Parenting is hard, no matter the circumstances, and everyone needs a little help. So to go along with Ten Commandments sermon V. Honor Your Father and Mother, we’ve put together a list of our favorite parenting resources.
Pastor Dad
By Pastor Mark Driscoll
Pastor Mark’s book on parenting is available as a free PDF download from the Resurgence store.
Tedd Tripp’s Biblical Parenting series
From Resurgence
You might remember Paul Tripp from our Best Sermon Ever series. Well, his brother Tedd is also a pastor who wrote two of the books on the list below. He came out to Mars Hill to do a conference on biblical parenting and his series of talks is well worth watching.
Recommended books
Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God
By Marty Machowski
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
By Tedd Tripp
Instructing a Child’s heart
By Tedd Tripp and Margy Tripp
Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches
By Russell D. Moore
Teach Them Diligently: How to Use the Scriptures in Child Training
By Louis Paul Priolo
His Loving Law, Our Lasting Legacy: Living the Ten Commandments and Giving Them to Our Children
By Jani Ortlund
Little kids
Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God
By Bruce Ware
Grace-Based Parenting
By Tim Kimmel
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
By Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson
Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches
By Rachel Jankovic
Adolescents
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens
By Paul David Tripp
Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers
By Chap Clark
Sons
Bringing Up Boys
By James C. Dobson
Future Men
By Doulas Wilson
Daughters
Girl Talk: Mother-Daughter Conversations on Biblical Womanhood
By Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Mahaney Whitacre
