DISCIPLING DISCIPLINE IN THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL was written for dedicated Christian teachers to help them focus on the singular opportunity they have in touching the eternal souls and spiritual lives of God's young people. This book is a call to all Christian teachers to be as effective as possible in preparing young people for a life of discipleship. The readers will find foundational building blocks and practical strategies that enable them to be successful in carrying out the mission and ministry of any Christian school. The author offers antidotes to secular trends that stifle the goals of Christian instruction. This Bible based, hands on approach to discipline can be useful to the novice as well as the veteran teacher. At the end of each chapter, the book, intended to be used as a study guide, poses questions that can be worked through alone or with colleagues. Reverend Bickel has a wealth of experience in the field of Christian education. He is the third generation in a family of educators associated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He attended a Christian school from his earliest days and now teaches in a Lutheran High School. As an ordained pastor, he has always served churches that provided Christian day schools and Sunday schools. He received his undergraduate degree in education from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska and his Masters of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has served as pastor, principal, coach, athletic director, choir director, and religion department chair. His heart is in the classroom and his devotion is to Jesus Christ and the young Christians who need to hear the "Good News." His desire is to extend God's kingdom through education, using Jesus' example as the Master Teacher.

PUT THE DISCIPLE INTO DISCIPLINE gives parents the tools they need to truly disciple their kids through their most trying discipline situations. What do you say when your kid has really messed up? How do you respond when your three-year-old is throwing pennies at other carts as you walk through the aisles at Target? Or when your eight-year-old daughter rolls her eyes in a dramatic fit of preteen angst? Or when your sixteen-year-old son is lying as he attempts to go somewhere that he never should be? These are the tough moments in parenting. But they are also the moments that will define your kids. We want to give parents the tools they need to truly disciple their kids through their most trying discipline situations. With these tools, parents can guide their kids' hearts towards the God who loves them deeply, and survive those pull-out-your-hair parenting moments. We pray that PUT THE DISCIPLE INTO DISCIPLINE will help parents to connect with their kids in a heartfelt way so that their kids, in turn, can connect with the God who created them to be truly and imperfectly His.

Jesus is praying for your children and He invites you to join Him! Recall an image of Jesus you’ve likely seen—Jesus, on His knees, praying. Imagine leaning in to listen to what He is praying and you hear Jesus speaking your child’s name. Experience Jesus’ heart for your children as you declare their freedom and passion to love the Lord and their family, claim Bible promises for your children’s future, and intercede for your children’s spiritual growth and witness. 31 Days of Prayer for My Children provides: True stories from mothers and fathers praying for their children to help you understand common challenges and opportunities for children.A powerful, Scripture-based prayer strategy for your children to better love the Lord, live God’s Word, love people, and live His mission.Scriptures, prayers, and promises to declare over your children.A practical resource for personal devotions, family studies, small groups, and parenting ministries. God has given you your children for a purpose. Support them through prayer and see the benefits in your own life.

Want to make disciples, but not quite sure how? Learn from the Master. Making disciples is tough. To walk someone from no knowledge of Christ to a deep, transforming relationship… that’s a challenge. But it’s our job. In Discipling as Jesus Discipled, you will be equipped to follow Jesus’ masterful strategy of making fishers of men. Through an interactive study of Jesus’ prayer in John 17 and various “mission trips” in the Gospels, you’ll learn: Three words that capture how Jesus made disciples Seven disciplines of a successful disciple-maker How to make the Great Commission a way of life Strategies for making disciples who make disciples You have one life, but when you impart it to others for the sake of Christ—and in the way of Christ—your life will multiply for the glory of God. Ready to learn from the Master?

More and more church leaders, pastors, and members are looking for guidance on how to practice church discipline in a biblical way. Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations. Drawing on both Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 5, this brief hardback helps leaders face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no exact scriptural case study exists, sins which don't show up on any list and need a healthy framework to be corrected appropriately in love. This volume is part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series. Look for upcoming, quick-read formats of the following marks of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, the gospel, conversion, evangelism, church membership, discipleship and growth, and church leadership.