Discipline is an Opportunity for Discipleship

COURAGEOUS PARENTING

Isaac & Angie Tolpin - CourageousParenting.com

Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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All parents have had to deal with the reality that their children are sinners. After all, all humans sin. But the perspective we have when they sin makes all the difference. Within the Christian community over the years we have seen and heard discipline and discipleship taught as if they were different aspects of parenting, but we share our biblical reasoning, with scripture, on why we believe discipline is actually just another aspect of discipleship, and why this is so crucial in our parenting. Everything we do as parents is essentially an opportunity for discipleship, because discipleship according to Duet. 6:5-9 is woven through the fabric of one’s everyday lives. Our perspective on discipline MUST shift from being something we just do to obey God ourselves, to an opportunity to lead our children to Christ and understanding of the gospel and truly understanding their need for a Savior and a thankfulness for what He has done for us. Join Isaac and Angie for this engaging discussion, filled with biblical truth, as they share from their own personal experience in parenting nine children over the past 25 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Courage Parenting Podcast. Hey guys, today we are talking about discipline. I know.
0:05.5	That's a big word. Discipline specifically is an opportunity for discipleship. A lot of times people
0:11.1	think of discipline and discipleship as two separate things. We actually think discipline is part of
0:15.5	discipleship. And so this is a hard topic for parents. But it's relevant because all kids sin, all humans sin.
0:23.8	It's a hard one to stay on the biblical road.
0:25.9	I think a lot of times families don't mean to, but they get in the harsh ditch or they get in the passive ditch.
0:30.9	Because what they've been doing, they tried to be intentional.
0:33.0	It hasn't been working.
0:33.7	It hasn't been working.
0:35.7	We want to be on the biblical road of relational
0:38.0	discipleship while we're also following through on discipline and how they work together.
0:43.6	So today's episode is actually inspired by a chapter in our newest book that is about to be
0:49.7	coming out on June 2nd. Yes. And so if you are interested in finding out about being on our launch team, we invite you to
0:57.7	go check out the show notes at Courageousparenting.com on this blog post episode.
1:02.0	It's Courageous Parenting, Biblical Parenting, Unprecedented Times.
1:05.6	The new book, about 230 pages.
1:07.2	We're so excited.
1:08.6	Join us as we launched this.
1:10.2	It's a signature part of the next phase
1:13.0	of impacting 10 million legacies around the world. So join us in that. Enjoy the show. Yeah, we've
1:17.7	been parenting a long time, nine kids, three launched more soon. And literally, when you look at
1:24.3	the title of this episode, an opportunity, discipline is an opportunity for discipleship.
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