Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Embracing Biblical Methods: Foundations
Read Chapter 5 of Shepherding a Child's Heart. Primary Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Proverbs 22:6.
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Tripp now begins to lay out what biblical parenting methods actually look like in practice — not as a checklist, but as a coherent approach rooted in Scripture. Come ready to think carefully about what it means for a parenting method to be truly 'biblical.'
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp insists that parents must not just have biblical goals but biblical methods — that the how of parenting matters as much as the what. Why might parents who have the right goals end up using the wrong methods?
2.He references 2 Timothy 3:16-17 to argue that Scripture equips us for 'every good work' — including parenting. What does it mean practically to let Scripture shape your parenting methods, rather than just your parenting values?
3.The chapter distinguishes between methods that address the fruit (behavior) and methods that address the root (heart). Which methods from your own upbringing or parenting experience aimed at the root? Which aimed only at the fruit?
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