Today I’m writing for More to Life Magazine about how the Israelites shared their faith, how it can shape the way we share our faith with our kids, and how it inspired my book, The Story of King Jesus.
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Last year, my daughter turned four. As a parent, I feel the same burden many Christian parents feel: I want to pass my faith to my children. I want my daughter to know Christ. I want her to walk with him for the rest of her life.
But I also know the odds are against her.
Research shows that a majority of young people who grow up in church disconnect from their faith or their church—or both—later in life (source: Barna). Let that sink in: more than half of those who make a decision for Christ as children will exhibit no meaningful sign of it by the time they reach adulthood.
It’s not for a lack of effort on our part. Over the years, we’ve come up with a host of tools to help us share the gospel—the Sinner’s Prayer, Four Spiritual Laws, the Romans Road…
Anyone remember the Wordless Book—or its relatively more recent incarnation, the Wordless Bracelet?
But our tools and methods for passing on our faith are failing us. More importantly, they’re failing our children.
So what do we do? The answer might just be closer than we think…
Read the rest at More to Life Magazine.
Ben Irwin 
I came here expecting an April Fools’ Day twist. I didn’t get one—WAIT, IS THAT THE JOKE?
But for serious: nice article.
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Did I leave out the part where you have to wear an epic beard like Moses’ in order to tell the story right? Dang.
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