Discipleship Starts in the Home

It can be daunting to share the Gospel with others.

It can be even more daunting to share the Gospel with your own kids.

I know many Christian dads who want good kids. They want children who make good grades at school, play on a sports team or in the school band, don’t swear and cuss, and are respectful to others. They want children who don’t get in trouble with the law and go to church on a regular basis.

Those dads want kids who are easy to raise and hard to punish.

Those dads want kids who don’t require much instruction or discipline.

Those dads want kids who look good on the outside, regardless of what their heart looks like on the inside.

I hate to break it to you, but just because your kid looks good in the world’s eyes doesn’t mean that they’re a follower of Christ.

Now, don’t get me wrong—there are plenty of kids who are both good kids and Christ followers. But what I’m saying is that being a good kid is just not good enough.

I think many Christian dads want kids who don’t require much instruction or discipline because discipleship takes work.

It’s hard to become a disciple of Christ. It’s even harder to raise disciples.

But as fathers, we have an obligation to our children to instruct them in the ways of the Lord. And that must happen when our children are still in the house.

The most formative years in your children’s lives will be from the time they are born until they leave the house as young adults.

So how will you raise them as disciples?