Discipleship Parenting

The Bible contains foundational truths that change everything about our lives, including our parenting. We live in a "me, myself, and I" world where we are the main character. The reality is that everything is about God. It is His story.

Over the next eight podcast episodes, we are going to share Chosen Gen's book, Discipleship Parenting Foundations, as an audiobook. This book is a call back to the biblical foundations that change every area of our lives, including how we raise our children. It is an urgent reminder of our God-given role to disciple our kids, showing them how to walk the path following Jesus, not the wide road of this world. In chapter one, we examine the sobering statistic that 60 percent of the next generation is walking away from the faith by the time they reach adulthood and why it is happening.

As humans, we spend so much time boasting. We do it to defend ourselves, earn respect, or seek after love. The Bible tells us instead to boast in Jesus. It is in knowing God, His love, and redemption that we discover the reason and power of this boasting.

Life is filled with uncertainty. Do you find yourself coping with it all by seeking safety? As Christians, it's important that we don't get sucked up in the world's false promises of security, but rather, run to the one place it is truly found.

Help me overcome my unbelief! As Christians, we have every reason to be people of great faith. Let's turn our doubting laughter into confident prayers to God. As Jesus said, "Everything is possible for one who believes."

Spring has arrived and so has spring fever. The birds are singing, things are growing, cleaning is happening, and the warm sunshine is satisfying. As Christians, how is your relationship with God? Does it feel like you have been enduring a "winter" season? Let us desire to have God fever where our relationship is one that is full of life!

Jesus said it best in Luke 17, "Remember Lot's wife!" We know the infamous story of her turning into a pillar of salt for looking back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. What is the warning for us, Christians, mercifully rescued by our Savior?

Can you imagine Jesus pointing out that you are a person of great faith? For two people in the Bible, this happened! What can we learn from their stories? What did Jesus see in them? How can we live lives of great faith?

Do our kids need smartphones? One job we have as parents is to protect our children from danger. Do smartphones in the hands of our kids help us do that? Or do they actually expose them to backdoor dangers that can have lasting impacts on their faith?

Most Americans would agree that our nation has real problems that need solving. They are issues that stem from a sinful people that have turned away from God and His ways. For healing to come to the US, it needs to start in our families, which are the foundation of any society. Parents, let's examine our families in humility, repent for our sins, and seek after God.