I've been reading Voddie Baucham's new book called Family Driven Faith. Today I came across a paragraph I just loved and had to quote.
In typical Voddie fashion, the author confronts the culture of the American church and American Christian families and exposes the idiocy of what is considered "normal" in so many congregations today. Get this--
"One day you visit a church, your teen goes off to the youth service, your little one goes off to children's church, the baby goes to the nursery, and you and your spouse get a great seat in a plush auditorium with first-class music, professional drama, a relevant, encouraging, application-oriented, non-threatening talk, and you get it all in just under an hour. Moreover, you look at the brochures, and it's right there in black and white: 'Our youth ministry exists to do the job that you've neglected all these years.' What a deal! We don't have to keep the little one quiet, we get our needs met, and to top it off, the youth guy is going to disciple my teenager (whom I don't even like right now). Who cares if the youth guy has only been married a few months and has never even attempted to disciple a child of his own. 'Count me in!'"
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Wow! What an indictment. I look forward to reading this book. Thanks for the post!
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ReplyDeleteJust so you know, I would not necessarily buy the book. Though I think it's good, it's not earth-shatteringly so. There is that great paragraph, and a wonderful chapter on biblical marital love, but other than that, I guess it's a lot of stuff I already knew and believed.