desires of their children...Parents who love themselves more than they love their children are not parenting the way God intends. How you spend your money, how you discipline your children, and how you use your time all reveal whether you make sacrifices for your children, or whether you offer them up as sacrifices for yourself."

--p.143 of Philip Graham Ryken's commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations

The passage is comparing the spiritual condition of the Israelites who practiced child sacrifice to the modern-day Americans who put themselves first in everything and sacrifice their children on the altar of their own convenience. It seemed to me a good refutation for those who place children's needs as subordinate to the needs of the parents in a marriage/family relationship. Isn't that one of Ezzo's tenants? Thoughts? HTH.

CapeTownMommy 11-27-2010 09:28 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
:rockon Do you have the chapter & verse reference for Jeremiah?

mwwr 11-27-2010 09:47 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CapeTownMommy (Post 3495878)
:rockon Do you have the chapter & verse reference for Jeremiah?
Oops! I meant to include that. It's the chapter commenting on Jer. 7:30-8:3.

Aerynne 11-27-2010 10:11 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Makes sense. I am so imperfect in this, though :bag

katiekind 11-27-2010 10:17 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
That's very encouraging! Ryken is an influential voice in the Reformed world and has shared his concerns about the Ezzos' work with his congregation here

ReedleBeetle 11-27-2010 10:39 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Oh! Good stuff!! :rockon

Nightingale 11-27-2010 11:19 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
:tu

Maggirayne 11-27-2010 11:46 AM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Yay!

mwwr 11-28-2010 03:22 PM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by katiekind (Post 3495962)
That's very encouraging! Ryken is an influential voice in the Reformed world and has shared his concerns about the Ezzos' work with his congregation here
I'm not quite sure what to think of his review of the Ezzo's. I guess I don't think he is appropriately horrified by them. :think

Hermana Linda 11-29-2010 07:53 PM
Re: Good parenting theology...for a change!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mwwr (Post 3498039)
I'm not quite sure what to think of his review of the Ezzo's. I guess I don't think he is appropriately horrified by them. :think
My thoughts exactly. :think I was going to link to it but had second thoughts.


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