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Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes To Raise Sons And Daughters Who Walk With God
More teens are turning away from the faith than ever before: it is estimated that 75 to 88% of Christian teens walk away from Christianity by the end of their freshman year of college. Something must be done.
Family Driven Faith equips Christian parents with the tools they need to raise children biblically in a post-Christian, anti-family society. Voddie Baucham, who with h
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Over the years and since having become a mommy I have read many books on raising children. However, there is one book that I recently read that stands out from all of the rest. This is the book that I recommend and sincerely wish that all Christian families would read. It is called “Family Driven Faith” by Voddie Baucham Jr. I loved this book and it quickly rose to the top of my favorite’s list because of the impact it had on our life as a family.
The book is based on Deuteronomy 6. T...more
The book is based on Deuteronomy 6. T...more
I appreciate that Baucham says plainly things that need to be said. It is surprising how myopic we can be. We assume readily that the way things are now is the way things have always been. We cannot imagine it differently. Even a little familiarity with church history will show us that the typical church in America for the last five or six decades looks very different from church in the last two thousand years, and particularly in regards to the modern concept of youth ministry.
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Something is missing in evangelical circles and that something is our children. Statistics show that children raised in evangelical (and I use that term as loosely as the statistical studies do) families are leaving the church at an alarming rate. In his book, Family Driven Faith, Voddie Baucham addresses this issue head on, placing the blame for these departures squarely at the feet of the parents. He begins by bringing the problem into focus by presenting the above mentioned statistics and ill...more
Wow! I loved this book, and not just because I agreed with the author - he also challenged me! In the areas of homeschooling and children, I felt bolstered and supported, not just from the author, but from God's Word. I'm challenged to actively involve our family in our family Bible study, truly imparting God's Word to them.
Some of my fave quotes:
On homeschooling: "The Nehemiah Institute has demonstrated since 1988 that education is the greatest shaper of worldview. ...more
Some of my fave quotes:
On homeschooling: "The Nehemiah Institute has demonstrated since 1988 that education is the greatest shaper of worldview. ...more
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Excellent book filled with lots of unpopular ideas. Loved it!
"The largest rise of full-time youth ministers in history has been accompanied by the biggest decline in youth evangelism effectiveness." (Alvin Reid) All Christian churches and parents should be alarmed by the statistic that nearly **75%** (an optimistic percentage) of all teens leave the church by the end of their first year in college. These are kids who are raised in homes where church attendance and partic...more
"The largest rise of full-time youth ministers in history has been accompanied by the biggest decline in youth evangelism effectiveness." (Alvin Reid) All Christian churches and parents should be alarmed by the statistic that nearly **75%** (an optimistic percentage) of all teens leave the church by the end of their first year in college. These are kids who are raised in homes where church attendance and partic...more
This book is superb. It cuts to the quick the tired theory that children be separated into their little groups at church or that the church, in fact, is the organization primarily responsible for shepherding children in the faith.
Every churched couple contemplating children should read this book. And for those already entrenched in the standard church routine, it is never too late to change.
Every churched couple contemplating children should read this book. And for those already entrenched in the standard church routine, it is never too late to change.
This book is by far the most encouraging, most convicting, most practical, most Biblical parenting book I've ever read. After reading this (wishing I could give it more than five stars) I changed some of the reviews I've written on other parenting books. Voddi Baucham, Jr. is genuine, articulate and firmly grounded in the Word of God and does not mince words when it comes to calling parents (and churches) to focus on multigenerational faithfulness as a primary goal. We will be implementing so...more
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This was an excellent book that spoke straight to parents about the necessity of training up their own kids. Baucham knows how to take the word of God and aim for the heart. His writing is both insightful and convicting. He highlights the shallowness of American Christianity and the generation it has produced. He places the blame at the feet of parents and challenges Christian parents to their Biblical mandate to raise up and train their children in the teaching and admonition of the Lord rather...more
Awesome, awesome, awesome. I am considering buying this book and I NEVER buy books (I am too cheap and our library system is great). This book gave me so much to think about and my husband and I are going to make some changes in our family on account of what we read. Immediately after I finished the book I had him read it too. I am not really sure how to distill the book down, except to say that every parent who wants to raise Christian children better think seriously about the principles he...more
I was disappointed by this book. I admit out front that there are several valid criticisms of the Western Church that I agree with, in fact, I agree with much of Baucham's assessment of the state of families and their need for family worship/bible reading.
However, the book comes off mostly as an exercise in glorifying Voddie Baucham, which was very off-putting, and made it hard to read. Every major example of what's right is an example of how Baucham did it right. The whole thing is ...more
However, the book comes off mostly as an exercise in glorifying Voddie Baucham, which was very off-putting, and made it hard to read. Every major example of what's right is an example of how Baucham did it right. The whole thing is ...more
good book, although i wish i knew a bunch of others who had read it so that i could talk it over with them. the author is a bit (ok, maybe a lot) extreme in some of his positions. he's definitely too fundamentalist for me, in that he says things are black and white that i think we have freedom in. for example, type of schooling for our kids. while there are great parts to the book, parts i want to really think about and implement in our family, i think it's a book that needs to be read with ...more
In Family Driven Faith, Voddie Baucham is sounding a trumpet and he is sounding it with as much force as he can possibly muster! Voddie paints a very bleak reality for the state of the American Christian family, and I am afraid that his assessment is accurate in far more homes than we care to admit. He highlights the horrendous stats concerning those who grow up in a "Christian home" only to walk away from their roots once they leave the house. The basic premise of the entire book i...more
In this stage of our lives, with the exception of the Bible, this book has done more to promote growth and change in our live than any other book. Both my husband and I have read it at the same time and through it we have been able to understand how to apply the words that God has toward parents and the plan he has for discipling and training our children in Him. I don't want to walk step by step of what the author teaches, but just to say that if you desire to have a family and children that i...more
Sheesh, this book kicked me in the butt. And it made me realize the responsibility I have to love my wife and lead my family to walk with God. It honestly changed my life. I didn't agree with all of Voddie's opinions (he is against student ministry and birth control and public schools), but I definitely agreed with his main, overarching message. It is one that needs to be heard. I actually bought a case to give away.
Apart from the Bible itself (Baucham himself would point you to Deuteronomy) I can think of no better book out there on what God expects from the family. Extremely challenging, extremely convicting, extremely practical. Churches ought to be imploring the fathers to read it, and young men and women thinking about getting married ought to digest it all as well.
This book is the straw that broke the "I will never homeschool" camel's back. So many convicting points about who is responsible for the education of your child(ren). Even if you are adament about not homeschooling, Dr. Baucham has many many valuable points to make about family life. An inspiring read that is bible based. I love it!
I loved this book. I thought he did an amazing job articulating the need for worship within the home. It really made me feel encouraged in what we are doing as a family. Adding worship into our daily life has made such an impact in our family, and this book gives wonderful ideas on how to do it. It is a wonderful book for families.
This book is a critical call for parents, especially fathers, to take responsibility for raising their kids to love Christ. Baucham thinks the church should equip them to do so. He is a little too suspicious about age-segregated meetings at church, but given the mess that such programs often make, he is right to lean that way.
Awesome and challenging books. Glad I read it now while my kids are 2 and 3. Great call to biblical standards for parents in raising their children. I didn't agree with 100% of his conclusions but it will probably have a huge impact on our little family since by nature the family unit is attacked and driven apart in the military. Will definitely recommend it to others!
This is a great book on family. He does a great job of reminding us the importance of remembering the promises of God in our parenting. Also had practical advice. He had a neat chapter on setting up our homes so our kids remember the gospel because of their senses.
I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Baucham speak in my university chapel a couple times, and I am only sorry that I didn't get this book sooner. It is a must for any Christian parents who wish to raise their children the way God intends, as laid out in the Bible. As someone without kids, it was still useful for understanding how the family crisis is one of the root problems with the church today. There are two things I appreciated highly in this book. First, it is a plethora of knowledge backed ...more
This book was a breath of fresh air. Challenging. But a challenge all Christian parents must take for the sake of our children. Loved it! I'm re-reading it again with my husband. It's one of the best parenting books I've ever read!
Fathers and mothers need to read this book. Biblical reminder of what is really important in raising and discipling children. A voice crying in the wilderness of this modern world.
This book changed our family in so many ways. Both my husband and I read it. Voddie is my favorite pastor. I heard him preach a lot when we lived in Houston.
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Family Driven Faith is a ten chapter treatise on biblical parenting based on Deuteronomy six. It covers an array of topics within that framework, including home education and the use of catechism to impart core doctrines of the Christian faith to children, family worship, the family-integrated church model, and the impact of feminism on the nuclear family. Each chapter discusses a different aspect of biblical parenting and concludes with a brief set of practical recommendations on how to impleme...more
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I've never read a book like this before. Mr. Baucham has strong convictions on the topics of Marriage, parenting and dicsipleship. Be prepared to put your preconcieved notions about the typical American "church life" aside as you read. In the 10th and final chapter entitled "A Radical Departure from the Norm" Baucham introduces the reader to the Family-Integrated church; the idea that all people of a congregation should worship together rather than in segragrated groups as...more
This book changed our family. He talks about the issues with youth group, nursery care, and daily family bible.
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This was a great book and I will hopefully inspire some of my family members to read it also. Major points are parents are the single most important teacher of faith to their kids and worship at home is as important as worship at church. This becomes a sort of manifesto in favor of homeschooling, family integrated churches and regular home worship. I feel like the book has a good balance of scriptural teaching as well as life experience with the appropriate number of empirical studies thrown i...more
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This was awesome and opened my eyes to what Adam and I should be doing in the home with our children.
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Voddie Baucham wears many hats. He is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary.
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