Encouraging Family Reformation

The biblical institutions of church and family in America are in need of reformation. Some say that we are in the period of greatest apostasy in 500 years. Less than one-half of one percent of adults ages 18 to 23 years have a biblical worldview. Only one-third of Christian parents say their religious faith is one of the most important influences on their parenting and only 27% of Protestant parents are very familiar with what the Bible has to say about parenting. It is clear that many Christian parents are no longer discipling their children in the faith. The result---SBC’s Council on Family Life reported that roughly 88 percent of evangelical children are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. The problem is not only with the church and its program-oriented, marketing-driven growth philosophy, but also with parents, who have abdicated their role and responsibility in teaching, discipling, and nurturing their children in multigenerational faithfulness. The result is that the secular post-Christian culture has claimed the children and youth of America. When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3). We are encouraged by the fact that God is sovereign, Jesus Christ is Lord and His kingdom is forever. As we believe God's covenantal promise, our opportunity is great in working toward reformation of the family, the church, and the nations.

This blog links to a wide variety of writings on biblical issues regarding the family, biblical roles and relationships in the family, the church, education, and biblical worldview including ethics, apologetics, history, politics, and culture. The blog was created to encourage biblical family reformation through development of a clear family vision of multigenerational faithfulness. Our duties as parents include sharing the gospel with our children, discipling them in the faith (Deut 6:7), raising them in the fear, nuture, and admonition of the Lord (Prov 9:10; Eph 6:4), cultivating in them a biblical worldview (2 Cor 10:5), and providing them with the necessary tools to recognize and engage an increasingly humanistic, post-Christian culture while glorifying God.

June 8, 2009

Pray Without Ceasing

By Rev. Jason L. Kortering

How important is prayer in your life? In grasping for an answer to this important question, we undoubtedly evaluate our prayer life on two levels. First, we ask ourselves, how frequently do we pray? Do we pray when we arise at the beginning of the day? Do we sit down quietly at meal time and have devotions? If we are engaged in Christian education or have Christian gatherings, do we begin and end the meetings in prayer? What about the end of the day? Even as we begin to think about the frequency, we are reminded that there are times we pray alone, and other times when we have group prayers. How important is this?

Secondly, we evaluate on another level: how sincere are these prayers? Importance is not determined merely on the basis of frequency; we must add the spiritual dimension of sincerity. If prayer is important, it will not be an empty act of external piety, expected of me to perform, yet one I don't delight in. Rather, we will pray from the heart and have communion with our God. It will furnish us with spiritual energy and worshipful praise.

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