10 Commitments for Dads: How to Have an Awesome Impact on Your Kids

by Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell (Foreword by)

Overview

Child rearing has never been easy, and if you’re a dad today, trustworthy advice on good parenting and godly parenting skills can be hard to find.

Author and speaker Josh McDowell has spent over 50 years successfully working with young people, including raising his own four children. He mentors you in guiding your children into 10 practical life commitments that will enable them to confidently face a scary world and an uncertain future. You can help your kids know how to

• love God, love themselves, and love others
• make right choices
• resolve conflict and respond properly to authority
• understand sex and relationships as God designed them
• deal humbly with success and graciously with defeat

Leading your kids with God’s wisdom and practicing good parenting skills is the best way to love them. 10 Commitments for Dads gives you a straightforward, concise resource for keeping your children in the center of your heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736953863
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Josh McDowell has been reaching the spiritually skeptical for more than five decades. Since beginning ministry in 1961, Josh has spoken to more than 25 million people in 128 countries. He is the author or coauthor of 148 books, with over 51 million copies distributed worldwide, including Straight Talk with Your Kids About Sex, Experience Your Bible, Evidence for the Historical Jesus, More Than a Carpenter (over 15 million copies printed in 85 languages), and The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, recognized by World magazine as one of the twentieth century's top 40 books. Josh continues to travel throughout the United States and countries around the world, helping young people and adults strengthen their faith and understanding of Scripture. Josh will tell you that his family is his ministry. He and his wife, Dottie, have been married for over 40 years and have four children and numerous grandchildren.

Josh McDowell has been reaching the spiritually skeptical for more than five decades. Since beginning ministry in 1961, Josh has spoken to more than 25 million people in 128 countries. He is the author or coauthor of 148 books, with over 51 million copies distributed worldwide, including Straight Talk with Your Kids About Sex, Experience Your Bible, Evidence for the Historical Jesus, More Than a Carpenter (over 15 million copies printed in 85 languages), and The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, recognized by World magazine as one of the twentieth century's top 40 books. Josh continues to travel throughout the United States and countries around the world, helping young people and adults strengthen their faith and understanding of Scripture. Josh will tell you that his family is his ministry. He and his wife, Dottie, have been married for over 40 years and have four children and numerous grandchildren.

Sean McDowell (PhD) is the author of numerous books, including End the Stalemate. As an associate professor in Biola University’s Christian Apologetics program, an internationally recognized speaker, and the host of a popular Christian apologetics YouTube channel, Sean is committed to exploring the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sean McDowell 11

Chapter 1 What's a Dad to Do? 13

Chapter 2 Commitment #1: I Will Do My Best to Always Speak the Truth in Love 21

Chapter 3 Commitment #2: I Will Do My Best to Be Responsible to My Kids Rather Than for First Part 35

Chapter 4 Commitment #2: I Will Do My Best to Be Responsible to My Kids Rather Than for Them Second Part 47

Chapter 5 Commitment #3: I Will Do My Best to Be an Authentic Model 61

Chapter 6 Commitment #4: I Will Do My Best to Explain Who God Is and What He Is Like 71

Chapter 7 Commitment #5: I Will Do My Best to Instill a Love of Self That Is Unselfish 91

Chapter 8 Commitment #6: I Will Do My Best to Impart God s Way of Forming Healthy Love Relationships 105

Chapter 9 Commitment #7: I Will Do My Best to Instruct on How to Know Right from Wrong 119

Chapter 10 Commitment #8: I Will Do My Best to Teach How to Honor God's Design for Sex 135

Chapter 11 Commitment #9: I Will Do My Best to Present Why We Believe What We Believe 149

Chapter 12 Commitment #10: I Will Do My Best to Foster a Heart of Gratitude 165

Afterword: "I Will Do My Best" 173

Relational Needs Assessment Inventory 175

Notes 183