Biblical parenting for strong families
RAISING LIONS.
NOT DEPENDENTS
Practical, unapologetically biblical parenting for moms, dads, and grandparents who want to restore authority, teach responsibility, build character, and prepare children for adulthood.
"The goal isn't to raise children who need us forever. The goal is to train children who can stand on truth, accept responsibility, and walk faithfully into adulthood. Parents, we won't always be there for them." "The goal isn't to raise children who need us forever. The goal is to train children who can stand on truth, accept responsibility, and walk faithfully into adulthood. Parents, we won't always be there for them." -
Past Sermons from Pastor Joseph
Listen to biblical, expository preaching from Pastor Joseph Oster, Senior Pastor of Allen Chapel Bible Church for the past eight years and now in his 31st year of pastoral ministry. These messages are rooted in Scripture, centered on Christ, and focused on helping believers understand God’s Word and faithfully apply it to everyday life.
PARENTING RESOURCES
Putting the teaching into practice
Practical resources designed to help you establish expectations, enforce consequences, teach responsibility, and bring biblical order back into the home.
Raising Children in the Lion's Den - (Digital Download PDF)
A Biblical Guide to Discipline and Instruction in the Home—built to help parents lead deliberately instead of simply reacting to the next crisis.
Rules & Consequences Bundle - (Digital Download PDF)
A practical framework parents can use to establish clear household expectations and pair them with predictable consequences.
Ready-to-Use Laminated Rules & Consequences (Physical Version)
Ready-to-use laminated rules & consequences practical framework parents can use to establish clear household expectations. (Physical copy mailed to you)
**NEW** Raising Lions: 40 Days to a Stronger Home
This guide provides a 40-day program to cultivate a stronger, more resilient home environment. It offers structured daily activities and insights to improve various aspects of family life and relationships.
Go deeper than a three-minute video.
The Raising Lions podcast takes the issues parents are dealing with every day—authority, discipline, disrespect, work ethic, rebellion, responsibility, character, screens, adult children, and more—and gives them the time they deserve.
Each episode combines biblical principles with practical, actionable steps you can take back into your home.
Also available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart & Simplecast
Parenting can become overwhelming when disrespect, defiance, inconsistency, entitlement, screen battles, or constant conflict begin taking over the home.
Raising Lions Family Parent Mentoring provides one-on-one pastoral guidance, biblical parenting instruction, practical strategies, encouragement, and accountability for adult parents and legal guardians.
Sessions are offered by Zoom/video call or telephone and may address:
Discipline and consequences
Disrespect and defiance
Responsibility and work ethic
Technology and screen use
Communication
Biblical parenting & spiritual leadership
Rules and boundaries
Inconsistent parenting
Entitlement
Teen behavior
Blended family
Co-parenting concerns
Pastor Joseph provides this service in his ministerial capacity as a pastor, teacher, mentor, and spiritual advisor.
Mentoring Options
30- Minute Parent Clarity & Action Session — $49
Four 30-Minute Session Package — $169 (30-day time limit)
Complete the intake form below. Once your information has been reviewed, eligible parents will receive a private link to select and pay for their mentoring session.
Experience matters when you're giving parents advice
Pastor Joseph brings over thirty years of pastoral leadership, family ministry, classroom experience, working with young people, and the perspective of a father and grandfather to Raising Lions.
The mission is straightforward: help parents recover the confidence to lead their homes, teach children responsibility and character, and apply biblical truth to the real problems families are facing.
