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Marriage and Family
Marriage and Family · Foundational

Discipline and Instruction

Biblical discipline is a parent's loving correction of a child's heart, given calmly and consistently, never in anger and never to harm, so that a child learns to obey, to repent, and to know the grace of his heavenly Father.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

What discipline is, and how it differs from training

2

Why God charges parents to correct their children

3

How to aim correction at the heart, calmly and consistently

4

What Proverbs means by the rod, and the limits love keeps

5

Why abuse is never discipline, and why correction must end in restoration

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