Romancing Your Child's Heart Review

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(More customer reviews)ROMANCING YOUR CHILD'S HEART by Monte Swan is a tremendous book that combines solid advice for raising kids with fascinating stories from the life of a truly unique family. It is rare to find a book of this kind with such great insight, which has been gleaned from the Swan family's lifestyle - part little-house-on-the-prairie, part renaissance home. The pragmatic principles of spiritual child-rearing in RYCH are clearly illustrated by compelling tales of Monte's own upbringing, travels, and family building, all told with refreshing enthusiasm. (Actually, a lot of the adventures themselves are interesting enough even to be read to kids as bedtime stories.) Monte Swan, reflecting his background as a geologist with a keen scientific intellect and a remarkable ability to synthesize a variety of sources, weaves into his book the words and thoughts of a multitude of individuals, some famous great minds and others just successful parents. The material here is super practical, conveyed in a simple, direct way and never preachy. Monte simply allows the truth of his own relationships with God, family, and friends to serve the reader with a banquet of rich ideas and applications. My own three daughters are grown, but I have given them a copy of Monte's book to help them prepare for their own future families. I wish I had had this book in my hands 25 years ago. At least perhaps someday I'll be able to use it in romancing the hearts of my grandkids and developing in them a vision for the divine. In sum, I would highly recommend ROMANCING YOUR CHILD'S HEART for parents, grandparents, and parents-to-be who are serious about leading their children to Christ.

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Parents can have awesome relationships with their children, but it is not enough to fill them with Bible facts, verses, and demand of them certain desired behaviors - you must first capture their hearts. When a child is young, parents can impose their will. When the child is older, however, if the parent hasn't won his heart, all the force in the world will only serve to drive him farther and farther away. How can parents win the hearts of their children? It all starts with romance - exactly as God woos us. Not just another parenting book, Monte Swan takes an entirely new approach to reaching the heart of a child . . . the way of romance. Desiring to lead their children to a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, parents will learn the very best approach to open the hearts of their children. Swan teaches parents how they can enter into the world of their children and give them not only what they long for, but what they need . . . an environment of total love and security from which they can conquer the challenges life has to offer. He demonstrates how any parent can turn the tables on the world and romance the hearts of their children to the love of God. With practical advice in real-life parenting situations, Swan equips parents first with the enthusiasm for the challenge ahead and then with concrete ways to win the heart of any child.

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Word Filled Families Walk in Truth Review

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(More customer reviews)A very readable, refreshingly biblical perspective on the family and parenting that has a fine balance between helpful principles and the practical realm. If there is one book to have in library regarding parenting, this is it. A 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being excellent. It provides encouragement from one who has been there who understands both the difficulties and joys of marriage and raising children.

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This book is a complete study of everything the Bible teaches about marriage and family in 361 pages of easy to read lessons. Laid out in four sections, this book urges the reader to first cultivate godly habits (a Word-filled life); then to energize their relationship with their husband or wife (a Word-filled marriage); then how to apply that in the home (Word-filled parenting); and finally how to never stop having a godly impact on family and friends through Word-filled prayers!

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Raising Kids for True Greatness: Redefine Success for You and Your Child Review

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(More customer reviews)There are few books that I have read that have hung around my mind and ruminated within my thoughts as much as Tim Kimmel's Raising Kids for True Greatness. This book is one of the most worthwhile reads available today. Kimmel's brilliant thesis dismantles the success illusion (wealth, beauty, power, fame) and simplistically brings us back to the heart of the gospel message: "True greatness is a passionate love for Jesus Christ that shows itself in an unquenchable love and concern for others." The qualities that identify a great life are humility, gratefulness, generosity, and a servant spirit. The brilliance in this is not that Kimmel had to mine through the scriptures for truths found only Greek lexicons; the brilliance is these truths are boulders that you can't help but stumble upon if your crack open any page in the Bible.
Have you ever heard someone conclude that the wealthy are blessed by God? Does that mean the lion's share of our population is not blessed? Our cultural filter has caused us to misinterpret prosperity with blessing. We equate prosperity, comfort, and a life of ease with God's blessing. Jesus did not say to the rich young ruler, "Just be happy that you have been blessed." Instead, Jesus redefined the man's life purpose and in the process showed that wealth has nothing to do with a life or true greatness. Our Christian culture has been tainted by our ivy-league mind set. Somewhere along the way, money, power, and fame has saturated the gospel that is preached in America; we see it on TV, we invite the wealthy Christian to speak to the business group, Christian CEO's retire to board positions for churches and para-church organizations. Often, the reason is the size of the checks they can write instead of the spiritual insight they can provide. Donald Miller, whose writing has captured the heart of new believers, writes in Searching for God Knows What "If I weren't a Christian, and I kept seeing Christian leaders on television more concerned with money, fame, and power than with grace, love, and social justice, I wouldn't want to believe in God at all." And we wonder why our kids have such a dispassionate faith.
This is where Kimmel shines. He addresses (us) everyday moms and dads and helps us disarm the success illusion that has worked its way into our parenting paradigm. Kimmel writes, "If you aim your kids at anything less than greatness, you'll set them up to miss the whole point of their lives." He succinctly shows us the difference between success and greatness with a 9/11 illustration: "As the successful rushed down the stairs of the World Trade Center, the truly great ran up." He enunciates his point by saying, "when it's time to bury our dead, we mourn the loss of those who were successful, but we celebrate the memory of those who were truly great." Kimmel then gives us the practical advice to "live large by thinking big." Abundant thinkers empower their kids to master fear and joyfully rest in God's limitless power.
Finally - the best part. Kimmel does not just give us a neat simple formula to raise truly great kids, instead, he shares with us concrete mandates found only in scripture that must transform the heart of the parent before they can penetrate the lives of our kids. This book is a great read for anyone - parents, singles, or grandparents. Raising Kids for True Greatness is a book whose time has come; a book that calls us to live out the great life Christ died to redeem.

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Sometimes greatness is measured by possessions or power and parents become preoccupied with raising "resume" and "pedigree" children. Yet true greatness is an internal evidence of attitudes and a heart known for humility, compassion, graciousness, and enthusiasm. Author and speaker Dr. Tim Kimmel identifies the three most critical and life-changing decisions that will make the difference. According to Kimmel, preparing your children to determine what they will do (their mission), who they will do it with (their mate), and who they will do it for (their master) is the greatest gift you could give them. Raising Kids for True Greatness will expose the shallow wisdom of the world, giving parents a road map to guide their children toward rich lives of eternal value and significance.

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Parenting Teens With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)My son turned 13. He became a different person. I became a different parent. I didn't understand what was happening, and then we reached a crisis point. This book caused me to completely reposition my parenting philosophy. It's allowed me to focus more on the love of my child, than on the fear of how he will "turn out." The idea of being a "consultative parent" is an absolute breakthrough for me, and one that is working beautifully after only one week of practicing it. I am thrilled with the results and the possibilities. The authors are to be applauded with a standing ovation.

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Parents need help to teach their teens how to make decisions responsibly--and do so without going crazy or damaging the relationship. Parenting Teens with Love and Logic

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