September 10th, 2012
PART 2 – THE ANSWERS
The very thought provoking column by William Hageman of the Chicago Tribune which sparked these last two blog posts also tried to offer some solutions to this increasing crisis of Faith. (The column is headlined“TEACHING KIDS ABOUT FAITH WHEN YOU DON’T PRACTICE ONE”). Some of them are worth implementing immediately.
Hageman threw in some ideas from authors whose books have sold well in Christian circles (like Sticky Faith). He said that the topic of God is going to come up in the daily lives – mostly at school – of these kids who are not raised in households of faith. I would add, that God has His people, no matter how young or old, EVERYWHERE. Even in some crime-ridden public school in the worst-in-the-nation system in Chicago, we are finding out from my Gideon Bible brethren that sometimes the principal or an administration person may actually be a real Christian…..and as happened in a school in Springfield
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September 10th, 2012
PART 1 – THE FACTS
The Chicago Tribune ran a piece this morning in our local Faith section headlined “TEACHING KIDS ABOUT FAITH WHEN YOU DON’T PRACTICE ONE”! Now we can end this conversation right now with one word, which would finish the thought behind that headline – the word is “hypocrite”. But that is letting parents completely off the hook! While we know that most churches don’t teaching on hell, judgment or even the responsibility of EVERY human sitting in the pew, to Holy God, that does not lessen that said responsibility!
Incompetent and an increasingly disobedient church leadership is no excuse for parents being unable to account for the Spiritual Lives of their children. Every human being, ever born, will stand before Him on Judgment Day to give an account for our lives on this earth. Being too busy trying to pay the bills or too tired to read the Bible/pray/worship/fellowship
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