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467 Parenting Wayward Adult Children (Mary DeMuth)
Today we’re taking a little break from our Scripture and Science class for an author interview. I’m talking with Mary DeMuth who wrote, Love, Pray, Listen, which is about parenting wayward adult kids with joy. Because faith is not genetic, our children get to decide for themselves whether or not they will follow Jesus. Some believe in the home and then stand strong a lifetime. Others, have to go over fool’s hill and after a period of rebellion, come back to the faith with a powerful testimony. Still others, leave and never come back. What’s more, you have no idea what’s going to be the case with your kids. We parent, we teach, we pray, we love, but God has not given us the right to force our adult kids to believe. How do we deal with this? Well, Mary DeMuth has some answers to encourage you and help you maximize the possibility of them coming back to the faith.
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1. Your book is for the parents of adult wayward children. What made you want to write about this?
2. Share a little about your own story.
3. A lot of Christ-followers with wayward adult children probably blame themselves. What would you say to them?
4. You talk about joy throughout the struggle. How can parents possibly have joy while their children are rejecting God and embracing our culture’s hostile attitude toward the bible and biblical Christianity?
5. Let’s talk about love. Tell us some ways we can love wayward adult children biblically and effectively.
6. What else. Anything else on this? Politics? other secondary issues that parents get fixated on
7. What about prayer? How can we pray for our adult children biblically and effectively?
8. What about listening? How can we listen to our adult children biblically and effectively?
9. Let’s talk about LGBT issues. How can parents both express love and retain their biblical ethics when their child says, “I’m gay” or “I’m trans”?
10. For those of us who still have our children in the home (like me). What would you say we can do to avoid losing them once they move out?
11. How can people learn more about you?
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Today we’re taking a little break from our Scripture and Science class for an author interview. I’m talking with Mary DeMuth who wrote, Love, Pray, Listen, which is about parenting wayward adult kids with joy. Because faith is not genetic, our children get to decide for themselves whether or not they will follow Jesus. Some believe in the home and then stand strong a lifetime. Others, have to go over fool’s hill and after a period of rebellion, come back to the faith with a powerful testimony. Still others, leave and never come back. What’s more, you have no idea what’s going to be the case with your kids. We parent, we teach, we pray, we love, but God has not given us the right to force our adult kids to believe. How do we deal with this? Well, Mary DeMuth has some answers to encourage you and help you maximize the possibility of them coming back to the faith.
Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
—— Links ——
—— Questions ——
1. Your book is for the parents of adult wayward children. What made you want to write about this?
2. Share a little about your own story.
3. A lot of Christ-followers with wayward adult children probably blame themselves. What would you say to them?
4. You talk about joy throughout the struggle. How can parents possibly have joy while their children are rejecting God and embracing our culture’s hostile attitude toward the bible and biblical Christianity?
5. Let’s talk about love. Tell us some ways we can love wayward adult children biblically and effectively.
6. What else. Anything else on this? Politics? other secondary issues that parents get fixated on
7. What about prayer? How can we pray for our adult children biblically and effectively?
8. What about listening? How can we listen to our adult children biblically and effectively?
9. Let’s talk about LGBT issues. How can parents both express love and retain their biblical ethics when their child says, “I’m gay” or “I’m trans”?
10. For those of us who still have our children in the home (like me). What would you say we can do to avoid losing them once they move out?
11. How can people learn more about you?
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