Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
Week 2: Chapter 1 — Awe
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Tripp begins his fourteen principles not with a rule or a routine, but with worship — the idea that what rules your heart will rule your home.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp's first principle is that parenting is to be driven by awe of God rather than awe of the child or awe of our own parenting performance. How would you describe the difference between those three objects of awe?
2.He argues that every human heart is always in a state of worship — we are always ascribing worth to something. What are the things you find yourself most in awe of when it comes to your children and your role as a parent?
3.Tripp connects misplaced awe to parenting anxiety and anger. Can you trace that connection in your own experience — when have you been most anxious or angry as a parent, and what were you actually in awe of in that moment?
a.Were you more focused on your child's reputation, your own reputation, or God's purposes?
b.What would awe of God have looked like in that same moment?