Hope + Help for Wayward Children with Stuart Scott

About this episode

Christine Chappell interviews Stuart Scott about his book on wayward children and the challenges parents face in addressing this issue within the church.

***Register now for our 2025 Summer Institute & Pre-Conference: https://ibcd.regfox.com/2025-summer-institute *** In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Stuart Scott about his book, Wayward Children: Finding Peace, Keeping Hope. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • Why is the issue of wayward children one so difficult to talk about in the church? • Why is it so challenging to fully entrust our children to the God who gifted them to us? • How might parents respond to the anguish they feel in response to their wayward child? • Why is it important to consider our heart posture before the Lord when grapple with the pain of wayward children? • How might God work through our wayward children to reveal were we're setting our hope? • Why is it a comfort that God—who is the perfect Parent—knows the pain of rearing rebellious, wayward children? • What are some practical ways that can parents work against (or begin to reverse) relational disconnect? • What role does prayer play in the context of wayward children, and what are some things we can be intentional about praying for? View the full show notes & links for this episode…

People in this episode

Host: Christine Chappell

Guest: Stuart Scott

Topics covered

• wayward children
• parenting
• faith
• hope
• prayer

Keywords

• biblical counseling
• church
• relational disconnect
• heart posture

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Wayward Children: Finding Peace, Keeping Hope

Books & works: Wayward Children: Finding Peace, Keeping Hope, the Hope + Help Podcast

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