Parenting & Family Discipleship Resources

Occoquan Bible Church wants to partner with parents and families to help them in their mission to raise their children in the way they should go so they may not depart from it. Below you will find lessons, articles, and podcasts to help you in your parenting journey.

Parenting Lessons

Listen to past lessons from our parenting series here. 

Parents Worthy of Their Calling - Fillinger
"In the Lord": Children, Obedience, and the Gospel - Schrock
Tell the Coming Generation - Purves

Books on Parenting and Family Worship

Check out these helpful book for a wide variety of parenting related topics. Most are available on the church bookshelf or on the TenOfThose website, linked below. Books marked with an * are available for free on the Hoopla app (some are ebooks, some are audiobooks).

General Parenting 
Family Worship* - Whitney
The Disciple-Making Parent - Bettis
Purposeful and Persistent Parenting - Raquet
Parenting First Aid - Machowski
God, Marriage, & Family: Rebuilding the Biblical Foundation - Kostenberger
Family Driven Faith* - Bauchum
Parenting in the Pew *- Castleman
Intentional Parenting* - Thompson

Parenting and Sexuality 
Strange New World* - Trueman
Finally Free* - Lambert
Sexual Detox *- Challies
Pure in Heart* - Kell

Parents of Young Children
Shepherding a Child's Heart - Tripp

Parents of Teens
Why am I Feeling Like this? A Teen's Guide to Freedom from Anxiety and Depression - Murray
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens* - Tripp

Parents of Adult Children
You Never Stop Being a Parent* - Newheiser & Fitzpatrick

Parenting and Anger
Uprooting Anger* - Jones
The Heart of Anger - Priolo

Christ Over All

In May of 2023, Christ Over All's theme was "Cultivating and Keeping the Christian Home".  Click here to see some helpful articles and podcasts. Below is a sample of the type of articles you'll find.

Parenting 001 - Kevin DeYoung
"I want to grow as a parent—in patience and wisdom and consistency. But I also know that I can’t change my kids’ hearts. I am responsible for my heart and must be responsible to teach them the way of the Lord. But nothin’ guarantees nothin’. I’m just trying to be faithful, and then repent for all the times I’m not. "
The Christian Home: Family Worship and Teaching of the Catechism in the Home -  Greg Strand 
One of the most significant ways to build biblical truths into the lives of your family is through family worship. As this is done positively and proactively, it also serves as a response to the debilitating and deadly effects of the most popular catechetical resource today, the iPhone. Our children and families are being catechized by social media non-stop. And the Word of God is be left behind like some out-of-date operating system.

Helpful Podcasts and Articles

Listen and read these parenting related podcasts from some recommended ministries

Podcasts and Videos
The Blessing and Beauty of Children in Gathered Worship -Founders Ministries
Training Children in Corporate Worship - Founders Ministries

Articles 
Family Worship for dummies - Tom Ascol
Five Lessons Learned from Parenting - John Divito
10 Things to Do with Your Young Children - Jared Longshore
A collection of articles on parenting from Desiring God

Recommended Catechisms

Catechisms are an incredibly helpful way to tech your kids, and yourself, the truths of the gospel in a short question and answer format.

Historical Catechisms 
An Orthodox Catechism - Hercules Collins
The Baptist Catechism 
A collection of baptist catechisms
Modern Catechisms 
Truth and Grace - Tom Ascol
The New City Catechism - Timothy Keller
A Baptist Catechism - John Piper