I don’t know about you, but if I watch a news channel for very long, I begin losing hope for the future. It’s easy to believe the world is getting worse and there is little if anything we can do to stop it. If you are a student of history, you know that isn’t the case, but even knowing the world has had periods of time equally bad or worse is still of little comfort.
The danger for Christian parents is losing hope for the future of our children and generations of our family yet to be born. If we lose hope, why bother to put the extra effort into raising kids who will be active Christians, living their faith in this Fallen world? Yet, the message of God’s Plan, of Jesus and of the Gospel message is hope. So how do we remain hopeful raising our kids to be Christians in an openly Fallen world?
I was interested when offered the chance to review the book God of Tomorrow by Caleb Kaltenbach. Kaltenbach has a rather unique background for a Christian author. At some point in his life, both of his parents came out as homosexuals. Caleb had to find a way to love them, while still teaching them what God wanted from them and for them. (Ultimately, both of his birth parents converted to Christianity.)
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