Christian Activism Begins at Home

An Interview with Voddie Baucham
Outspoken Teacher Says Culture Will Change When Christians Change Their View of Church and Family

from Agape Press
by Rusty Benson

Voddie Baucham, the Houston, Texas, teacher/author is an imposing figure in the pulpit. His simple, but persuasive, analysis of what's wrong in America and how to fix it demands attention. {Discipling our children; home schooling; stopping government control}

A return to a Christian consensus of values in America will come only when believers re-evaluate the nature of the church -- and more fundamentally -- the role of the family as the preeminent disciple-maker of their children.

Baucham contends that God intends for the home to be where Christian children are spiritually nurtured into mature adults who can influence all spheres of life for Christ. At the same time, every new generation of Christian parents must pass their faith on to their own children. He calls the concept "multi-generational faithfulness" and argues that the chain is broken when Christian parents abdicate their discipling duties to church programs.

According to Baucham this lack of discipleship in the home is why statistics show that many young people from church-going homes leave the faith during their college years and why Christianity's voice in American culture is waning.

In my opinion, this is what makes the home-school movement so important. Because you are getting children out of the public school system that has them for 45-50 hours a week and inundates them in this anti-Christian, secular humanistic mentality and into a situation where discipleship is the key to their education. It's only here that multi-generational faithfulness can take place.

In a recent sermon you referred to a study of youth and religion by the Sociology Department of the University of North Carolina. That study shows that children overwhelmingly practice the religion of their parents as long as they live at home. However you claim that other studies indicate that by the end of their freshman year in college, between 75 and 88 percent have left the church. Is there any recapturing this generation?

With Christ there is always hope, but currently I don't see any indication that that will happen. In fact, the institutions of our culture -- the public school system, the media, our universities, politics, corporate America, the judiciary -- all are perpetuating the acceptance of ungodly practices such as same-sex marriage and euthanasia.

The one hopeful sign I see is that the home-schooling movement is thriving. {Not if the liberal NEA has anything to say about it....but that is another blog} If there is an answer, I believe that is it.

The life issues, including abortion, euthanasia, partial-birth abortion. These issues are still critical because the acceptance of them indicates that we are moving further and further down the road of devaluing life. For example, right now I believe we are quickly moving from a discussion about the "right to die" to the "obligation to die."

Another thing I'm concerned about is the nature and role of the government in our nation. We have moved so far toward a socialist mentality, largely through our schools, that many people believe with all their heart that it's the government's job to take care of people. That misunderstanding impacts many other issues including the role of family.

{Look at the colossal failure of socialism and communism. Americans need to STOP this in its tracks and demand that our Republic be protected. Kick those in politics out who are socialists or communists. They SHOULD not be representing us. Can't tell? Watch how they vote for certain bills~~it becomes more obvious then.

Personally, I think it may already be too late......the majority of the American people don't care. They are too busy trying to make ends meet to pay any attention to what our leaders are doing or they expect to be taken care of through the largesse of government....

Only God can turn this nation around. The question is, will He? Or will He instead allow America to reap what she has sown the last 40 years? A godless nation deserving judgment...}



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