In this episode of the Collide Kids Podast, we're thrilled to welcome Adam Sculnick, an incredible dad and the lead pastor at a dynamic church in Fremont, Michigan. Adam joins host Christen Clark to talk about the book he's written called "Intentional Fatherhood", available on Amazon, that teaches dads seeking to be more involved in their kids' faith journey . We dive into Adam's insights on the importance of faith in the family, and the crucial role dads play in shaping their children's spiritual lives. Adam shares some of his insightful and unique ideas, including a game father's could play with their kids to get them excited about the Bible, as well as the great value of humility and learning new answers together with our children. You are going to love this conversation about being a spiritually intentional dad on the Podcast today. Plus Kids Only Segment featuring Easton and Ryder!
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The Evolution of Family and Faith: "There's this shift that's happened where my parents generation, the people above me, they were raised in like a counterculture where they didn't love but were forced to go to church. Then there was a shift. They sort of rebelled against that. So they allowed my generation to not see it as a priority. So then there's been another shift where it's become a priority, but my generation is not equipped, and so they pass it on to people who are."
— Adam Sculnick [00:07:31 → 00:07:59]
The Shift in Christian Practice: "And so you see a lot of education being done by the state, so whatever school the kid goes to and religious education, especially in Christianity, being done by the church. So kids go to children's ministry and then youth ministry and then young adult ministry, and the parents go to worship. And it's like a separate thing that they just do at the same time. But what ends up happening is in the home, it looks very much like every other home. It's a secular environment. So the kids are doing their thing and the adults are doing their thing. And even when they're together, faith is not the center of it. But if you look back historically, Christianity had almost always been that the home was the center of your faith, and then it worked itself out into the church and the community."
— Adam Sculnick [00:07:59 → 00:08:42]
Engaging Men in Church Life: "As it turns out, men are the largest lacking demographic in most north american churches. Men don't come to church. Moms bring their kids. Men go fishing or watch football or sleep in because they worked all week or whatever, but it's just not a priority for men."
— Adam Sculnick [00:08:55 → 00:09:12]
Intentional Fatherhood: "So it's meant to help you get back into that old pattern of men teaching their sons to be men who can then teach their sons to be men. And then we have generations of strong men who can lead in their churches and lead in their homes, not because women can't, but because women shouldn't do it by themselves."
— Adam Sculnick [00:10:05 → 00:10:22]
Father-Son Relationships: "So, like the subtitl
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