Let me say that I am not for totally getting rid of Sunday School. I agree that it should be renovated and a shared responsibility. It sounds to me it’s more about the content that is taught in Sunday school. Having an allotted time for teaching God’s word is not the problem, it is what is taught as well as how it’s taught. It sounds to me that Sunday school teachers will need more knowledge then just teaching nice Bible stories. It sounds like teachers will need to be prepared and have some skill in teaching apologetics. The question I have, who will want to step up to this responsibility? This type of teacher will have to do some work to have a good understanding in apologetics.
I agree that this is just not a Sunday school problem. Parents will have to step up to the plate to teach their own children. I understand this can be tough because it takes time. It takes time for the parent to read and understand the material. Then the parents will have to relay it to their children. This all takes time. However, if you do, do this, your faith will become much stronger and your kids have a much better chance of staying with their faith. I see this as a top priority for any Christian family.
I have to say I am blessed to have my oldest son take a strong interest in apologetics. If I did not talk about it with him or have apologetics books laying around he may have not gotten interested in it. He could have, but I wanted to do my part in taking responsibility to expose him to it. The Bible talks about raising your kids in the way of the Lord.
Apologetics should be a value in our Christian families. It should be another aspect of raising our kids in the ways of the Lord. I understand I may be coming off in this blog a bit tough, but we need to know why we believe what we believe.
I am not talking about sitting your kids down in your house in desks and having class for an hour everyday. If you want to do that, go for it. I have little conversations with Hunter here and there. I read something and then I bring it up to him to see if he has thought about this. Here is example. "Hunter, can you prove that Jesus was raised from the dead?" It is planting the seed. Hopefully they bite. Another thing my wife and I have done is talk about those issues in front of the kids.
- I like doing it and
- The kids are listening.
These are some tips to help with "time" issue and getting the juices running with your kids.
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