Beyond Belief

Mar 13–14, 2008 - comments: 2

Today on For Faith and Family, we are going to discuss what you need to know in order to help the young people of today to stand strong as they face the cultural concerns of our day. Dr. Richard Land, is going to be talking one-on-one with Josh McDowell. Josh has the results of some recent surveys that indicate some alarming trends seen in our young people.

As a parent I am very concerned about what these surveys indicate and I know that today’s broadcast will be of critical importance to all of our listeners.

Actually, I would go so far to say the results of what we are going to share today are going to be shocking to many of our listeners. But that is why we have invited our guest, Josh McDowell, to be with us today. I can’t wait to get into today’s discussion to hear about his plan to help parents ground their children in the truth.

In many ways, our young people today must endure a twenty-first century Coliseum. They may not face literal lions, but they quite possibly encounter more ethical and moral temptations, greater spiritual battles and more intense emotional and relational struggles than any other generation in history. I know your prayer-like mine- is that our kids will be strong in spirit and character, able to resist the pressures of a godless culture so that no matter what happens, then can live lives we can be proud of-lives that are pleasing to God and others.

topic(s): Faith, Family, Parenting

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1 On Jul 7th, 2006, at 4:28am, Vee May wrote:

I have a 19 year old son who is very confused and is making some bad choices. His Dad is a dropout Dad, even though our son lives with him. He and I were married for 30 years and have been divorced for 12. But, after hearing you on Faith and Family, I now realize that his Dad had a dropout Dad, too. My ex-husband had affairs all the time we were married, stole, conned people in business and was an abusive (verbally) husband. I see that the trend has been passed on to our son. It seems to me there is a drastic lack in men with the “Fathering Instinct” in America today. It is alarming how this lack has affected this whole generation. Please, Please, KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING - SOUNDING THE ALARM!!!! I am going to share what you said and this website, with my ex-husband. He is a pillar in his church (Assembly of God) and preaches, teaches Youth Sunday School, leads singing, plays the piano, etc. and is M I S E R A B L E!!!!!

2 On Mar 13th, 2008, at 12:47pm, Harry wrote:

I want to get Josh’s book “Beyond Belief to Convistions” because I am in complete agreement with his observation and hope to understand how I can help change things.  Through the Grace of God, I was given the insight to start a nightly devotional with my 6 year old son.  Now nearly 13, he finds his beliefs at odds with his youth group, youth leader, and most young adults in our church—in their relativistic truth, all religions lead to God mindset.  The youngest in the group, he is frequently made fun of because of his “narrow-minded” beliefs and often comes home feeling worse than when he went in.  I would certainly rather have this problem than be trying to deal with “whatever works for you”, but I pray that he could get connected with other youth that share his love for the Truth.  Josh’s book may help us both learn to relate to this confused generation.

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