{"id":7063,"date":"2020-09-02T10:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?page_id=7063"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:45:30","slug":"recommended-resources-parents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/recommended-resources-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Resources – Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Initiative for Faith and Family (The-IFF) was created to empower parents and loving caregivers to pass down a vibrant Christ-centered faith to the next generation. The-IFF is designed to inspire, equip, and support families with practical resources to help them in their Biblical role of being the primary nurturers of their children\u2019s faith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In Faith That Lasts<\/em>, the McAllisters reflect on their own experiences of coming to Christian faith\u2015Stuart from a life of crime on the streets of Glasgow, and Cameron in the context of a loving Christian home. Together they outline three dangerous myths that we all too easily buy into: that fear can protect our children, that information can save them, and that their spiritual education belongs to the experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Filled with suggestions, sample plans, and Scripture references, this book begins with the end in mind\u2015equipping you to create a unique plan for your family as you raise your children in the love and fear of the Lord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In this life-giving book, Paul Tripp offers parents much more than a to-do list. Instead, he presents us with a big-picture view of God\u2019s plan for us as parents. Outlining fourteen foundational principles centered on the gospel, he shows that we need more than the latest parenting strategy or list of techniques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Spiritual Parenting<\/i> introduces the simple but revolutionary concept that parents are, by the power of God's Spirit, to obey and depend on God in order to create an environment God can use to beckon their children to Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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