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Family Discipleship That Works
Guiding Your Child To Know, Love, And Act Like Jesus
Brian Dembowczyk(0)
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Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist-Marriage, Family, and Singleness
Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom-and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk isn't here to pile on the guilt or to make us feel like failures. As a parent himself, he knows this struggle firsthand.
In Family Discipleship That Works, Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn't just passing along head knowledge. It's teaching them to act like Jesus. The Bible itself is not just a story but a drama in which we ourselves participate, and our kids have roles to play too. Dembowczyk offers practical advice and a wealth of ideas for teaching our kids to imitate the character traits of Jesus himself as we "act out" the Christian life together.
As parents, we are indeed called to disciple our children to know and act like Jesus. By God's grace, that's a task we can do-not out of guilt but with joy and good hope.
Family Discipleship That Works . . .
- Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism, but with grace and understanding
- Presents "imitating Jesus" as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship
- Includes practical, achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes
Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom-and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk isn't here to pile on the guilt or to make us feel like failures. As a parent himself, he knows this struggle firsthand.
In Family Discipleship That Works, Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn't just passing along head knowledge. It's teaching them to act like Jesus. The Bible itself is not just a story but a drama in which we ourselves participate, and our kids have roles to play too. Dembowczyk offers practical advice and a wealth of ideas for teaching our kids to imitate the character traits of Jesus himself as we "act out" the Christian life together.
As parents, we are indeed called to disciple our children to know and act like Jesus. By God's grace, that's a task we can do-not out of guilt but with joy and good hope.
Family Discipleship That Works . . .
- Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism, but with grace and understanding
- Presents "imitating Jesus" as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship
- Includes practical, achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes
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"Brian Dembowczyk speaks clearly and authentically to parents who long to teach their children to know Jesus but feel unprepared, unsuccessful, or hopeless. Brian takes the posture of a fellow learner, shares his own successes and failures as a parent, and invites his reader to take the next step. With the compelling story of the Bible as the backdrop, Brian provides practical steps for both paren
Cas Monaco, vice president of missiology and engagement for FamilyLife
"C. S. Lewis once described the task of discipleship as making 'little Christs,' and he said the church exists for nothing less. So does the family, as this book by Brian Dembowczyk helpfully reminds us. Family Discipleship That Works encourages parents to help their children become actors in the Bible's story of redemption by learning to act in ways that embody the mind and heart of Jesus Christ.
Kevin J. Vanhoozer, research professor of systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinit
"I have known Brian for a decade and trust his commitment to Scripture, his pastoral heart, and his passion for seeing 'the faith that has been delivered once and for all to the saints' also delivered effectively to the next generation. I was encouraged and challenged by Family Discipleship That Works-encouraged to be the example my daughters can imitate, and challenged in specific ways such as as
Eric Geiger, senior pastor of Mariners Church in Irvine, California