Curt Collins talks about raising teenagers in a Christian Family and the importance of them reading scripture in light of issues they may be facing.
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CURT COLLINS: Well, I think when I really came to Christ, I’ll never forget it, it was my 11th Grade year. I made a retreat, and I’ll never forget the pastor saying, “You know, Christ is really looking at you right now and wanting you to follow in his ways and walk in his footsteps and his pathways.” And as a teenager that was kind of a hard thing to do, you know. But something hit me that day and I was on fire and have been on fire ever since.
My parents always raised me to go to church. I mean, that was not an exception. And with my family, I have two teenage boys, it’s not an exception. We go every Sunday, whether they want to go or not. Because, you know, in the Bible it talks about “raise up your child in God lest they fall away in life”, you know, and that’s the hope and a prayer that my wife and I have, that they will continue to walk Christ. Well, I think first of all when they’re teenagers they don’t listen anyway, you know? Daddy doesn’t have any answers at all, you know, he’s just stupid. As they get older, I think they’ll start coming around, you know. But I think just being an example, you know, to them and just constantly saying, “No, no, what is the Bible telling you about this?” Or your mother and dad, you’re supposed to respect your mother and father. You know, what is scripture saying about this situation you’re in right now? And I think that’s been the way that we’ve kept them in the right light, I guess if you want to call it the right light, you know raising them right.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on September 15th, 2007 and filed under Bible, Video Stories, Christian Families.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:08 am
I remember a time when my father passed and I was having a conversation with my Uncle Jim, who helped raise my two cousins (both boys). Uncle Jim shared this exact same sentiment! I asked, “Uncle Jim, how did you do it? How did you raise great boys?” At that time my boys were just starting out!
He shared this: “Keep them in church!”
It’s a much different world than when we were raising our two young boys. I chatted with a young mom a month or so ago. Her six-year-old daughter asked her, “Mommy, what’s church?”
This mom shared with me that she didn’t want her daughter being raised in a society where priests were arrested for child molestation, or pastors and priests were gay … and how could she raise her child in church when she herself didn’t trust church any longer?
I think there is such a thing as Toxic Churches. Maybe we should talk about that when sharing our testimonies? I think that this message isn’t about churches that are toxic … rather the heart of a man whose message is about “teach your children who is the church”!
Be blessed and enjoy Curt’s video!