Discipline is an Opportunity for Discipleship

About this episode

The episode discusses how discipline in parenting is an opportunity for discipleship, emphasizing a biblical perspective on guiding children towards understanding the gospel.

All parents have had to deal with the reality that their children are sinners. After all, all humans sin. But the perspective we have when they sin makes all the difference. Within the Christian community over the years we have seen and heard discipline and discipleship taught as if they were different aspects of parenting, but we share our biblical reasoning, with scripture, on why we believe discipline is actually just another aspect of discipleship, and why this is so crucial in our parenting. Everything we do as parents is essentially an opportunity for discipleship, because discipleship according to Duet. 6:5-9 is woven through the fabric of one’s everyday lives. Our perspective on discipline MUST shift from being something we just do to obey God ourselves, to an opportunity to lead our children to Christ and understanding of the gospel and truly understanding their need for a Savior and a thankfulness for what He has done for us. Join Isaac and Angie for this engaging discussion, filled with biblical truth, as they share from their own personal experience in parenting nine children over the past 25 years. We only endorse companies where we are customers first, these are…

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaac Tolpin, Angie Tolpin

Topics covered

• discipline
• discipleship
• parenting
• Christianity
• biblical truth
• children's sin
• gospel understanding

Keywords

• discipline
• discipleship
• Christian parenting
• biblical parenting
• children
• gospel
• faith
• savior
• parenting advice

Sponsors

REDEEM™ HealthShare, CTC Math

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Courageous Parenting, Samaritan Ministries, Courageous Ministry

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