(We don’t want our children in harm’s way.) No crossing the street without holding a parent’s hand.No eating or drinking in the family room.Whenever my wife and I set up new rules for our household, it’s usually for practical reasons. Principle 3: Law - Your children need God’s law, but you cannot ask the law to do what only grace can accomplish. Even when I felt we failed miserably, God is always there to give us the strength to continue to persevere in faithful parenting. I need to remind myself that God promises us that he will give us the daily grace to face each new day as parents.
Battling with our children’s rebellion and foolishness, my wife and I get sinfully angry on a regular basis. Now, we are more mentally and emotionally drained. When the kids were newborns, we are physically exhausted. Our task of parenting at times is daunting. He never sends you without going with you. Principle 2: Grace - God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. There is no high calling than to form the human soul as parents. It’s important for us to remember that all that she does behind the scenes to care and raise our three children is priceless. As a homeschooling mother, she is with each of our three children 20-24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She has given up her career as a pharmacist to care for our household and raise our children. Our career, our comfort, and our hobbies should not compete with this vital calling. It is important to be faithful to the tasks that God gives each of us, and the eternal value of parenting our children cannot be underestimated. I often forget that my role as father is one of the most important things in this life. Principle 1: Calling - Nothing is more important in your life than being one of God’s tools to form a human soul. Let me review briefly each principle and give you my personal thoughts and application.
He then reviews relevant Bible verses and passages that apply. He begins most chapters with a parenting dilemma where there is opportunity to apply each principle. He summarizes each principle in one or two sentences. Tripp devotes each of his 14 chapters to a specific gospel principle. But like Give Them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson, Tripp’s book will encourage you to apply the Christian gospel to parenting. Having finished the book, I don’t feel this book is a must–purchase. Since I have enjoyed many of his other books, I decided to read this latest offering.
Recently, Paul Tripp added his second contribution to this genre, entitled Parenting. On Amazon, you can find dozens of parenting books published within the last 10 years. Paul Tripp organizes 14 principles of the gospel for Christian parents to apply that can radically change their family.
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