The temptation to control every aspect of our children’s lives is strong especially when it comes to their salvation. We long for nothing more than that they would begin walking with God at a young age and mature in their faith from that day forward, but the path is not always that smooth. So, how do we entrust them to the Lord despite our fears?
My guest today, Pastor Robert Krumrey, offers us the sweet reassurance that saving sinners is what our God is most concerned with! Robert’s own children, one of whom was especially resistant and skeptical, came to faith at different times and in different ways and he will share how to avoid comparison with other parents as well as how to resist the temptations to either give up on a child or clamp down with more control. I know you’ll be encouraged by Robert’s reminder that God is working on multiple fronts in parenting - the child’s heart and our own.
Robert has a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary and is the church planter and pastor of MERCYhouse in Amherst, MA. He has been married to his wife Melanie for twenty-eight years and they have three grown kids: Kory, Cooper, and Kayla.