Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
Week 13: Chapter 12 — Lordship
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Tripp presses into one of the most countercultural claims of the book: that God's lordship — not your preferences, your fears, or your culture's values — is the true authority in your home.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp argues that many Christian homes are functionally governed by cultural values (achievement, comfort, image, safety) rather than by the lordship of Christ. How do you identify the real functional lords of a home — including your own?
2.He makes the case that when Christ is truly Lord, many of the things parents instinctively protect their children from (failure, hardship, suffering, social disapproval) are actually things God may be using purposefully. How does that change your parenting instincts?
3.What does it mean in practice to submit your parenting decisions — about education, schedules, friendships, discipline, and goals — to the lordship of Christ rather than to cultural norms or personal anxiety?
a.Can you name one area of parenting where you sense God calling you to a different approach than what feels culturally normal or personally comfortable?
b.What would it take to actually make that change?
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