How Can I Help My Kids Have Authentic Faith?

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How Can I Help My Kids Have Authentic Faith?

25 min

Watch On

FamilyParenting

How Can I Help My Kids Have Authentic Faith?

25 min

Episode 911 Show Notes

From the Show

The primary influence in our kids’ lives is parents. We have to set an example and model what it looks like to love and follow Jesus. It is also necessary that we give them the grammar of the faith and read the Bible with them.

–Adriel Sanchez

How Can I Help My Kids Have Authentic Faith?

Questions in this Episode

  1. I have thinking about the holocaust recently and I am really struggling with the idea that these people not only suffered so much but may not be in heaven. Is there any hope for them?
  2. As a parent, how do we make sure that we are setting our children up to have an authentic Christian life with God? I feel like I missed out on a lot growing up until now and I don’t want me kids to be 40 like me before they get this gift.
  3. My church is moving to a closed communion and some are upset because they see it as discriminatory. What are your thoughts?
  4. My boyfriend is trying to get into Christianity, and he is always asking me, what is the difference between Christianity and Catholics?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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