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John’s new book, The Bible Parenting Code, is now available for purchase!
Don’t let the title fool you. This is not one of those dubious works in which the author claims to have discovered a cryptogram hidden in the Old Testament that reveals God’s plan for surviving the coming apocalypse, or some such thing. John uses the word “code” in its original sense: referring to a set of principles that guide proper behavior relative to some purpose. In this case, the purpose is the proper raising of a child.
When Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, says that children should be brought up according to the “training and instruction of the Lord” (6:4), he refers to God’s parenting code, which John lays out in the pages of this book, written in his usual eye-opening and engaging style. Of the forty scripture contained in the code, most seem, at first glance, to have little if any bearing on the raising of a child. Take Jesus’ command that we love our neighbors as we love ourselves (Mark 12:31), for example. That