Do you ever feel like your parenting just isn’t working — no matter how hard you try?

For Christian parents today, conviction erodes quietly. Consistency breaks down across the areas that matter most: discipline, discipleship, screen time, peer and family influences, reaching your kids’ hearts, and handling bad attitudes. And the pressure of an increasingly hostile culture only makes it harder.

In this episode, Isaac and Angie Tolpin identify the 3 core mistakes fueling discouragement in Christian parents right now — and give practical wisdom and personal stories on how to overcome them. They also share content from their new book Courageous Parenting, releasing June 2nd, 2026.

If you’re a Christian mom or dad who’s tired of feeling like you’re failing, or want to sharpen your focus, marriage alignment and follow through, this episode is for you.

Here are some of the main points from this episode:

• Marriages are less aligned than they might believe
• Why parenting is a long game and how to know what to stay the course with
• Parenting discouragement is growing as theirs so much confusion in how to do it biblically
• If you make excuses you will get to keep the lessor fruit of them
• What are the excuses you are making? Are you believing your children are different therefore biblical principles don’t work for your family?
• We give three core mistakes most Christian parents are making
• We give solutions to fixing the three mistakes

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  • Scriptures mentioned in this episode are:
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