Family Discipleship That Works

<P><B><I>Christianity Today</I> Book Awards Finalist-Marriage Family and Singleness</B></P><P><B>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.</B></P><P>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.</P><P>In <I>Family Discipleship That Works</I> Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn't just passing along head knowledge. It's teaching them to <I>act</I> 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.</P><P>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.</P><P><I>Family Discipleship That Works</I> . . . </P><ul><li>Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism but with grace and understanding</li><li>Presents imitating Jesus as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship</li><li>Includes practical achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes</li></ul>