So many parents are quietly exhausted—not because they don’t care, but because they’re trying to be perfect.

In this episode of Encounter Grace, Justin sits down with Susan McKnight to talk about why perfection was never God’s requirement for parenting—and why grace, not performance, is what actually forms healthy kids.

Drawing from Paul David Tripp’s teaching on God’s present grace, Susan helps us reframe parenting as something that happens between the cross and eternity. We explore why God calls unable people to parent, how our weaknesses become invitations to depend on Him, and why parenting is as much about God’s work in us as it is His work in our children.

This conversation is honest, pastoral, and deeply freeing for any parent who has ever felt like they’re failing.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why healthy kids don’t need perfect parents
  

• What “present grace” looks like in everyday parenting
  

• How God uses parenting to expose—and heal—our hearts
  

• Why confession and humility are gifts to our children
  

• The difference between grace-filled parenting and permissiveness
  

If you’re a tired parent, a young family just getting started, or a leader walking with others through the challenges of parenting, this episode offers hope, clarity, and a reminder that God’s grace is not just for salvation—it’s for today.

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