Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In today's episode, we're going to listen to another session from Paul's conference material,

Your Christian School, a culture of grace.

In it, Paul wants to help teachers and parents understand the difference between controlling

behavior and reaching the hearts of their students.

If you're interested in hearing more on this topic, you can purchase the full conference

at paultrip.com slash school.

Here's Paul on running a Christian school.

Well, here's the fourth principle. If this biblical diagnosis, if this biblical description

is in fact accurate, which it is. You know it's accurate because God said it,

and as you've sat there, you know it's accurate because it has a ring of truth. You know that

God's describing you and describing the people around you. Then when we think about education or we think about ministry, then you have to conclude

that you can't be content with systems of behavioral management and constraint. I think

one of the fatal errors

of Christian education

I get to say this

because I get to leave

is that we ask

the law to do

what only grace can accomplish.

And we are very good at managing behavior.

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