The Gospel isn't for Obedience Training
It doesn’t make Jesus happy when you... It’s a phrase I’ve heard many times from well meaning parents and in my early parenting days I may have said it once or twice myself. Let’s say that little Johnny refuses to share a ball with his sister. His sister cries and gets the attention of her mother. Her mother asks Johnny to please share and gently reminds him that it doesn’t make Jesus happy when we don’t share. Innocent enough, right? Actually what Johnny’s mother has just do