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September 8, 2021
Title: How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Part 1 of 3
Relationships with parents are tricky – especially as an adult. We know we should “honor our father and mother”, but does this mean for our entire life? What if a parent was abusive or absent? What if the parent isn’t a Christian?
Jim Newheiser is the Director of Biblical Counseling and Discipleship. Today he uses Scripture as he discusses the challenges adult children commonly face in their relationship with their parents.
Click here for more information about the
Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are there many books available to help adult children with their relationship with their parents?
How can an adult child in their mid-20’s lovingly tell their parents: “I am of age”? Jim explains that there are different “rules” if an adult child still lives with their parents, but all parties involved must be cautious…
What if a parent continually makes demands on an adult child who is married?
Why are some married couples with kids reluctant to leave their children alone with their parents?
Scripture References: Galatians 6; Genesis 2:18
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why did Jim decide to write this book?
What kind of relationship should an adult child have with parents who engage in
destructive sins such as drunkenness, gambling, or sexual immorality?
Should adult children help parents who are financially irresponsible?
Is it important to pray about our relationship with our parents?
How should adult children interact with parents who abused them or failed to
protect them from abuse in the past?
Scripture References: Romans 12:18; 1 Timothy 5
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Must we learn to pick our battles? Is this Biblical?
As married, adult children, what is our first and foremost responsibility?
Is estrangement ever necessary?
We have all been adopted into God’s family. Should elders in the church seek out
families in their church who may need some help – maybe to be “adopted”
parents and grandparents?
Scripture References: Proverbs 19:11; Romans 12:18
Click
here to order a copy of Jim Newheiser’s pocketbook: “How to Love
Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship”.
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization
September 6, 2021
Title: How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Part 1 of 3
Relationships with parents are tricky – especially as an adult. We know we should “honor our father and mother”, but does this mean for our entire life? What if a parent was abusive or absent? What if the parent isn’t a Christian?
Jim Newheiser is the Director of Biblical Counseling and Discipleship. Today he uses Scripture as he discusses the challenges adult children commonly face in their relationship with their parents.
Click here for more information about the
Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are there many books available to help adult children with their relationship with their parents?
How can an adult child in their mid-20’s lovingly tell their parents: “I am of age”? Jim explains that there are different “rules” if an adult child still lives with their parents, but all parties involved must be cautious…
What if a parent continually makes demands on an adult child who is married?
Why are some married couples with kids reluctant to leave their children alone with their parents?
Scripture References: Galatians 6; Genesis 2:18
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization
Title: Part 2 of 3 - How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why did Jim decide to write this book?
What kind of relationship should an adult child have with parents who engage in
destructive sins such as drunkenness, gambling, or sexual immorality?
Should adult children help parents who are financially irresponsible?
Is it important to pray about our relationship with our parents?
How should adult children interact with parents who abused them or failed to
protect them from abuse in the past?
Scripture References: Romans 12:18; 1 Timothy 5
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization
Title: Part 3 of 3 - How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Topic: Book Review
Discussed by Jim Newheiser
with Jim Newheiser (www.jimnewheiser.com/)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Must we learn to pick our battles? Is this Biblical?
As married, adult children, what is our first and foremost responsibility?
Is estrangement ever necessary?
We have all been adopted into God’s family. Should elders in the church seek out
families in their church who may need some help – maybe to be “adopted”
parents and grandparents?
Scripture References: Proverbs 19:11; Romans 12:18
Click
here to order a copy of Jim Newheiser’s pocketbook: “How to Love
Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship”.
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization