--- name: "John Dalrymple" role: Guest url: https://www.growingfathers.com/authors/john-dalrymple/ --- # John Dalrymple John serves as an Associate Pastor at Grace Bible Church in Murrieta, California. He and his wife, Suzanne, have one baby girl and five growing boys. ## Posts - [Why I Took My 10-Year-Old to Africa](https://www.growingfathers.com/why-i-took-my-10-year-old-to-africa.md): Consider the risks, the reasons, and the rewards of taking your child on a mission trip. - [Teach Your Kids How to Think about Sickness](https://www.growingfathers.com/teach-your-kids-how-to-think-about-sickness.md): When sickness hits your home yet again, how do you talk about it with your kids from a biblical perspective? - [5 Misconceptions about Sports Betting](https://www.growingfathers.com/5-misconceptions-about-sports-betting.md): Sports betting has exploded in popularity in recent years, especially among young men. What's there to know? - [Songs To Help Your Family Memorize Scripture](https://www.growingfathers.com/songs-to-help-your-family-memorize-scripture.md): If you have a desire for your children to hide God's Word in their hearts, employ the power of music as a memory aid! - [Teach Your Child How To Choose Wise Friendships](https://www.growingfathers.com/teach-your-child-how-to-choose-wise-friendships.md): Friendships play a central role in a child's spiritual and social formation. How can we help our children choose wise friendships? - [How Do I Help My Child Stop Lying?](https://www.growingfathers.com/how-do-i-help-my-child-stop-lying.md): Lying causes confusion, destroys relationships, and will be judged by God. Here are 7 ways you can help your child stop lying. - [Jesus' Guide to Praying for Your Children](https://www.growingfathers.com/jesus-guide-to-praying-for-your-children.md): Discover the greatest gift you can give your child and how to prioritize prayer for them. Learn 6 principles from Jesus' model prayer. - [5 Reasons to Play Pickleball With Your Spouse and Kids](https://www.growingfathers.com/5-reasons-to-play-pickleball-with-your-spouse-and-kids.md): Intentional activities like pickleball bring our family together while also providing exercise, building character, and helping us connect with others. - [Lessons From a Desperate Dad](https://www.growingfathers.com/lessons-from-a-desperate-dad.md): The gospels give us a powerful story of a desperate dad that can encourage us as we encounter desperation of our own in parenting. - [Raising Boys to be Gentle Men](https://www.growingfathers.com/raising-boys-to-be-gentle-men.md): When it comes to masculinity, our culture is conflicted, but the Bible is clear: God calls all boys and men to be gentle. - [10 Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Materialism This Christmas](https://www.growingfathers.com/10-ways-to-help-your-kids-avoid-materialism-this-christmas.md): Christmas morning is a highlight in our home but it can also expose the ugly materialism and selfishness in our hearts. - [The Tool Every Dad Needs](https://www.growingfathers.com/the-tool-every-dad-needs.md): How would you like a versatile tool that is guaranteed to never wear out and stay sharp and strong? Chances are you already have it, but are you using it? - [Five Questions to Ask Your Wife](https://www.growingfathers.com/five-questions-to-ask-your-wife.md): If you want to love your wife well, take time to ask her intentional questions about her heart and your marriage. - [Father, Honor Your Son and Daughter](https://www.growingfathers.com/father-honor-your-son-and-daughter.md): What does God say about the way we must treat our children? Does the Bible actually instruct us to honor our kids? - [Teach Your Kids About Baptism](https://www.growingfathers.com/teach-your-kids-about-baptism.md): Many children understand salvation and yet know little about the significance of baptism. Here are key teaching points about baptism to share with your kids. - [Why Your Kids Need a Church Family (Part 2)](https://www.growingfathers.com/why-your-kids-need-a-church-family-part-2.md): Learn to value a church family because it provides your kids with healthy diversity, loving accountability and ministry opportunities - [Why Your Kids Need a Church Family (Part 1)](https://www.growingfathers.com/why-your-kids-need-a-church-family-part-1.md): The church is essential for the spiritual growth of you and your children. Here are the first three of six reasons why your kids need a church family. - [Four Ways to Love Your Children](https://www.growingfathers.com/four-ways-to-love-your-children.md): God gives every parent a special love for their kids but sometimes we as dads aren't always good at showing it. - [What to Know as a First-Time Dad](https://www.growingfathers.com/what-to-know-as-a-first-time-dad.md): There are some foundational realities about pregnancy, birth, and the early years that every dad should know. - [Book Review: The Promises of God Storybook Bible](https://www.growingfathers.com/book-review-the-promises-of-god-bible-storybook.md): The Promises of God Storybook Bible is "conversational, whimsical, and biblically faithful" and well worth adding to your rotation of family devotion Bibles. - [Is There Peace on Earth?](https://www.growingfathers.com/is-there-peace-on-earth.md): "Peace on earth" may seem more like a seasonal sentiment than a cultural reality. Tensions are high in our country and sometimes in our own homes and hearts. - [David: Great King Lousy Dad](https://www.growingfathers.com/20201124-david-great-king-lousy-dad.md): King David is known as a "man after God's own heart," but he made several parenting decisions that had disastrous consequences. - [Helping Your Kids with Fear](https://www.growingfathers.com/helping-your-kids-with-fear.md): Teach your kids what the Bible has to say about different fears and trust the Lord to give them courage as they grow and mature. - [Teach Your Children to Remember](https://www.growingfathers.com/teach-your-children-to-remember.md): By pointing to God's works in your family's past, you can train your children to more clearly see God's works in your family's present. - [3 Ways to Redeem Summer](https://www.growingfathers.com/3-ways-to-redeem-summer-2020.md): If you are struggling to "redeem the time" as a family, here are three worthwhile family activities to incorporate into your final weeks of summer. - [How to Invest in Heaven](https://www.growingfathers.com/how-to-invest-in-heaven.md): Long-term investing strategy looks beyond retirement to eternity. We must invest ourselves in true treasure for the glory of God and benefit of our families. - [Why Do I Get So Mad?](https://www.growingfathers.com/why-do-I-get-so-mad.md): Anger is an all-too-common reaction from dads. Consider these four biblical diagnoses with corresponding solutions.