Title: Parenting in a Culture War
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Psalm 127:1-5
INTRODUCTION:
Rarely does one generation surpass their predecessors morally or spiritually.
That is why someone said, "The compromises of one generation become the excesses of the next".
David had Bathsheba, and Solomon had many Bathsheba's.
One generation sows the wind; the next reaps the hurricane.
Very often, the only thing standing in the way of the disintegration of any society is that societies parents. They are a culture's last line of defense.
That is why I want to talk to you today about the role of a Parent in this generation.
Because you see, there are some things you have a choice in, but some things are simply thrust upon you.
- You don't get to choose the family you are born into. G.K. Chesterton said, "It's like God drops you down a chimney and says, get along with the people in that house".
- You don't get to choose the color of your skin. Jeremiah 13:23 (ESV) Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? No, God gave you your ethnicity.
- You don't get to choose where you are born - Paul tells us in Acts 17:26 (ESV) And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
So many things are chosen for you.
You didn't pick the particular battles that are raging around you at this moment in history... God placed you in this place, at this particular time, and said - live and battle there.
- This week my grandmother went home to be with the Lord. When she was born our country was in the midst of the Great Depression. Her mom and dad had to know how to navigate such times.
- When she gave birth to my Mother in the 1950s, racial conflict was raging in the South.
- I was born in 1976, the Cold War was beginning to rage. The threat of a Nuclear War was constantly on our minds. Things seemed to be fal ...
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Psalm 127:1-5
INTRODUCTION:
Rarely does one generation surpass their predecessors morally or spiritually.
That is why someone said, "The compromises of one generation become the excesses of the next".
David had Bathsheba, and Solomon had many Bathsheba's.
One generation sows the wind; the next reaps the hurricane.
Very often, the only thing standing in the way of the disintegration of any society is that societies parents. They are a culture's last line of defense.
That is why I want to talk to you today about the role of a Parent in this generation.
Because you see, there are some things you have a choice in, but some things are simply thrust upon you.
- You don't get to choose the family you are born into. G.K. Chesterton said, "It's like God drops you down a chimney and says, get along with the people in that house".
- You don't get to choose the color of your skin. Jeremiah 13:23 (ESV) Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? No, God gave you your ethnicity.
- You don't get to choose where you are born - Paul tells us in Acts 17:26 (ESV) And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
So many things are chosen for you.
You didn't pick the particular battles that are raging around you at this moment in history... God placed you in this place, at this particular time, and said - live and battle there.
- This week my grandmother went home to be with the Lord. When she was born our country was in the midst of the Great Depression. Her mom and dad had to know how to navigate such times.
- When she gave birth to my Mother in the 1950s, racial conflict was raging in the South.
- I was born in 1976, the Cold War was beginning to rage. The threat of a Nuclear War was constantly on our minds. Things seemed to be fal ...
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