Parenting is not about exercising power for change in your children.  Parenting is about your humble faithfulness in being willing to participate in God’s work of change for the sake of your children.  Parents, here’s what you need to understand: God has given you authority for the work of change, but has not granted you... Continue Reading →

"Your children need God’s law, but you cannot ask the law to do what only grace can accomplish."Paul D. Tripp I have had the opportunity of teaching the Bible to teenagers for over twenty years.   Each time I get to the book of Exodus there are always questions about the law of God, and specifically... Continue Reading →

"God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you."Paul D. Tripp We both grew up in what most would consider big families; Doug the youngest of four and I (Neely) the third of eight children.  Needless to say, we were... Continue Reading →

"Nothing is more important in life than being one of God’s tools to form a human soul."Paul D. Tripp When we were growing up, the typical life pattern was this: (1) go to college (2) get married (3) start a career and (4) have children--in that order.  It was just what you did.  That pattern... Continue Reading →