Resources for Families
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Christian Parenting Books
On this page, you’ll find a curated list of the best Christian parenting books of all time. Enjoy!
Connecting with Other Parents
Being the parent is time-consuming and sometimes isolating. Join a group to build relationships with other parents committed to following Jesus in their parenting strengthens families.
Praying Scripture Over Your Kids
Our prayers live before God, and we’re changed when we participate in His call to prayer. As parents, we not only make a difference in the lives of our children, but we also reap immeasurable benefits:
RightNow Media
RightNow Media is like the Netflix of Christian Bible studies. With access to 10,000+ Bible Study videos, from 150 leading Christian publishers and ministries, you’ll find valuable tools for your kids, personal development, and areas of life training like marriage and parenting.
Parent Cue App
The Parent Cue App is designed to help every parent do something each week to help move their child toward a deeper and better future. There are approximately 936 weeks from the time a child is born until they grow up, graduate, and move on to whatever is next. Since your time with your kids is limited, consider counting down the weeks. Why? When you see how much time you have left, you tend to do more with the time you have now. Because what you do as a parent every week matters more than you think.
Recommended Parenting Books
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Shepherding a Child’s Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flow from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way: “…out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
Since 1992, Gary Chapman’s bestselling book “The Five Love Languages” has helped more than 300,00 couples develop stronger, more fulfilling relationships by teaching them to speak one another’s love language. Now Chapman teams with Ross Campbell, author of best-seller “How to Really Love Your Child,” to help parents speak their child’s love language.
Bringing Up Boys by James C. Dobson
Parents, teachers, and others involved in shaping the character of boys have lots of questions. In “Bringing Up Boys, ” Dr. Dobson tackles these questions and offers advice and encouragement based on a firm foundation of biblical principles.
Bringing Up Girls by James C. Dobson
The information in this book will equip you to raise up the next generation of women confidently. Today young girls are facing many pressures. Dr. James Dobson will help you face the challenges of raising your daughters to become strong, healthy, and confident women who excel in life.
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson
Give Them Grace is a revolutionary perspective on parenting that shows us how to receive the gospel afresh and give grace in abundance, helping our children know the dazzling love of Jesus and respond with heartfelt obedience.
Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God by Gloria Furman
In this book, Gloria Furman searches the Scriptures for the mission of God in motherhood. She opens our eyes to God’s life-giving promises–promises intended to empower each and every woman as she makes disciples in her home, in her neighborhood, and around the world.
Creative Correction: Extraordinary Ideas For Everyday Discipline by Lisa Whelchel
In Creative Correction , Lisa Whelchel offers refreshing ideas to help you win the discipline battle. This fun, easy-to-use book includes a chapter specifically on toddlers and small group study questions. It is laid out in a user-friendly manner with toolbox sections full of creative, practical ideas and a topical index.
Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
This bold book is an urgent call to parents–and the church–to return to biblical discipleship in and through the home.
