October Take It Home Tool

HighPoint leaders are excited to recommend an excellent parenting resource for the October Take It Home Tool. Shepherding a Child's Heart, by Tedd Tripp, was originally published in 1995, with a revised and updated version published in 2005. This book has helped Christian parents for over 2 decades with practical, biblical advice for raising kids in the way of the Lord.

Author and pastor, Tim Challies, has this to say about Shepherding...

The book is divided into two parts. In the first, Tripp lays the foundation for biblical childrearing. He shows that the heart of bad behavior is a sinful heart. He discusses a child’s development, showing that a child is shaped by various influences on his life and that a parent needs to help a child have a Godward orientation. He discusses authority and suggests that, despite our culture’s disgust towards authority, a parent must assert himself as being in a position of God-given authority over a child. A child must realize that parents speak not of their own authority, but of God’s. He also discusses goals, methods, communication and discipline.

Where the first part of the book lays a foundation, the second part guides a parent through shepherding a child through three stages of development: infancy, childhood and teenagers. For each of these periods he suggests the training objectives and then procedures a parent should use to attain these objectives.

Towards the end of the month, we will select one family to receive a FREE copy of Shepherding a Child's Heart. To be eligible for this giveaway, register your family email address on the HighPoint blog. This provides your family with regular news and updates, pertinent for families with kids ages PreK - 5th grade.

Shepherding a Child's Heart is available at the Northridge bookstore or online. Partner with us by taking advantage of this month's Take It Home Tool... because at HighPoint we believe that parents have the greatest spiritual influence on their own child's heart.