The first book on my list has honestly been an amazing, eye-opening resource for me. God made your child and is the ultimate authority on how to raise them. However, there is one thing that is imperative and that is parenting with a Christ-centered point of view. I love this approach because, as a mother of five, all of my kids require something different and unique approach.Įach child is different and will need a different method of parenting. None of these books give you a step-by-step formula for the perfect child but focus on your heart, your walk with Christ, and the heart of your child. There are some highly recommended books out there but I want to focus on my top three favorite Christ-centered parenting books. While there isn’t exactly a handbook, there is, of course, the Bible as well as biblically-based parenting books. To download a PDF of chapter 2 of Paul Tripp’s book click here.Parenting is not an easy task but the great news is that there are amazing resources available for parents. But the more I read, the more I realized that having a deeper gospel perspective on why God chose to use in-process parents to raise in-process children it gave me more patience and skill with the techniques I already knew. I love the practical books, so it took me a while to adjust to parenting book that didn’t give me collection of new techniques.

God’s grace liberates you from the prison of regret.God’s grace works to make your heart tender.God’s grace grows and changes you as a parent.God’s grace frees you from having to deny your weakness.God’s grace works to open your eyes to see yourself as a parent accurately.God never calls us to a task without giving us what we need to do it.Like everything else God calls people to do, God doesn’t call people to be parents because they are able.This chapter makes eight points about grace that are tailored in their application to parenting. To help you get to know a book that helps you learn the “why” of parenting that fuels the “how to,” I have included a PDF sample of chapter 2 (see below). Do you feel like you are approaching parenting “the right way” but still feel frustrated or like something is missing? Is it your tendency (like mine) to focus on what God is doing in your children through your parenting and fail to recognize that God wants to parent you through your parenting of your children? If you answer “yes,” then Paul Tripp’s book Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family would be an excellent resource for you (as it was for me.

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