Guests: Holly Hamilton, Sandy Leydig, and Joel Gordon
Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul
By George Barna
Section ONE - The Importance of Children
Section TWO - The Four Principles of a Disciple
Section THREE - Families and Churches in Partnership
Section One - The Importance of Children
Chapter 1 - Making the Most of Your Life
- Most young adults (54%) admit they often feel anxious, depressed, or unsafe
- The Great Commitment is your promise to God that you will apply yourself to carrying out those challenges - with His authority, in His power, and for His glory
- Parents have PRIMARY responsibility for the total well-being of their children - education, discipline, protection - but the most vital aspect of their development is spiritual formation.
Chapter 2 - Realigning Our Course Trajectory
- Many embrace the label of “spiritual but not religious”
- LESS than 1% of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old Americans have a biblical worldview
Parenting Tactics
- Prioritizing spiritual development
- Establishing inflexible Bible-based priorities and boundaries
- Discipling each child
- Influencing the choice of their friends
- CONSISTENCY is the single, most important attribute…
Chapter 3 - Disciple-Making, Yes-But Why Disciple Children?
- Who has the greatest impact/influence on our kids - the arts and entertainment media industry…
- Act of repetition
- Peer acceptance
Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!