Critical Thought

How do parents guide their kids in the lifelong balancing act of loving other people, while avoiding excessive negative influence? Pastor Paul joins Critical Thought as we navigate how Christians love non-Christians.

1. Leading your children in loving others

1.1. Key Points

• Christian parents (and our children) are called to love sinners.

• Christian parents (and our children) are called not to sin.

• We are called to guide our children and help them choose wisely.

1.2. Discussion Questions:

• Any time you interact with someone, influence goes both ways. How should parents help encourage their children to engage in relationships that show love to everyone, but protect them from excessive negative influence?

• What weight do you give the potential positive influence your kids can have on another child who might not get that anywhere else?

• How can you protect your children while teaching them to positively influence others?

1.3. References:

Ephesians 6:4:

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 13:24:

He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

Romans 12:20-21:

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Mark 12:30-31:

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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