Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David

Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Parenting is a challenge.

There are inevitable conflicts that pop up as a result of parenting in a fallen world.

In today's episode, Paul is going to give seven more principles to help you in your parenting

journey. To listen to the first seven principles, check out the Paul Tripp podcast episode

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with the transforming power of Jesus Christ. Now, here's Paul with seven more parenting

principles that will help transform your family.

One of the foundational issues in the life of every child is the issue of authority. So teaching and modeling the protective beauty of authority is foundational to good parenting.

Here's how God works. This is so beautiful to good parenting. Here's how God works.

This is so beautiful to think about.

God makes his invisible authority

visible in the lives of children

by putting the authority of parents in their lives every day.

Now parents, this is what this means.

As a parent, you don't have any independent authority.

Your authority is meant to be representative of God's authority.

Now, I don't think in the life of a parent there's anything holier than what I'm

about to say. That means every time I exercise authority in the life of my child, it must be a

beautiful picture of the authority of God. Because I'm there to teach children that authority is a good thing.

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