On Not Influencing Our Children

Some folks are heard to say, “We will not influence our children in making choices and decisions in matters of religion” (see article).

To which statement, we reply, “Why not?” The TV will! The movies they watch will! Their peers will! Their teachers will! The music they listen to will! The video games they play will! The news media will! The magazines they read will!

Let’s remember the wisdom of Solomon:

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).

Let’s think about it!

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets