What is God's plan for the discipleship of the nations? Did the apostles reach the "kids" with a vacation Bible school? Or was there something more intensive going on with discipleship? Did they reach the fathers and mothers, teaching the fathers to bring their children up in the nurture of the Lord?
With a 2800% drop-off in a Biblical worldview among Christian kids in just one generation (from 14% down to 0.5%), the last 40 years of youth ministry have turned into an almost TOTAL DISASTER! Kevin Swanson interviews Scott Brown from the National Center for Family Integrated Churches on the vision for discipleship in the 21st century.
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“ Excellent Analysis! ” The regime under which I live has outlawed homeschooling. To give you an example of what that means: Just last week another family of homeschoolers had their parental rights revoked. The children have not been removed from the family, but that has come one step closer.
It is not officially mandatory to send one's children to a kindergarten, but there is definite pressure to do so.
Compulsory state education at an ever younger age, coupled with the economic social structures of the industrial West, has made it very difficult to disciple one's children, because the family is not together for the majority of waking hours.
Even where public education is not compulsory, given the current economic structures, the father, is absent from the family. It is he, however, who has been charged with the discipling of his children.
Yes, it is God's sovereign will which determines whether any particular person will come to saving faith; however, as was very correctly pointed out in this broadcast, we do have a responsibility to base our social structures on the biblical model - i.e. on God's Word and on His Word alone: Sola Scriptura.
Oh, may God see fit to give us repentence - which means a 100% turn around to follow Him in obedience!
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....
