If you're a Christian parent, no doubtâno doubtâyou've come face to face with the limits of your knowledge and experience. At whatever stage of lifeâwitnessing the birth of your firstborn; seeing your child's capacity for destruction in the terrible twos (or threes); preparing your kids for the first day of school; helping your teenager struggle through an awkward and confusing stage of life; or advising your son or daughter about marriageâit has a sobering effect on you, doesn't it?Perhaps you've looked at Ephesians 6:4 and thought, âThat's it? One verse?â, and looked elsewhere for helpâfamily, friends, the internet, the church. Ever thought of looking in the Old Testament? Paul told us in 1 Corinthians 10:6 and 11 that God has given us examples from the Old Testament for our instruction. Modern man may scorn the wisdom of a 3,000-year-old book, but what's recorded there illustrates parenting at its best, and worst. Today, John MacArthur takes us to the very heart of it all.
