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“People with any kind of Christian background they really believe in disciplining their children.”
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/cris-carter-espn-adrian-peterson-vikings
Hall of Fame receiver and ESPN analyst Cris Carter made a poignant speech about disciplining children and relating it to his own childhood Sunday in light of a grand jury indicting Adrian Peterson on a charge of injury to a child.
Hall of Fame receiver and ESPN analyst Cris Carter made a poignant speech about disciplining children and relating it to his own childhood Sunday in light of a grand jury indicting Adrian Peterson on a charge of injury to a child.
Finally. I've been contemplating what role church teachings may have played in the Adrian Peterson's child rearing methods. He has said he is Baptist. If you're interested, google "IFB child abuse" (Independent Fundamentalist Baptist). The reading won't be pleasant.
Before we conclude the series tomorrow morning with a list of resources and some final thoughts, I wanted to share a previous post of mine in which I issue a warning about the abusive teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl. I think it's important to speak bluntly and directly about this because the Pearl books remain inexplicably popular within many evangelical churches, but their teachings are incredibly damaging. So if your church is considering doing a study around Debi Pearl's Created to Be His Helpmeet or any of the Pearls' "No Greater Joy" material, please consider passing this post along to the leadership.
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Lydia Schatz was seven years old when her parents beat her to death with a quarter-inch plastic tubing for apparently mispronouncing a word. The couple, who were later prosecuted, claimed to be following the “biblical” parenting techniques advocated by Michael and Debi Pearl.
Lydia is one of three children whose death has been linked to the teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl.
http://rachelheldevans.com/blog/the-abusive-teachings-of-michael-and-debi-pearl
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Lydia Schatz was seven years old when her parents beat her to death with a quarter-inch plastic tubing for apparently mispronouncing a word. The couple, who were later prosecuted, claimed to be following the “biblical” parenting techniques advocated by Michael and Debi Pearl.
Lydia is one of three children whose death has been linked to the teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl.
http://rachelheldevans.com/blog/the-abusive-teachings-of-michael-and-debi-pearl
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