Jesus, the Gentle Parent: Gentle Christian Parenting (Little Hearts Handbooks)
With L.R.Knost's compassionate tone, relational style, and intelligent, well-researched writing,Jesus, the Gentle Parentis like a walk through the scriptures with a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide as L.R. takes on Dr. James Dobson, Tedd Tripp, Gary Ezzo, and Michael Pearl, among others, breaking down their doctrine and reexamining such issues as spanking, instant obedience, and more in light of the original Hebrew and Greek texts of the scriptures. L.R. also offers practical, gentle alternatives in this one-of-a-kind, must-read gentle Christian parenting guide. The Parenting ReviewJesus, the Gentle Parentis a book to read, reread, and internalize. In these pages, you will find keen insights and powerful Scriptural truths...Before agreeing to write the foreword forJesus, The Gentle Parent, I carefully read and examined how L.R. had engaged the subject, and I can say without hesitation that I am a better person, a better father, a better human being, and a better Christian for doing so. -Samuel S. Martin, Biblical scholar based in Jerusalem, Israel and author of Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me: Christians and the Spanking Controversy