Parenting by Paul David Tripp
Week 14: Principle 13 — Your Child Needs to Understand the Arc of the Story
Read Chapter 13 of Parenting by Paul David Tripp.
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Tripp argues that one of the deepest gifts you can give your child is a sense of the grand story of Scripture — and their place in it. This chapter is a call to raise children who see themselves as participants in something larger than their own biography.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp describes the four-act arc of Scripture — creation, fall, redemption, restoration — as the essential framework through which all of life makes sense. Why does he think this storyline is so important for children to internalize?
2.He argues that children who lack this framework will inevitably fill the void with a smaller story — one centered on personal comfort, achievement, or identity. What smaller stories do you see your children being pulled into by culture?
3.Tripp says that the fall is the most important part of the story for children to understand. Why? How does a robust understanding of sin and brokenness actually make the gospel more beautiful and necessary?
a.How do you talk about sin with your children in a way that is honest but not crushing?