Hey, this is David Platt. Secret Church 25 is finally happening, Lord willing, this April 11th.

And there's still time to join us for six hours, believers from all over the world coming together online to study the book of Matthew,

discovering how to make our lives count for what matters most, and praying for the persecuted church.

This is the night you don't want to miss.

So sign up now at radical.net slash SC25. I hope to see you there.

You are listening to Radical with David Platt, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages from

pastor, author, and teacher David Platt. Well, if you have a Bible, and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with,

let me invite you to open with me to Colossians chapter 3.

Today, we're going to see how Jesus totally transforms parenting, what it means to be a parent and a child.

I want to start, similar to how I did last week, with more data and a few more disclaimers.

So first, the data.

There is no question that much like marriage is under attack in our culture,

the relationships between parents and children are also under attack.

Like I heard just this week about how here in Virginia, various schools and counties where

our church family resides have practices in place where children can transition, so to speak,

their gender with the support of the school without

parents even knowing about it.

There's actually a vote this Wednesday for parental involvement in this issue to be reinstated

and affirmed from the schools.

So I want to encourage members of our church who are in Virginia to find out more about that,

how you can work for justice in this area on behalf of children and parents.

At the same time, much like I mentioned last week, I also want us to see some data about how we are approaching children and parents, even in the church.

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