Resurrection Life

In this episode Pastor Trice reflects on some of the major transitions that children go through on their way to adulthood, and how this requires some intentional adjustments in our approach to parenting.

Our children's public professions of faith are important milestones in their lives as members of the covenant community. In this episode Pastor Trice clarifies the true significance of this step in a Presbyterian church, and outlines ways in which parents can lead their children in making their own profession.

Is a formal Christian education the only faithful option for parents? What are we to think of the public school option in our day? In this week's episode Pastor Trice seeks to distinguish between principle and prudence, and to give helpful counsel on this important question.

Having outlined some of the unique advantages of a home school education, Pastor Trice now considers some of its potential liabilities. Christian parents who recognize the challenges inherent to home schooling, and who take steps to overcome them, are those whose children flourish best in a home school.

Christian parenting aims higher than just getting our kids to heaven. We also seek to equip them to take their place with us in advancing the kingdom of God on earth. This entails providing our children with a good education. In today's episode Pastor Trice reviews some of the ways the home-schooling model is an asset to the biblical objectives of Christian parents. Podcasts can be accessed at RPC...

Nothing is more central to Christian parenting than leading our children into their own participation in the life of the local church. But "parenting in the pew" comes with its challenges, especially in our children's early years! In today's episode Pastor Trice reminds us why including our children in congregational worship is worth all the effort, but he also gives practical advice concerning wh...

As valuable as those unplanned "teaching moments" are in the life of a Christian family, they are not enough to rely on for the long-term instruction of our children. In today's episode, Pastor Trice points to that biblical, time-tested spiritual discipline that contributes more than anything else to the peace and unity of our homes, and to the faithful instruction of our children in the faith.

God calls his people to bring their children up in the instruction of the Lord, but many parents don't feel qualified to be teachers, and some are even unsure of how to talk to their kids. In today's episode Pastor Trice focuses on the kind of instruction that grows up naturally in a culture of conversation in the home. This is the kind of teaching spoken of by Moses in a well-known parenting pass...

Children need to grow up knowing, not only that they are loved, but also that they are not in charge. Yet there are subtle ways in which the devotion of parents can lead to an unhealthy centering of the home on the will of the children. In today's episode, Pastor Trice seeks to give examples of how this can happen, as well as some practical counsel about how to avoid it, for the sake of our childr...

All Christians need to know that they are loved by God in two, wonderful ways. Especially parents need to know this, however, because their children need to be loved by them in the same two ways. In today's episode, Pastor Trice leads us in a meditation on God's love, both of devotion and delight, and how that guides us as parents in loving our children well.

The discipline of our children is a matter not only of deeds but also of words. In this week's episode, Pastor Trice considers the life-giving role that verbal discipline has in our children's lives, and also warns against the destructive counterfeits of it that can arise.

Parents who are seeking to carry out the biblical teaching on spanking encounter a host of practical and prudential questions. In this week's episode, Pastor Trice offers advice on some of the most common of those questions, particularly with first time parents in mind.

There is a world of difference between a biblical spanking and an abusive spanking. In this week's episode, Pastor Trice walks parents through the characteristics of the kind of spanking that does lasting good for our children. Then, in the second half of the podcast, Pastor Trice warns against the kind of spanking that truly constitutes a form of abuse of children.

In this episode Pastor Trice presents the biblical teaching on spanking as a method of parental discipline. Despite the modern day controversy over spanking, Pastor Trice demonstrates from Scripture that, rightly used, it is a vital means of grace in the lives of our children.

The discipline of children is hard! It's certainly one of the hardest parts of Christian parenting. But in this week's episode, Pastor Trice reminds us of what loving and prayerful discipline produces in the lives of our children, and what makes it worth all the effort. Link to a sermon on "The Fear of God": https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp? SID=81219165936061

God has called us to parent our children "with both hands": the hand of discipline, and the hand of instruction. In this episode, Pastor Trice opens up these two basic elements of Christian parenting, as given in Ephesians 6:4.

In this episode Pastor Trice considers the place our children have, not only in the covenant, but also in the kingdom of God, according to our Savior himself.

One of the first and most momentous acts of Christian parenting comes when children are presented by their parents for baptism in the church. In this episode, Pastor Trice walks parents through the significance of that occasion: both for their children, and for their parenting. A paper by Pastor Trice on infant baptism: https://www.rpcmatthews.org/articles/fnfnaxhw034r39u4qx2lm81sz78vnh

For those new to a covenantal perspective on parenting, questions often abound. In this episode Pastor Trice responds to some of the most important of those questions, seeking to help parents who may be undergoing a paradigm shift toward a more biblical approach to parenting.

Many Christians speak of the children of believers as "covenant children." But what exactly does this mean? In this episode Pastor Trice outlines the basic elements of covenant theology, and suggests several important implications in light of it for how Christians should parent their children.

How we view our children influences everything about our parenting of them, and, indeed, the whole culture of the home in which we raise them. In this episode, Pastor Trice outlines a three-fold biblical perspective on the children of believers, with a teaser for a much large subject to be tackled next time.

In today's podcast Pastor Trice considers the vital importance of a good marriage in the parenting endeavor. After giving counsel to couples on how to make the most of their partnership in parenting, he then concludes with a few practical encouragements to single parents. Show Notes: A sermon by Pastor Trice: "The Complementarian Vision" https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp? SID=291913019378...

Pastor Trice considers the influence of our own upbringing on our parenting efforts, and calls for both gratitude and discernment in assessing that influence of our parents on our parenting.

In this episode, Pastor Trice tackles the controversial subject of birth control, from a biblical perspective.

In the midst of a cultural epidemic of parental irresponsibility, Pastor Trice reminds us of why our responsibilities as Christian parents should be taken so seriously.