Gloria Furman, author, The Pastor’s Wife Missional Motherhood and Alive in Him I am an imperfect parent. Moms and dads from every culture will benefit from Tripp’s call for us to live in light of the grace and hope we have in Jesus. Tripp’s manifesto is about more than simply our duty as parents-it’s about our privilege of being ambassadors of Jesus Christ to our kids.
This is Tripp at his best: he shows us the big picture of life with Christ and gets down to the nitty-gritty specifics of walking by grace through faith. TobyMac, hip hop recording artist music producer songwriter I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Parenting our children is one of life’s greatest challenges, and Paul points us to the one thing that can make a difference-a genuine encounter with the living God. Francis Chan, New York Times best-selling author, Crazy Love and Forgotten God Paul Tripp constantly turns us back to the life-giving power of the gospel and God’s unfailing grace. The other part wanted to scream with excitement for the tremendous insight I now have to be a better parent. Part of me wanted to sit, cry, and confess all of my failures as a parent. I’m so glad I read this, but I wish I could have read it twenty years ago. After reading this, I am convinced that I could never write one better than this. For years, people have asked me to write a book on parenting. It is both theological and practical, a rare combination for a parenting book. This is the most meaningful book I have read all year. Today, with your children, how about being that kind of parent?” ( ) “No one gives grace better than a parent who humbly admits that he desperately needs it himself. Let me say it this way: successful parenting is not about achieving goals (that you have no power to produce) but about being a usable and faithful tool in the hands of the One who alone is able to produce good things in your children.” ( ) “Successful parenting is not first about what you’ve produced rather, it’s first about what you have done.
“If rules and regulations had the power to change the heart and life of your child, rescuing your child from himself and giving him a heart of submission and faith, Jesus would have never needed to come!” ( ) “Your work as a parent is a thing of extreme value because God has designed that you would be a principal, consistent, and faithful tool in his hands for the purpose of creating God-consciousness and God-submission in your children.” ( )
“There is nothing more important to consistent, faithful, patient, loving, and effective parenting than to understand what God has given you in the grace of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.” ( )
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