2. 1. Christian parents
don’t guarantee
Christian children.

3. 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the
sons of Eli were
scoundrels who had no
respect for the LORD

4. 1 Samuel 8:1 As
Samuel grew old, he
appointed his sons to
be judges over Israel.

5. 1 Samuel 8:2 Joel and Abijah, his
oldest sons, held court in
Beersheba. 3 But they were not
like their father, for they were
greedy for money. They accepted
bribes and perverted justice.

6. Proximity to religion
doesn’t mean
relationship with
Jesus

7. 1. Overprotective
• Helicopter
• Demonize
• Afraid
• False separation
• Complexity

8. 2.Shallow
•What happens in church stays in
church.
•No deep connections.
•The ideal and the real.

9. 3. Anti-science
•Enemies.
•Incompatible.
•Daniel 1:4 the language and the
literature of Babylon.

10. 4. Repressive
•The most access to sex of any
generation.
•The most tolerant of sexual
preferences.

11. 5. Exclusive
•Multicultural America. ½ are white.
4/5 were white 50 years ago.
•Great agreement generation.

12. 6. Doubtless
“Doubt is the ants in the
pants of faith” Frederich Buchner

13. 2. Children are
books to be read,
not written.

14. 1 Samuel 8:3 But they were not
like their father… 5 “Look,”
they told him, “you are now
old, and your sons are not like
you.

15. 1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told
Eli everything; he didn’t hold
anything back. “It is the
LORD’s will,” Eli replied. “Let
him do what he thinks best.”

16. Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he
should go,
And when he is old he will not
depart from it.

17. Ask yourself
three key
questions.

18. Do they know Him?
Do you know them?
Do they know you?

19. 3. All is not lost.
Especially not
our children.

20. To do:
1.Make sure you’re sure.
2.Never give up.
3.Listen.

21. “Your children are going to break
your heart. Somehow, somewhere.
Maybe more than once. To become
a parent is to promise to love
prodigals”
(“You Lost Me”James K. A. Smith)