The Shaping of a Christian Family
by Elisabeth Elliot
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Elisabeth Elliot is one of the most loved and respected communicators of present-day Christianity. In this repackaged edition of The Shaping of a Christian Family, Elliot tells the story of her childhood to share valuable insights on raising godly children. She talks candidly on parental expectations, emphasizes daily Bible reading and prayer, and shows the benefits of practicing such scriptural principles as trust, discipline, courtesy, and teaching by example. Complete with eight pages of show more treasured Elliot family photos, The Shaping of a Christian Family is a wonderful book of ideas and inspiration for new parents, experienced parents, and all who have come to trust Elliot's wisdom. show lessTags
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You can find my full review at Quieted Waters.
“No amount of talking penetrates as deeply as example,” writes Elisabeth Elliot, and the pages of this book are permeated with that philosophy. Elliot frequently reminds the reader that this is simply a memoir of how one family raised honest, disciplined, godly children — it is not to be taken as a step-by-step how-to guide.
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Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was one of the most perceptive and popular Christian writers of the last century. The author of more than twenty books, including Passion and Purity, The Journals of Jim Elliot, and These Strange Ashes, Elliot offered guidance and encouragement to millions of readers worldwide. For more information about Elisabeth's show more books, visit elisabethelliot.org. show less
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- Elisabeth Elliot
- Epigraph
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit... (show all) at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. - Deuteronomy 6:5-7 NIV
The spirit of faith and piety of the parents should be regarded as the most powerful means for the preservation, upbringing, and strengthening of the life of grace in children. - Theophan the Recluse - Dedication
- With love to Phil, Dave, Ginny, Tom, and Jim - heirs with me to the inestimable legacy of the home I have tried to describe.
- First words
- The upstairs front bedroom of the house where I spent most of the first nine years of my life was large and sunny, with a rocking chair in the bay window where Mother loved to sit to feed and rock her babies, to sing to us an... (show all)d tell us stories.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It is my prayer that this story will be a "call back" to cheer others.
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 248.8450922 — Religion Christian practice & observance Christian experience, practice, life Christian Living for specific groups Christian Living for Adults Parenting
- LCC
- BV4526.2 .E45 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Practical Theology Practical Theology Practical religion. The Christian life Religious duties
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- Languages
- English, Russian
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
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