Category: parenting

• How Hard Should I Push?

  Surely the most painful thing for a Christian parent is to see a child grow up and reject the gospel. Indeed, we hurt for anyone who does not accept the good news of Jesus Christ. But how hard should we push to teach the gospel?

  Christie Cole Atkins

  December 13, 2025

  evangelism, parenting, patience, prayer

  Bible study, Christianity, evangelism, God, Jesus Christ, nagging, planting and watering, prayer, praying for the lost, teaching the gospel, the apostle Peter, unfaithful children

• Toxic Parenting?

  When we apply terms like abuse, dysfunctional, bullying, and toxic to normal imperfect human behavior, we diminish the value of the terms, making it harder to confront real and serious cases of abuse, bullying, and suchlike.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  November 15, 2025

  family, parenting

  anger, children, dysfunctional families, family, forgiveness, God the Father, grace, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, mental-health, parenting, punishment, relationships, tolerance, wisdom