Parenting Books:

Raising Kids for True Greatness by Tim Kimmel
Graced-Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel
Sacred Parenting by Gary L. Thomas

Parenting with Love and Logic  by Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay – Although this book is not Gospel centered it does include some wonderful wisdom for setting your kids up to make good choices and minimizing the battles that we as parents tend to have with our children. As a mom of a 2.5 year old and a 4.75 year old, I have truly appreciated the practical tips I have gleaned from this book and the language it encourages parents to use as they offer “choices” for their kids versus just proclamations. Both of my kids have responded well to being given reasonable choices and many tantrums/breakdowns/arguments have been diverted. My one hesitation in giving this book my full endorsement is that just as God shows us grace consistently and forgiveness, we too need to show this grace and forgiveness to our children and our goal is not to create obedient children, but to help our kids understand who they are in light of the gospel.

Family Praise Music:

http://www.seedsmusic.com – These are great CD’s that are made up entirely of bible verses. We are currently using the Seeds Family Worship: Purpose CD in the RK 3-6 year old class to help the kids learn their memory verses.

Children’s Bibles:

Below are a few of the Bibles that we use either at Redeemer or in family devotionals. We have really enjoyed each of them, but by far our favorite as a family is The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones. If there is any bible that you are thinking of purchasing as a gift or for your own kids it should be this one!!!

God’s Little Princess Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh
God’s Mighty Warrior Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh
The Rhyme Bible Storybook by L.J. Sattgast and Toni Goffe

The Children’s Bible in 365 Stories and The Beginners Bible (along with The Jesus Storybook Bible) are the bibles we use along with the Children’s ESV during Sunday School at Redeemer.