Your Christian School: A Culture of Grace?

A live conference with Paul Tripp

Christian school teachers, administrators and staff - Is your school something more than a system of rules, offenses and punishments? What is the vision that propels the mission of your Christian school? Are you content with behavior control and the dissemination of knowledge? Are you asking the law to do what only grace can accomplish? Rules restrain sin, rules expose sin, but rules will never deliver a child from sin. A biblical worldview tells us that what is wrong with children is something more profound than lack of information and skill. It is only when your school is a functional culture of grace that real, lasting character change will take place and your classrooms will become peaceful places of learning. Learn how to critique your school culture and how to become a culture of grace where heart change takes place and education can thrive.

* The Lord always uses Paul Tripp in my life as He did again at this conference. I do believe Paul has a handle on what Christian Education is; better than anyone I know. I've been trying to figure it out for over 30 years and cannot get a grasp on it. Paul is actually putting it into words. I love it. I feed off of it. I have a school full of students that will benefit from it if we can implement it. I am changing my personal administrative duties for next year to concentrate on the school's approach to students.
- Dr. Samuel R. Pennington, Headmaster, Calvary Christian Academy of Philadelphia

* Paul Tripp is a master teacher. With laser clarity, he applies the Master's principles of Grace to school communities, classrooms, and our own lives -- transforming them all. In a season of educational decline on every front, Paul Tripp has stepped in with a prophetic word. Listen to him.
- Dr. Seth Cohen, Headmaster, Spruce Hill Christian School & City Center Academy, member of the ACSI Board of Directors

* Paul Tripp has helped our school move from a punitive model of discipline to a restorative model that seeks to engage the heart of each student. Paul has challenged our teachers to look beyond teaching content to touching students' lives through the teachable moments that we cannot plan in advance. We have seen that building a culture of grace requires us as faculty and staff to examine our own hearts before attempting to speak into the lives of our students. Paul has inspired us with a gospel-centered vision for our school culture.
- Owen Davis, Principal, City Center Academy

* I learned not only biblical reasons to address sin (for what it is) in my classroom, I gained very specific and practical ways to do it - even a script. It is my job to bring out the fruit of Christian character in my students by helping them realize who they really are - what their Christian identity means. I so appreciate Paul's way of presenting powerful truths and at the same time offering practical applications (how teachers can apply it) in the context of great anecdotes!
- Vicki, teacher