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Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 10 - Karen Alston We all recognize the importance of good character. In the grammar school, our character education and development are part of our culture and promote an application to the child’s...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 9 - Karen Alston “As a parent you are never dealing just with the words and actions of your children. You are always also dealing with the thing that controls their words and...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 8 – Travis Koch When was the last time you wished you could just do what you want, regardless of what those around you want? Was it sometime in the last hour? In...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 7 – John Breckenridge This week our reading in Parenting by Dr. Paul Tripp is an especially challenging one. In Chapter 7, "Lost", he tells us that our children's primary affliction is "lostness." Like the Prodigal...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 6 – Steve Oeverman Americans are on a quest to perfect the art of immediate gratification. In the 1920s “fast food” became a reality. Dale Carnegie applied the ideas to relationships. Parents began...

Why Have Sports at SSA? by Tim Tsuei I love high school sports!  I especially love the opportunity to participate in the emerging sports program at St. Stephen’s Academy, as both a parent and a coach. There are many things about an athletic program that I've found...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 5 – Nathan Lewis We struggle with identity crisis and the gospel puts an end to it by proclaiming our identity in Jesus. In Chapter 5, “Identity,” of his book “Parenting,” Paul Tripp...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 4 - John Breckenridge Parents, as we look this week at what brings about change in our children, we must remember that we can't make our children different. We can ask, pray, speak with...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 3 – Travis Koch My wife and I built a beautiful, raised-bed garden beside our house in Connecticut. The most difficult part of the project, by far, was the fence I installed around...

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp Chapter 2 - Joe Haferbecker In the second chapter, Tripp focuses on present grace. As parents, we must understand the grace that God extends to us every day, moment by moment. Tripp elaborates on...