The Challenge of Child Raising

I. 2011 Barna Group Survey - Reasons why young people are leaving the church

1. Churches seem overprotective
2. Experience Christianity is shallow
3. Churches come across as antagonistic to science
4. Experiences related to sexuality are often simplistic,judgmental
5. Wrestle with exclusive nature of Christianity
6. Church feels unfriendly to those who doubt

How we then raise our children based on this context.

1. 2 Cor 12:14
2. Proverbs 3:1-2
3. Proverbs 3:20-22
4. Proverbs 6:20-21
5. Proverbs 13:22
6. Proverbs 19:14
7. Proverbs 8:21-36

Challenge of Child Raising

1. Our strength becomes our great weakness - ".... trying to convince
   kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity" (Phil Viscker - creator of Veggie Tales.) "Our gospel has become a gospel of following your dreams and being good so God will make all your dreams come true. It's the Oprah god"