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The guiding vision I had for this blog was that it would be a teaching tool for students and families. In keeping with this vision, we will be starting a new series for our Wednesday nights at the park. It is a vision for the family. Studies show us that parents are the greatest transmitter of genuine faith. This is rather humbling for me since I am man who has committed his life to vocational ministry. As we start this series, I want to say up front, this is not an attempt to question anyone's faith experience, rather it is an attempt to evaluate the the depths of the faith that is transmitted. It could be that you find that your child may not have a genuine trust and devotion to Jesus Christ. To that I say, don't panic...just love. Second, you may find that you may not possess genunie faith. If this is true, then don't wait a second before publically confessing Christ. It could make the difference of another's faith journey...namely your children.

In preparing for this, John MacAuthor has a great article that I want to submit to your care. Below reflects a series of marks of cultural faith verses genuine faith. For the remainder of this summer, we will exam the 'proofs' of genuine faith together as families. After we spend some time in the Word, we will let you pray with your children and begin to ask "how can we "transmit" these values into our kids?"

Check out MacAuthor's link at http://www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/IA-genuinefaith.htm for some futher reading.

Grace and Peace!