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.

Today, Paul is going to address three common concerns that parents have with parenting

sinful children in a broken world.

First up, Paul explains why he hates parenting in a fallen world.

I am here to declare that I hate parenting.

Well, maybe I should say this.

There are things that I deeply hate about parenting that I think you should hate too.

Here's the first thing.

I hate the fact that parenting takes place in a fallen world.

Between the already of our conversion and the not yet of our home going.

We live in a world that's dramatically broken.

Romans 8 says the whole world groans, waiting for redemption.

We live in a world that's in no way operating the way God intended for

the world to operate and that complicates parenting in so many ways. We live in a world of

disappointment and hurt and danger and temptation and and trial and I don't think

you and I have any idea any concept of what it would be like to parent

children in a world that was operating the way God intended listen the

brokenness of your world should make you mad. It should

make you dissatisfied. As a parent, you should long for that day when sin and death will die.

And the struggles that are so normal to us will not be there anymore.

This is something you should hate about parenting.

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