Bøger af Clay Clarkson

Trying to understand what God really says about childhood discipline can be like putting together a puzzle, but the pieces just don't all seem to fit. For two generations conservative Christians have rejected the idea of a permissive "hands off" discipline and adopted a strict "hands on" discipline taught by many well-known Christian parenting authorities. In Heartfelt Discipline, Clay Clarkson advocates a different biblical model--a relational "hands around" discipline. If you have young children and are beginning to try to solve the discipline puzzle for your family, start with this book. It is a fresh, formula-free, and fully biblical perspective on childhood discipline that will change the way you think about your children. You'll see how all the biblical pieces fit together and make sense, and put you on the path to your child's heart. From the Back Cover: Childhood discipline is your responsibility. As a Christian parent, you know your children need you to "bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." The Bible is clear about what you should do. But what about how you should do it? The way you answer will shape how your children remember your parenting and family. Heartfelt Discipline contends there is no divine "how to" formula for childhood discipline. Rather, there is a "way." It's the way of life, the path we walk with God. It's about faith, grace, freedom, and heart, expressed in three principles of discipline as you walk the path with your children: Direction: Guiding and showing them how to walk on the path with GodCorrection Getting them back on the path when sin leads them off of itProtection: Guarding them from temptations that could draw them away In Heartfelt Discipline Clay Clarkson helps you understand what the Bible really says about childhood discipline. Drawing on thirty years of parenting and his personal study of the Bible, Clay fully fleshes out God's way of "path of life parenting." It will change how you think about childhood discipline, and put you on the path of life to your child's heart.

The Kids Color-In Book is the perfect companion to the Our 24 Family Ways: Family Devotional Guide for the younger Way-makers in your home. It includes 25 line art illustrations for coloring, practice pages for the Ways, even a "My Family Ways" section so your child can create and record their own ways. If you're using Our 24 Family Ways in your family, make sure each child has their own Kids Color-In Book to color, study, and enjoy.¿Solomon got it right 3,000 years ago: "The writing of many books is endless." Our four children are all grown now and following Christ, and yet I'm still writing about Christian parenting. Perhaps it's because the need never ends for new insight into God's principles of parenting and for new stories to shape children's hearts. In 1994, my wife Sally (also an author) and I started Whole Heart Ministries, a nonprofit Christian ministry to help parents raise wholehearted children for Christ. After a quarter century of books, conferences, and online ministries, we're still writing books for parents and families (and all of our children are now writers and authors, too). Four influences shape my writing life: my seminary training, my INTJ type, my love of words, and my observations from so many years of parenting. I like to think of myself as an expository biblical writer, but also as a conceptual creative writer. I'm perpetually caught in the "so many projects, so little time" endless loop as an author, writer, songwriter, book designer, and wannabe children's illustrated storybook creator. The writing of many books is not really endless, but the end is not yet in sight. Learn more about my ministry and books on WholeHeart.org and PiecesofClay.com.

You Can Make a DifferenceWe live in a rapidly secularizing culture that is losing its heart for biblical motherhood. For over two decades, Sally Clarkson has called mothers back to God's design, driven by her passion to restore moms' hearts to God's heart for motherhood.Taking Motherhood to Hearts will give you a picture for how to join her by starting, leading, and tending your own Mom Heart small group. In this book you will find inspirational "why to" vision, practical "how to" advice, and motivational "can do" encouragement. Motherhood is more than just a biblical duty; it is a ministry of discipleship. This book will show you how to have a meaningful ministry to moms that will make a difference for eternity.¿Sally and Clay Clarkson are the parents of four grown children who follow Jesus wholeheartedly. They have served Christian parents through Whole Heart Ministries since founding it in 1994. Sally has influenced the lives of countless mothers through her nine books, annual Mom Heart Conferences since 1998, and online blogs and webinars. Clay, a graduate of Denver Seminary, is an author and publisher, and the executive director of Whole Heart Ministries. They still love being parents, and live in Monument, Colorado.

Shaping the hearts, minds, and souls of your children starts with your words.As a parent, your heart's desire is to guide your children to love and follow God. Yet so many voices are offering help and advice. Whose voice should shape your children?Sally and Clay Clarkson suggest the answer is as simple as it is powerful: yours. They will show you how to use your own words to shape your child's life for Christ.The biblical principles and wisdom they offer, drawn from their years of raising four children and mentoring parents worldwide, will equip you as a word-giving parent.Start here to gain confidence to personally and intentionally cultivate a verbal home, one filled with words of faith formation and spiritual nurture.Then, when your children "take your words for it," they will hear God's voice.

From the family that brought you The Lifegiving Home and The Lifegiving Table, discover how you can become a parent who gives your child a life worth living for Christ.In today's world, it's easy to become overwhelmed and even paralyzed by the constant flow of parenting advice. We're flooded with so much practical information that we wonder if we're choosing the right way. And we may be missing the one thing God really wants us to give to our children: His life. God doesn't include a divine methodology for parenting in the Bible, but He does provide principles that can enable any faithful parent to bring His life into the life of their home.In The Lifegiving Parent, respected authors and parents Clay and Sally Clarkson explore eight key principles-heartbeats of lifegiving parenting-to shed light on what it means to create a home where your children will experience the living God in your family. Now parents of four grown children-each with their own unique personality and gifts-Sally and Clay have learned (sometimes the hard way!) that the key to shaping a heart begins at home as you foster a deep and thoughtful God-infused relationship with each child. Filled with biblical insight and classic Clarkson stories, The Lifegiving Parent will equip you with the tools and wisdom you need to give your children much more than just a good Christian life. You'll give them the life of Christ. (Don't miss the companion piece, The Lifegiving Parent Experience!)