“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

— The Apostle John 3 John 1:4

 The Bible is clear: Christian parents should be intentionally discipling their children.

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

— C. S. Lewis

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

Matthew 28: 19-20a

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The website has tools and resources to help the spiritual leader (the father) partially fulfill their God given responsibility to disciple his children. The Bible charges the father with this task - not the mother, not the Senior Pastor or the Student Pastor.

Twelve learning modules seek to emulate a military Boot Camp - BASIC TRAINING. However, unlike Boot Camp, the Modules can be completed when it is convenient for the student. Parents and kids can mutually agree on a period of time. This discipleship plan (Modules) can be assigned over days, weeks, weekends, academic breaks or summers. Accordingly, the learning will not compete with sports, band, theatre, jobs, chores, academic courses, etc.

Every child should have a BASIC Bible education and be equipped to face the spiritual battle that encircles them. Each module uses scripture, video links, articles, text, sermons, quotes and other teaching tools to deliver a message.

Finally, each module concludes with a set of content assessment questions for the student. Ideally, parents and son / daughter will schedule a time and place to meet (perhaps over a meal). These questions should used by parents to foster a discussion that can ascertain the student’s understanding of various BASIC beliefs and practices.

The modules are NOT intended to be an in-depth treatise on any subject.

“When good things spiritually harm our kids”

April 20, 2022 by Melissa Edgington

It was Sunday morning, and the baseball team, ranging in age from nine to twelve years, met excitedly in the parking lot so their parents could take enthusiastic photos before caravanning to the tournament. Their car windows were covered in shoe-polished cheers, boasting the kids’ jersey numbers and shouting family excitement about the games before them. Some of the parents who took their place in the line of cars were professing Christians. Some were even pretty involved in the life of their church. But somewhere along the line, their understanding of the place of baseball in their kids’ lives changed. What started out as a once in awhile Sunday game turned into an every weekend, every Sunday commitment. And before long, they began speaking a truth directly to their kids’ hearts: church is a non-essential. And the longer this way of life continues, the more parents will speak to their kids’ hearts: Jesus isn’t central. Faith is a side interest. Church involvement has little to do with the rest of life. My own faith isn’t important to me. On and on the messaging goes, while well-meaning Christian parents convince themselves that they are acting in the best interest of their children. After several years of this messaging, kids’ hearts have learned the lessons. Faith is of very little consequence in their lives. Their parents have taught them well to major in the minors, and the result, in many cases, may even be eternal death.

Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? No true Christian who is a parent would ever in a million years say that an extra-curricular is worth their child’s soul. Yet, what seems like no big deal can result in a lifetime of faithlessness.

I’m not just talking about sports, either. Any good interest that a child nurtures can be transformed into an all-encompassing endeavor if parents don’t rein in their own drive and enthusiasm while tempering their child’s. We must teach our kids that literally any good and beneficial thing can become an idol that displaces Christ in our hearts.

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ANOTHER POLL

Gallup: 69% of Americans Identify as Christian

By Michael W. Chapman | December 27, 2021 | 10:11am EST

(CNS News) -- Based on two 2021 polls, Gallup found that nearly 75% of Americans identify with a specific religious faith, including 69% who identify as Christian.

However, that percentage has declined from 90% who identified as Christian in 1971, some 50 years ago. In addition, formal church membership has declined since the 1970s, as well, and it has "largely been driven by younger generations of Americans," reported Gallup. 

"About one in three U.S. young adults have no religious affiliation," according to the survey firm.

For the 69% of Americans who identify as Christian, 35% are Protestant, 22% Catholic, and 12% "identify with another Christian religion or simply as a 'Christian,'" reported Gallup.

Christianity in the United States continues to head in the wrong direction …………. Why?

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Luke 9: 23-25

Francis Schaffer said, “The basic problem of Christians is that they have seen [the world] in bits and pieces instead of totals.”

 

The 12 learning modules and parent resources promote a paradigm shift in Christian Education and Discipleship for high school students: intentional, structured and systematic.

 

Do you see an old woman or a young woman?

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22: 6

What will it take to disciple the next generation?

What will it take to disciple the next generation?

Barna Research Study

August 27, 2019

“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

Deuteronomy 6: 6-7

How does a parent “impress” Biblical teachings on a child in today’s world?

What does “train up a child in the way he should go” look like?

Should you handle Christian discipleship like our society handles your child’s schooling? Why or why not?

If you are like many, you may be very hesitant to head down a structured path to teach the Bible. After all, you can’t force Christianity on someone ……….. Right? That's not the way it works.

Before you dismiss this idea, think through what happens when you follow the crowd. The crowd is headed to a place with fewer and fewer Christians …………

“Your call is very important to us ………”

When you hear this automated greeting and are subsequently placed on hold, what do you think?

Are we doing the “same thing” to our children? Saying that Christianity is important, but acting otherwise.

This website endeavors to provide a non-denominational perspective on the Christian Faith. Catholic and/or Protestant denominations are not mentioned in the Bible. As full disclosure, the website favors a Baptist theology simply because I attend a Baptist church and understand this theological approach to the Bible best. For what it’s worth, I understand that it would be naive and presumptuous to think that Baptists have the “market cornered” on all doctrinal aspects of the Christian faith.

Bottom line - Jesus Christ claimed to be God. All of mankind must choose to believe in Him as Lord and Savior or not. Our children need to come face to face with this monumental claim and process the ramifications of their choice. If they choose to follow, they need to be productive kingdom citizens and live a life worthy of their calling.