Christ for Disciplers

Repetition is the mother of learning. The resurrection then is the one truth that we need to repeatedly hear and repeatedly repeat to our children.  The resurrection is not just for Easter, and never was. Today's podcast repeats this idea...

What are your Easter traditions? Choose them wisely as they will stick with your children for a lifetime and perhaps be what your great grandchildren do. This week’s podcast comments on some common traditions.

Fasting is in many places in the Bible. Modern Christians either ignore it or mandate it as a law to others. This week’s podcast answers a question about how to instruct the next generation about this spiritual tool.

The number of children God has given you is the right number. The number of children God has given you may change your discipleship strategies. This week’s podcast shares practical advice on discipling a pile of children.

Jesus dying and rising are the biggest actions of the Bible. More Christians gather in worship to hear this proclaimed than at any other time. But most Christians do not understand how long Jesus suffered hell. Train your children to know what the Bible says and celebrate appropriately.

Soon Christians will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Is that an Easter celebration? Or is Easter a pagan term that Christians need to avoid. That’s a good question for us to consider as we train children to celebrate Jesus’ defeat of death.

Polls in England suggest that most adults doubt whether Jesus was a real person even though there is most written evidence in secular and religious writings for Jesus than any other person in history. Make sure your children know the facts and get the Spirit to believe what it means for them.

Have you ever been both afraid and overjoyed? Those are usually the best moments in life -- a wedding or the birth of a child. The resurrection of Jesus is one event that gives us and our children that same double response.

God could have sent angels to announce in brightness to your children that Jesus rose from the dead. But you got the job! A serious and wonderful privilege that deserves our focus and training. Take 10 minutes today and dialogue with the Christ for Disciplers podcast...

The soldiers who guarded Jesus’ tomb shook and then became like statues when an angel appeared and revealed the empty tomb. We want to share that same message of life with our children but have them respond not with fear but with joy and motivation for their lives.