Why Are Parents Finding It Increasingly Difficult To Impart A Biblical Worldview In Their Children?

By Gil Cohen | Monday, 16 May 2022 05:15 AM
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Why Are Parents Finding It Increasingly Difficult To Impart A Biblical Worldview In Their Children?

Parents of pre-teens are in "a state of spiritual distress" as a contemporary cultural commitment to biblical Christianity increasingly fades.

As parents struggle to make sense of it all, The Christian Post's Leonardo Blair believes a "tragic crash" could be on the way.

Blair’s current article tackles these important subjects as he breaks down not only what's happening but how parents can successfully build a biblical worldview in, for, and via their children.

Listen to this important discussion on "The Christian Post Podcast: The Inside Story" (and subscribe to the podcast):

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“Parents, to whom the Bible assigns the primary responsibility for shaping the worldview of their children, are called to equip youngsters to grow up in a relationship with and service to God. That requires the intentional and consistent development of a biblical worldview in the minds and hearts of children since every person’s worldview begins developing before their second birthday,” Barna clarified.

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“Yet parents are not devoted to biblical worldview development in their children partly because they do not possess a biblical worldview to pass on to their progeny. The CRC research reveals that a paltry 2% of the parents of preteens — children in the worldview development window — have a biblical worldview.”

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A big reason for the absence of a biblical worldview in parents today is syncretism. This ideology is represented as “the worldview that merges otherwise incompatible philosophies of life into a made-to-order worldview that incorporates enough biblical elements to be minimally Christian in nature.” According to Barna, under the influence of syncretism, the American Church has failed to maintain the Christian faith earnestly.

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“The American Church has reduced the entry bar so much that it is difficult to identify any beliefs that disqualify one from declaring to be Christian. The parents of children under the age of 13 are a stellar example of this Christian nominalism that is widely acknowledged as spiritually normal and healthy,” he stated.

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“Indeed, a worldview comprises a unified series of beliefs that then determine behavior. The alarm bell has not been rung because there is no single belief, or even limited series of identified beliefs, that are acknowledged as undermining Christianity or disqualifying an amenable adult from being considered a disciple of Jesus.”

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Barna indicated that one explanation for the current crisis of faith is that the American Church is reckoning the wrong indicators of faith.

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“By emphasizing measures such as church attendance and participation in prayer, the emphasis is placed upon the quantity rather than the quality of spiritual activity, and on overt participation rather than core developmental efforts,” he stated.

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“In other words, the emphasis is placed upon breadth rather than depth. But even more significantly, the spiritual warning signs have been misinterpreted. By looking for glaring deficiencies in the lives of self-described Christians, leaders have ignored the importance of numerous, less noticeable deficiencies. They conclude that nobody is perfect, so while some identifiable spiritual and lifestyle defects exist among parents, they are not sufficiently disturbing to constitute a crisis or require a concerted call to action.”

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