Parenting with Consistency and Letting God Work With Dr. Chris Shirley

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this episode of The Daily Grace Podcast, Jeremy Schmucker talks with returning guest Dr. Chris Shirley about parenting from a biblical perspective, focusing on how parents can model a godly life, depend on God to work in their children, and create a consistent, loving home. Dr. Shirley discusses the difference between being a friend and being friendly, the importance of correction with fair and consistent consequences, and how church involvement shapes discipleship in both family and community. Tell Us What You Think Subscribe to our Podcast Newsletter! Connect with us: The Daily Grace Co. | Facebook | Instagram | Daily Grace Blog | The opinions of guests on the Daily Grace podcast do not represent the opinions of The Daily Grace Co., and we do not necessarily endorse the resources that they recommend or mention on the show. We believe it is valuable to hear from a variety of guests, even if we do not agree in all areas. As always, the statements made by hosts and guests on the show should be tested against God’s Word, the only authority on truth.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast.
0:09.3	I am JJ, your host, and we have a returning guest today with Dr. Chris Shirley.
0:14.9	In case you missed his first episode, let me introduce you to Dr. Chris.
0:19.8	He is the dean of educational ministry at Southwestern Baptist
0:24.8	Theological Seminary, as well as the dean of faculty. He has his bachelor's degree in music
0:30.2	business from Belmont. He spent seven years being a director at a Christian camp, Christian camp.
0:36.1	Yeah, Christian camp.
0:37.6	Has over a decade of pastoral ministry in various churches, he has been a professor of family
0:42.8	ministries and now is in the dean role there at Southwestern.
0:45.9	He, perhaps even more importantly, is a husband of 40 years, as we learned in the last
0:53.3	one. That's amazing. Respectfully, that's more years than I've
0:56.2	been on earth. But there we are. Barely, I am like right behind you. And has two amazing children
1:03.3	that live just outside Fort Worth as well. And they are grown. And they are also parents now.
1:09.3	And so you are the proud grandfather of five beautiful
1:12.3	little children. And so as we get into today's conversation, I'm hoping that we can actually talk
1:18.4	a little bit about parenting and how should we view parenting from a biblical perspective.
1:24.7	What is our relationship supposed to be with our child? Is a friend? Is a parent?
1:28.1	Is it a disciplinarian? Is it all the above? None of the above? And then even as you've
1:33.4	transitioned into grandparenthood, yes, you're going to probably be spoiling those grandchildren,
1:39.8	but you still have children to look after, even though they are now parents of children.
1:44.8	And so myself, kind of being in that middle category of,
1:48.0	I'm a father but also a son,
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