American Protestantism and its consequences have been devastating to Christianity (speaking as one myself).
The way you help your children keep the faith is by teaching apologetics. When they go to college (which they probably shouldn't), if they hear any kind of new argument against God, you have failed as a parent.
Of course, teaching apologetics requires knowing apologetics, which no American does, especially the pastors.
I’m 42 and grew up non denominational but started going to a Lutheran church a few years ago (one of the conservative branches of Lutheran church) and asked if I could do confirmation with the 6th and 7th graders. They let me and one of the lessons before we graduated was apologetics. Very good lesson. I really didn’t hear about it much growing up I just believed because he did. Reading CS Lewis helps with that understanding as well
American Protestantism and its consequences have been devastating to Christianity (speaking as one myself).
The way you help your children keep the faith is by teaching apologetics. When they go to college (which they probably shouldn't), if they hear any kind of new argument against God, you have failed as a parent.
Of course, teaching apologetics requires knowing apologetics, which no American does, especially the pastors.
I’m 42 and grew up non denominational but started going to a Lutheran church a few years ago (one of the conservative branches of Lutheran church) and asked if I could do confirmation with the 6th and 7th graders. They let me and one of the lessons before we graduated was apologetics. Very good lesson. I really didn’t hear about it much growing up I just believed because he did. Reading CS Lewis helps with that understanding as well
Lewis should be required reading in any church.
Agreed. We read Mere Christianity in one of our Bible study groups. As a kid my mom made me read Screwtape Letters and Pilgrims Progress by Bunyan