Faith Isn’t a Formula
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What makes some young adults resilient in the faith, while others walk away completely? Pastor Mark Matlock and researcher David Kinnaman talk about the five characteristics and practices of resilient Christians: experiencing Jesus; forging meaningful, intergenerational relationships; developing cultural discernment; training for vocational discipleship; and engaging in counter-cultural mission.
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| 0:00.0 | All of us's parents will do whatever we need to do to help our children grow up walking |
| 0:06.1 | in the truth, walking in faith. |
| 0:09.0 | Author and researcher David Keneman says, there is no recipe for success. |
| 0:15.0 | What we learn over and over and over is that faith isn't a formula. |
| 0:19.1 | It is being led as parents by the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:21.9 | We did learn some practices, but you can't boil a faith down to a simple set of do this |
| 0:27.2 | twice a week and these conversations and everything is going to turn out right. |
| 0:31.2 | In fact, every story is unique. |
| 0:33.4 | Every heart, every soul is unique, and I think we have to honor that first and foremost |
| 0:37.5 | is that each young person, God speaking into their hearts and sometimes their hearts become |
| 0:42.4 | hard and for reasons that we can't control and we should have tried to control those. |
| 0:47.2 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 0:48.7 | Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Bob Lupine. |
| 0:51.4 | You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. |
| 0:55.2 | While there's no recipe for raising kids who walk faithfully with Christ, there are some |
| 1:01.8 | best practices that we can consider and learn from and maybe adapt in our own families. |
| 1:07.0 | We'll explore that today. |
| 1:09.2 | Stay with us. |
| 1:18.1 | And welcome to Family Life Today. |
| 1:19.6 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:21.1 | I've shared this before, but I just feel like it needs to be said over and over again. |
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