Like Our Father: How God Parents Us and Why that Matters for Our Parenting
Written by Christina Fox
Narrated by Kathy Manfre
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About this audiobook
Reveal God to your children by parenting them like He parents us.
Tired of all the parenting books full of strategic checklists, how-to advice, and quick tips? If so, this book is for you. Instead of focusing on parenting techniques, it’s about who God is, who we are in light of that, and how God’s character gives form and shape to our parenting.
Christina Fox wants you to explore the Scriptures with her and discover the goodness of the God who makes us His own. As God’s beloved creatures, we bear His image—that is, we show others who He is as we glorify Him. Is anything more important to pass on to our children than this? In Like Our Father, you’ll learn to parent in light of the timeless and profound truths that God:
- Is our adoptive Father
- Is consistent
- Provides boundaries
- Teaches and trains us
- Disciplines us
- Gives us what we need
- Responds patiently
- Loves us unconditionally
Though it’s tempting to want a step-by-step instructional manual on how to raise kids, what you really need is a clearer, grander, bolder vision of your Heavenly Father. When you’ve got His character before your eyes, you’ll live it out in front of your kids. And as they share in your magnified vision of God, they’ll begin to live as the image-bearers that He made them to be.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it. This is a great reminder about how God's parenting should affect our parenting.