Turning Hearts: The Promise and Practice of Spiritual Parenting

Description

About the Book

Like the multitudes that Jesus looked upon with compassion and saw as sheep without a shepherd, there are multitudes of young people in our world today who are adrift in a culture without spiritual parents. This book excavates the deep scriptural roots of the call to spiritual parenting, the Spirit’s enabling promise to those who would answer this call, and personal stories that offer honest and probing witness to guide and inspire the practice of this high calling.

Perfect For:

• Parents who desire to disciple their children faithfully.
• Student leaders wanting to enrich intergenerational relationships.
• Pastors who seek an age-diverse congregation and ministry.
• Grandparents, parents, and adult children who long for families rooted in faith.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: A Personal Story
• Chapter 1: The Biblical Roots of Spiritual Parenting
• Chapter 2: Telling Stories to Our Children
• Chapter 3: Listening to Our Children When They Are Coming of Age
• Chapter 4: Telling Our Stories to Our Questioning Children
• Chapter 5: Our Weak Points Turned into Strong Links
• Chapter 6: The Spirit of Spiritual Parenting
• Select Bibliography with Annotations

About the Author

Rickie D. Moore (PhD) currently serves as senior advisor of Lee Prayer, Lee University’s student prayer ministry. He recently retired from full-time employment at Lee, where he served for fifteen years as professor of Old Testament and associate dean of theology. He previously taught for twenty-five years on the faculty of Pentecostal Theological Seminary. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Pentecostal Theology, and his books include God Saves (Sheffield), The Spirit of the Old Testament (Deo), and Voice, Word, and Spirit (Abingdon). Moore is an ordained bishop in the Church of God and, together with his wife, Jean, serves in the area of intergenerational ministry.