“My son has a peanut allergy, and from his very earliest days, we’ve had to teach him to stay away from certain foods,” says Denny Burk, a Southern Baptist pastor and seminary professor in Kentucky. “He’s only five, but he gets it and doesn’t complain about it. He has a great attitude. “But from the earliest days, we have been talking to him about it. At the church potluck every week, he doesn’t touch the table without checking with us first,” Burk continues. “We Christians have to cultivate our children about morals in the same way. They have to know that it’s fine to be a nonconformist. If
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