As believers, we recognize that our kids have to grow up in a world that
seems so much more lost than anything we experienced. This can cause us
to want to double down on protecting them and even isolating them from
the world around them. While there is an appropriate level of insulation
for our kids, we also have to recognize that part of our job is
teaching them how to interact with their world. For the gospel to be
advanced in their generation, they will have to both know Jesus and
their culture. A word in Scripture that Jesus uses in this discussion is
‘sanctification.’ This concept has direct application to believers who
are trying to figure out how to interact with this world and how to
navigate it with our children. Let’s see what Jesus has to say in His
prayer for His disciples on this topic.