Chapter Eleven

Being a Dad that Makes Disciples Out of His Kids

 

Christians these days talk a lot about what we call “The Great Commission.”  The last words of Jesus Christ before he ascended into heaven amount to a job description for we Christians on earth before he returns.  The core of it involves the process of going and making disciples of all nations.  This is a noble goal.  This is a legitimate priority.  I’ll step out on a limb here and say that Jesus was right.

The problem is that we’re awful at actually doing this.  We know this is true.  That’s why we talk about it so much.  Christians nearly always talk the most about things we do the least.  I suspect the problem lies not in programming or relevance or even intentions.  Our churches today are the best ever.  The 20^th century may be the most culturally relevant times for the church in history.  The amount of evangelistic books, messages, and movements has never been more prolific than today.  Then why are we still so feeble at this chief goal of “making disciples?”  I suggest it is because we haven’t even learned to do it with our own kids, whom we know better than anyone.  How then, can we hope to transfer that process to other people?

 

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