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I\u2019d say, \u201cDad, can I go to this?\u201d and in certain cases he would say, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d Other cases he would say, \u201cWell you can go, but without my blessing.\u201d Looking back on it, it was genius, really, but he could only play that card if I cared about his blessing.\r\n\r\nShelby: Welcome to FamilyLife Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I\u2019m Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com. \r\n\r\nDave: This is FamilyLife Today!\r\n\r\nDave: Alright. We have Alistair Begg in the studio, and we\u2019re going to make him do something that we didn\u2019t even prepare him for. We\u2019re going to have him coach us on how to deal with the culture pressures that we are raising our families in. We are facing the wind. Our face is being pushed against in the wind right now as\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014meaning our families.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014families\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014marriage.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014individual believers, as Christians in the world we\u2019re living in, right here, right now. We\u2019re fighting through the wind. What do you mean by that?\r\n\r\nAlistair: The Christian is an alien and a stranger, we know that.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: I used to read that in I Peter and say, \u201cI wonder what it feels like to be an alien and a stranger?\u201d because my growing up years were in a Scotland that still hadn\u2019t gone crazy, and [in] my early years in America there was still sort of the residual impact of some of those great days. When is the last time you saw 100,000 people in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas singing, \u201cThere\u2019s only one way, one God, one book, and it\u2019s the holy Bible?\u201d \r\n\r\nYes, there are a lot of good things going on, but life has changed. The fabric of the culture has just frayed dramatically, and so the children that we are raising are growing up in a world that you and I never experienced. They are part and parcel of a culture that we are largely observers of, rather than participants in. \r\n\r\nI think we\u2019ve lived in my lifetime from the 60\u2019s\u2014I was born in the 50\u2019s\u2014but from the 60\u2019s we\u2019ve lived through an immoral revolution, an immoral revolution that has literally turned western culture upside down. The church has, perhaps, in some measure, managed to identify it. In many cases I think it\u2019s caught us broadsided. I would have to confess the fact that I felt that way because I had an educational system that was framed by a biblical worldview. \r\n\r\nI was na\u00efve to think that my children were actually in public education being framed by the same kind of worldview that I had. Why I would think that now I don\u2019t know, but it wasn\u2019t true. In my own thinking, I was very strong about the absolute necessity of making sure that our children are not sequestered away from the world in which they live, and so on. I\u2019ve changed my mind entirely on that now, because the wind has blown just straight in our faces in relationship to everything, and not least of all, family life. \r\n\r\nSo much so, that if you have a mom and a dad and children, a mom and a dad that love each other, that live through the ups and the downs and support one another, that show their children that they are not perfect people, that they are sinners who depend on the grace of God, and so can then act in a spirit of wise compassion in relationship to their children as they try to figure things out. \r\n\r\nAnd when you put that together with all the ups and downs and ins and outs and then you take that out into a restaurant, and you find that the family engages with one another in conversation, that they\u2019re not alone while they\u2019re together, they\u2019re actually engaged. Parents have to really get ahold of this. I have it now with my grandchildren, and I\u2019m watching to see. My oldest grandchild is 13. She\u2019s tall, she\u2019s cute, she wants a phone like crazy, [Laughter] and I\u2019m saying to my daughter, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t touch, I wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d \u201cWhy not?\u201d \u201cWell, because I\u2019m just observing, and it seems to me that children at the present time are more influenced, I think, by their peers and by social media than we actually realize.\u201d It\u2019s na\u00efve of us to assume that they can imbibe all of that stuff, take it into their little psyches, their little forming brains, as they try and put together all the elements of their life. \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a wonderful opportunity for Christian families to show a decaying culture that God\u2019s way is actually best. I can\u2019t fix anything, and I\u2019m very slow in putting anything together. It\u2019s like I get something out of a box that has maker\u2019s instructions. \u201cNo, no, don\u2019t. Wait. Let\u2019s just get the thing started,\u201d and we get halfway through and then realize, \u201cWell, that\u2019s why we had instructions.\u201d What we\u2019ve really done is we\u2019ve just taken the Maker\u2019s instructions, which are given for us for life, and we set them on the side, and our culture is bearing testimony to that. \r\n\r\nSo we have a privileged responsibility to say, \u201cNo, we\u2019re going to go with the Maker\u2019s instructions.\u201d We need to say to young people, \u201cYou want an adventure? We have an adventure for you. This is no story for wimps. This is a challenge. Jesus is presenting a challenge, and Jesus is also promising the resources to face up to the challenge.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: Alistair, as I look at families\u2014and you probably see this, too\u2014they are overwhelmed.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: They\u2019re overwhelmed with the culture, they\u2019re overwhelmed with the pressure of the culture pushing in on their kids with, as you said, social media, all the things that are going on. Parents are tired. They\u2019re stressed. So, if you\u2019re talking to a young family, they want to walk with Jesus, but they feel overwhelmed, where do they even start?\r\n\r\nAlistair: Part of it is at a very practical level. As I watch my own family, I don\u2019t know how you do all this stuff. Where is\u2014and I\u2019m not using names that I have\u2014but \u201cWhere is Joe?\u201d \u201cOh, he\u2019s at swim practice.\u201d \u201cWhere is Mabel?\u201d \u201cOh, Mabel is doing her violin lesson.\u201d \u201cWell, who\u2019s picking up Sam from the school?\u201d \u201cWell, that\u2019s the\u2014\u201d I think, \u201cGuys, first of all, your kid is not going to play violin for the Cleveland Orchestra.\u201d [Laughter] \u201cLet\u2019s just back off of there right now, okay?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cAnd I\u2019ve seen him try to hit a baseball, and he\u2019s a good boy and everything, but there\u2019s no point investing your life in this.\u201d [Laughter] But you better invest your life in making sure that they understand Who Jesus is, why He came, why the Bible is important, and even foundational things like reading the Bible together. I don\u2019t mean reading the whole of I Chronicles before they go to school; I mean even a verse to take out into the day, whatever that might be, and assuring them of the Father\u2019s love for them, and His interest in them, and all these things. \r\n\r\nBut part of it is that our children have grown up in a culture that is demanding the most of everybody all the time, and church life doesn\u2019t always help that either. People talk about, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to be committed, it means this, and it means this, and it means this.\u201d Goodness gracious, you know? How about just letting people relax a little bit here, and not adding further stress? \r\n\r\nI don\u2019t have the answers to it all, but I\u2019m certainly alert to the challenges of it. We need to equip guys\u2014men\u2014to be men in their homes; first of all, that there is leadership, that there is a willingness to be the bad guy, to be dad, to be able to say to your kids, \u201cLook, I love you, but you\u2019re not my friend. You\u2019re my son, and because I am your dad; this is how this has to be.\u201d God\u2019s way is right, and we just need to believe God. So, the challenge is a challenge; the opportunity is a great opportunity.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, as people of the Book\u2014we\u2019re Christ-followers, so we\u2019re people of the Book\u2014that makes us bad guys.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: How do we navigate that?\r\n\r\nAlistair: Well, we have to be good bad guys. [Laughter] Here\u2019s what\u2014I\u2019m playing golf in California, a long time ago now. I\u2019m put with a group of guys that I don\u2019t know. We set off on this thing and almost immediately the jokes were filthy, not even marginal. We get on the [putting tee], and we have to wait. Guy says, \u201cHey, Alistair, what do you do?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m actually a pastor of a church.\u201d There\u2019s a stony silence. \r\n\r\nOne of the guys says, \u201cSo, how is business?\u201d I said, \u201cBusiness is really good, because there\u2019s no shortage of sinners, as I think you can see.\u201d Okay? [Laughter] So, there\u2019s a little bit of laughter, but not a lot. We all tee off. I\u2019m out on the course, a guy comes\u2014the lead guy, who was the main joke guy, comes\u2014flying across in his golf cart. He pulls up beside me and says, \u201cI don\u2019t like what you said out there.\u201d \r\n\r\nHe said, \u201cYou\u2019re calling me a sinner. You don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m only telling jokes that sinners tell. I\u2019m just telling their jokes. You understand?\u201d He says, \u201cBecause I\u2019m not a sinner.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m delighted to meet you, because there\u2019s only one other person that I\u2019ve heard of in the entire history of humanity that was prepared to make that claim.\u201d Well, the guy is so crazy he said, [belligerently] \u201cAnd who was that?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, that was Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d \r\n\r\nHe said, \u201cWell, if you have to bring that stuff up,\u201d and then he got in his cart and drove off again. When we got in the clubhouse, I said, \u201cYou know, you got really fried out there, didn\u2019t you?\u201d He said, \u201cYes, I did. I didn\u2019t like that.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, do you know how I know so much about sinners?\u201d He said, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, because every morning when I shave, I see one in the mirror.\u201d He said, \u201cWell, you\u2019re not a sinner. You\u2019re a pastor.\u201d I said, \u201cNo, I\u2019m a sinful pastor.\u201d \r\n\r\nPeople don\u2019t understand that. To be able to hold the line and yet to do it in a way that is winsome, humor is a great vehicle; not telling jokes, but just not taking ourselves too seriously. Some husbands or fathers are just driving the thing, and just driving their kids under the table; it\u2019s a hard line. My dad\u2019s line with me\u2014I was 15 or 16, and I\u2019m living in Yorkshire. \r\n\r\nYou have to realize what a sheltered background I had in that I had never been to a movie, and the first movie that I managed to convince my people it was okay to go and see was The Ten Commandments, okay? [Laughter] They finally relented on that, followed up by The Sound of Music, or whatever it was. \r\n\r\nBut I went to the equivalent of Woodstock, which was the Isle of Wight Festival in Britain, and I went to see Yes, and I went to see Procol Harum, and I went to all those things. My father\u2019s line was always the same. I said, \u201cDad, can I go to this?\u201d and in certain cases he would say, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d Other cases he would say, \u201cWell, you can go, but without my blessing.\u201d \r\n\r\nLooking back on it, it was genius really, but he could only play that card if I cared about his blessing. Now, why would I care about his blessing? Because I love my dad; because I know that what he\u2019s saying, even when I push back against it, he\u2019s saying it for my good. He\u2019s not trying to screw my life up. So, fathers can\u2019t play that card unless they build that relationship, and that can\u2019t be done spending more time with an exercise bike at the gym to the expense of being with your kids when they go to bed at night.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Some of the best times [were] just lying on the bed beside my kids\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014we did, too.\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u2014saying nothing except allowing them to say what they were saying, and then responding to it. With my girls, when guys are coming around\u2014I can remember these conversations like they happened yesterday. \u201cThis guy has long hair! He\u2019s French; he rides bicycles; he\u2019s this, he\u2019s that; he\u2019s all of those things, and I want to spend a lot of time with him.\u201d \r\n\r\nI\u2019m saying, \u201cYeah, but you know he doesn\u2019t know Jesus; he doesn\u2019t love Jesus.\u201d And she says, \u201cYeah, yeah, but I can win him over.\u201d I say, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think you can, and besides, I don\u2019t want you to do that.\u201d Then we have the tears. Then I say to her, \u201cDo you know anybody in the entire world apart from your mom that loves you as much as I love you?\u201d She said, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cThen answer me: why would I do anything to hurt you or to harm you? Trust me. I\u2019m your dad.\u201d \r\n\r\nAnn: That\u2019s so sweet.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Now, that doesn\u2019t come out of a vacuum, because if we have been so heavy-handed with our children as to create resentment in them, then they\u2019ll just tell you, \u201cGet the heck out of my bedroom,\u201d slam the door on you, and you\u2019re going to have to find some other way to get back in there. So, it\u2019s a lot of work, it\u2019s a lot of effort, it\u2019s a lot of prayer; and it\u2019s not finished yet. It\u2019s never finished. \r\n\r\nI thought when they got out of the house and went to university: \u201cThis is done. We\u2019re done!\u201d \r\n\r\nDave and Ann: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: No! They\u2019re our children forever; forever. So, we still pray, and then, we add to the list, the grandchildren. Driving in the car home from church the other day, I had four of my grandchildren in the car, and the boy, amongst girls, said to his older sister, \u201cLeona, how old will you be when I\u2019m 13?\u201d He\u2019s six. She says, \u201cI\u2019ll be 20.\u201d He said, \u201c20! How can you be 20?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, you\u2019ll be 13,\u201d and then they had this big conversation about the passage of time and what that would be like and everything. \r\n\r\nYou realize that their tiny little lives are going to be framed by something, and the wind is blowing full on in our faces. Do we have the courage as parents and grandparents to hold the line for the truth of the Word of God? Do we believe in our heart of hearts, in a way that transfers through the generations: \u201cAs for God, His way is perfect?\u201d [Psalm 18:30]\r\n\r\nMy mantra now is Psalm 71: \u201cOh God, from my youth, You have taught me, and I still proclaim Your wondrous deeds. So, even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me until I proclaim Your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.\u201d That\u2019s our role and our mindset. It has to be. \r\n\r\nThat\u2019s what you\u2019re doing here; that\u2019s what you\u2019re doing on this program. You\u2019re passing it from one generation to the next, and it\u2019s fantastic, and it\u2019s necessary, so, stay focused.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s interesting you picked that passage, because that\u2019s\u2014\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u2014is that your favorite?\r\n\r\nDave: Well, it was one of Dennis Rainey\u2019s.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Oh, was it really?\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, it\u2019s a legacy of FamilyLife.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes? Well, there you go.\r\n\r\nDave: It makes sense: this generation to the next to the next.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes, there you go. That\u2019s good, yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And you\u2019re sitting here bringing that up because that\u2019s how powerful a Christian family can be in this culture. And Dennis would say this (and we agree and I\u2019ve said it ever since): The family is one of the strongest evangelistic tools we have to our neighbors.\r\n\r\nAlistair: There are two things: a well-conducted Sunday-by-Sunday service, and a family that is prepared to live by the Maker\u2019s instructions. That\u2019s great.\r\n\r\nDave: That\u2019s powerful.\r\n\r\nAnn: It makes me think of Matthew 10:16, when Jesus was sending the disciples out two-by-two, and He said to them: \u201cI am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.\u201d And that is a word for our day. \r\n\r\nAlistair: It is.\r\n\r\nAnn: As we go out, I\u2019m thinking about our homes. I\u2019m thinking about how many kids we had in our home as our kids were growing up; their friends.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Sure. \r\n\r\nAnn: I\u2019m telling you, and it\u2019s even more so now, these kids are looking for a place that they\u2019re seen, that they\u2019re loved. They want truth. They don\u2019t want it shoved in their face in a judgmental kind of unappealing way. They just want the gospel, which is the Good News for everyone; and it comes with this grace and unconditional love, just listening to a story. \r\n\r\nTalk about a platform. Our kids bring their friends in the door because we can love them and listen to them, because it\u2019s a crazy culture, and who knows what\u2019s going on in their homes? But to see a good marriage and a family that feels like, \u201cMan, there\u2019s joy here. There\u2019s security here. There\u2019s truth here.\u201d\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes. We\u2019ve just adopted a young lady as her aunt and uncle. She comes out of a background that her parents\u2014I don\u2019t know if they were ever married, but she\u2019s an only child. She\u2019s been in prison for the last year and a half, and she\u2019s now out. It\u2019s just the very thing you\u2019re saying: that now, for the very first time, she sees the way, at least some small negative of what the full technicolor picture is supposed to look like, in terms of a husband and a wife and a family that functions. \r\n\r\nAnn: What does she say?\r\n\r\nAlistair: She\u2019s thrilled to bits. It\u2019s amazing. Well, every time we see somebody born again by the Spirit of God, we realize this is just fantastic. This is something that God has done, and it really is something that God has done. It always is, of course, because only God can open blind eyes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Only God can soften hard hearts. Paul writes, \u201cDo you not realize that God\u2019s kindness would lead you to repentance?\u201d [Romans 2:4] The kindness of God, a God Who, despite the fact that we are rebels, comes to seek us out and goes to such lengths in order to put us back together again. This is the story we have. Let the culture go where it\u2019s going. There\u2019s no point to sticking your finger in all the holes in the dam, right? Now we just have to go wisely [and] courageously, and tell the story that we\u2019ve been given to tell, and trust.\r\n\r\nDave: The middle man on the cross is going viral. What\u2019s that all about?\r\n\r\nAlistair: That was in Dallas, at a seminary thing.\r\n\r\nDave: Oh, it was?Alistair: And the man on the middle cross, you know. The angel interviews him\u2014it\u2019s all fiction of course: \u201cWere you a member of a church?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cWere you baptized?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cYou were in a home Bible study group?\u201d \u201cNo, no.\u201d \u201cSo, what are you doing here?\u201d \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know.\u201d \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to get my supervisor.\u201d They get the supervising angel, and he comes. \r\n\r\n\u201cYes, what\u2019s going on? The other guy told me about it, so let\u2019s just get straight to it. On what basis are you here?\u201d \u201cWell, the man on the middle cross told me I can come.\u201d That\u2019s all any of us are going to say. That\u2019s it. \u201cMy hope is built on nothing less than Jesus\u2019s blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus\u2019s Name.\u201d That\u2019s it. That\u2019s what we want at the center of our lives, and at the heart of our families.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, as I think about what Alistair was talking about family, I wish we would have had FamilyLife Today when we first got married. Have you ever thought about that? It wasn\u2019t available then. We had FamilyLife, the ministry; we had the Weekend to Remember\u00ae, but we didn\u2019t have a daily program that gave us daily input in how to be a husband, a wife, a mom, a dad; a Christian home and a Christian family. And we were clueless.\r\n\r\nAnn: I\u2019m thinking if I had listened to Alistair when we were younger, that would have impacted me. What Alistair just did; that was like gold, wasn\u2019t it?\r\n\r\nDave: Oh, yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Just somebody that\u2019s been married 48 years\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: 48 years.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes. He\u2019s 71 years old, and he\u2019s looking back and looking forward. It gives you a real foundation to build your life on, which is Jesus.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s building your life on wisdom, wisdom from the Word of God. I would just say: guess what? We now do have FamilyLife Today that\u2019s in people\u2019s homes and cars and phones every single day, giving them input from the Word of God, to say, \u201cHere\u2019s how God designed the family, and we want to give you wisdom to lead that way.\u201d\r\n\r\nI just want to say we believe this is critical in these days. The wind is in our face, and we need to be strong and courageous to go forward and know how to do that. So, I\u2019m not inviting you; I\u2019m challenging you: \u201cInstead of just listening, be a partner with us. Be a financial partner,\u201d which means you decide, \u201cI\u2019m going to give whatever amount monthly,\u201d to be a monthly partner with FamilyLife and say, \u201cI want this ministry to not just impact me but impact my neighbors.\u201d \r\n\r\nThe only way that happens is people like you saying, \u201cI\u2019m in. I\u2019m not just a spectator. I\u2019m playing. I\u2019m getting on the field, and I\u2019m playing, and I\u2019m giving. I\u2019m giving to FamilyLife, and I want to make a difference.\u201d And you will make a difference. We need you.\r\n\r\nShelby: I\u2019m Shelby Abbott, and you\u2019ve been listening to Dave and Ann Wilson with Alistair Begg on FamilyLife Today. Yes, as Dave said, it\u2019s easy to give. All you have to do is head over to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the \u201cDonate Now\u201d button at the top of the page to become a monthly partner. Or you can give us a call with your donation at 800-358-6329; again, that number is 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve had Alistair Begg on today and the last couple of days. It\u2019s been so great to hear from him. His book is called The Christian Manifesto: Jesus\u2019 Life-Changing Words from the Sermon on the Plain. You can get a copy of his book by going online to request your copy at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can give us a call at 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\r\n\r\nSo, how can a woman highlight healing, trauma counseling, and marriage as a sexual abuse survivor? Well, Mary DeMuth is here tomorrow to talk about her story. We hope you\u2019ll join us.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Shelby Abbott. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today. \r\n\r\nFamilyLife Today is a donor-supported production of FamilyLife\u00ae, a Cru\u00ae Ministry. \r\n\r\nHelping you pursue the relationships that matter most.\r\n\r\nWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider donating today to help defray the costs?  \r\n\r\nCopyright \u00a9 2024 FamilyLife. 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Alistair Begg talks about modern family challenges and bonding with your kids.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"\n<p>Learn more about Alistair:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect with Alistair Begg and catch more of his thoughts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthforlife.org\/\">truthforlife.org<\/a>, and on Instagram <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/truthforlife\">@alistair_begg_truthforlife<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/truthforlife\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/truthforlife\">X<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And grab Alistair Begg\u2019s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product\/the-christian-manifesto-jesus-life-changing-words-from-the-sermon-on-the-plain\/\">A Christian Manifesto<\/a> in our shop.<\/li>\n<li>Want to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/guest\/alistair-begg\/\">more episodes by Alistair Begg, listen here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>FamilyLife Resources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.familylife.com\/may-2024\/?cru_source=D0002405RB&cru_medium=RadioBanner&cru_premium=PRE21802&cru_campaign=May2024&utm_source=web&utm_medium=radiobanner&utm_campaign=may2024\">Double your gift this month<\/a> when you give to FamilyLife!<\/li>\n<li>Find resources from this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/radio-resources\/\">shop.familylife.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/past-radio-resources\/\">See resources from our past podcasts.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find more content and resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/app\/\">FamilyLife's app<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Help others find FamilyLife. 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I\u2019d say, \u201cDad, can I go to this?\u201d and in certain cases he would say, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d Other cases he would say, \u201cWell you can go, but without my blessing.\u201d Looking back on it, it was genius, really, but he could only play that card if I cared about his blessing.\r\n\r\nShelby: Welcome to FamilyLife Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I\u2019m Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com. \r\n\r\nDave: This is FamilyLife Today!\r\n\r\nDave: Alright. We have Alistair Begg in the studio, and we\u2019re going to make him do something that we didn\u2019t even prepare him for. We\u2019re going to have him coach us on how to deal with the culture pressures that we are raising our families in. We are facing the wind. Our face is being pushed against in the wind right now as\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014meaning our families.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014families\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014marriage.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014individual believers, as Christians in the world we\u2019re living in, right here, right now. We\u2019re fighting through the wind. What do you mean by that?\r\n\r\nAlistair: The Christian is an alien and a stranger, we know that.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: I used to read that in I Peter and say, \u201cI wonder what it feels like to be an alien and a stranger?\u201d because my growing up years were in a Scotland that still hadn\u2019t gone crazy, and [in] my early years in America there was still sort of the residual impact of some of those great days. When is the last time you saw 100,000 people in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas singing, \u201cThere\u2019s only one way, one God, one book, and it\u2019s the holy Bible?\u201d \r\n\r\nYes, there are a lot of good things going on, but life has changed. The fabric of the culture has just frayed dramatically, and so the children that we are raising are growing up in a world that you and I never experienced. They are part and parcel of a culture that we are largely observers of, rather than participants in. \r\n\r\nI think we\u2019ve lived in my lifetime from the 60\u2019s\u2014I was born in the 50\u2019s\u2014but from the 60\u2019s we\u2019ve lived through an immoral revolution, an immoral revolution that has literally turned western culture upside down. The church has, perhaps, in some measure, managed to identify it. In many cases I think it\u2019s caught us broadsided. I would have to confess the fact that I felt that way because I had an educational system that was framed by a biblical worldview. \r\n\r\nI was na\u00efve to think that my children were actually in public education being framed by the same kind of worldview that I had. Why I would think that now I don\u2019t know, but it wasn\u2019t true. In my own thinking, I was very strong about the absolute necessity of making sure that our children are not sequestered away from the world in which they live, and so on. I\u2019ve changed my mind entirely on that now, because the wind has blown just straight in our faces in relationship to everything, and not least of all, family life. \r\n\r\nSo much so, that if you have a mom and a dad and children, a mom and a dad that love each other, that live through the ups and the downs and support one another, that show their children that they are not perfect people, that they are sinners who depend on the grace of God, and so can then act in a spirit of wise compassion in relationship to their children as they try to figure things out. \r\n\r\nAnd when you put that together with all the ups and downs and ins and outs and then you take that out into a restaurant, and you find that the family engages with one another in conversation, that they\u2019re not alone while they\u2019re together, they\u2019re actually engaged. Parents have to really get ahold of this. I have it now with my grandchildren, and I\u2019m watching to see. My oldest grandchild is 13. She\u2019s tall, she\u2019s cute, she wants a phone like crazy, [Laughter] and I\u2019m saying to my daughter, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t touch, I wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d \u201cWhy not?\u201d \u201cWell, because I\u2019m just observing, and it seems to me that children at the present time are more influenced, I think, by their peers and by social media than we actually realize.\u201d It\u2019s na\u00efve of us to assume that they can imbibe all of that stuff, take it into their little psyches, their little forming brains, as they try and put together all the elements of their life. \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a wonderful opportunity for Christian families to show a decaying culture that God\u2019s way is actually best. I can\u2019t fix anything, and I\u2019m very slow in putting anything together. It\u2019s like I get something out of a box that has maker\u2019s instructions. \u201cNo, no, don\u2019t. Wait. Let\u2019s just get the thing started,\u201d and we get halfway through and then realize, \u201cWell, that\u2019s why we had instructions.\u201d What we\u2019ve really done is we\u2019ve just taken the Maker\u2019s instructions, which are given for us for life, and we set them on the side, and our culture is bearing testimony to that. \r\n\r\nSo we have a privileged responsibility to say, \u201cNo, we\u2019re going to go with the Maker\u2019s instructions.\u201d We need to say to young people, \u201cYou want an adventure? We have an adventure for you. This is no story for wimps. This is a challenge. Jesus is presenting a challenge, and Jesus is also promising the resources to face up to the challenge.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: Alistair, as I look at families\u2014and you probably see this, too\u2014they are overwhelmed.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: They\u2019re overwhelmed with the culture, they\u2019re overwhelmed with the pressure of the culture pushing in on their kids with, as you said, social media, all the things that are going on. Parents are tired. They\u2019re stressed. So, if you\u2019re talking to a young family, they want to walk with Jesus, but they feel overwhelmed, where do they even start?\r\n\r\nAlistair: Part of it is at a very practical level. As I watch my own family, I don\u2019t know how you do all this stuff. Where is\u2014and I\u2019m not using names that I have\u2014but \u201cWhere is Joe?\u201d \u201cOh, he\u2019s at swim practice.\u201d \u201cWhere is Mabel?\u201d \u201cOh, Mabel is doing her violin lesson.\u201d \u201cWell, who\u2019s picking up Sam from the school?\u201d \u201cWell, that\u2019s the\u2014\u201d I think, \u201cGuys, first of all, your kid is not going to play violin for the Cleveland Orchestra.\u201d [Laughter] \u201cLet\u2019s just back off of there right now, okay?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cAnd I\u2019ve seen him try to hit a baseball, and he\u2019s a good boy and everything, but there\u2019s no point investing your life in this.\u201d [Laughter] But you better invest your life in making sure that they understand Who Jesus is, why He came, why the Bible is important, and even foundational things like reading the Bible together. I don\u2019t mean reading the whole of I Chronicles before they go to school; I mean even a verse to take out into the day, whatever that might be, and assuring them of the Father\u2019s love for them, and His interest in them, and all these things. \r\n\r\nBut part of it is that our children have grown up in a culture that is demanding the most of everybody all the time, and church life doesn\u2019t always help that either. People talk about, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to be committed, it means this, and it means this, and it means this.\u201d Goodness gracious, you know? How about just letting people relax a little bit here, and not adding further stress? \r\n\r\nI don\u2019t have the answers to it all, but I\u2019m certainly alert to the challenges of it. We need to equip guys\u2014men\u2014to be men in their homes; first of all, that there is leadership, that there is a willingness to be the bad guy, to be dad, to be able to say to your kids, \u201cLook, I love you, but you\u2019re not my friend. You\u2019re my son, and because I am your dad; this is how this has to be.\u201d God\u2019s way is right, and we just need to believe God. So, the challenge is a challenge; the opportunity is a great opportunity.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, as people of the Book\u2014we\u2019re Christ-followers, so we\u2019re people of the Book\u2014that makes us bad guys.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: How do we navigate that?\r\n\r\nAlistair: Well, we have to be good bad guys. [Laughter] Here\u2019s what\u2014I\u2019m playing golf in California, a long time ago now. I\u2019m put with a group of guys that I don\u2019t know. We set off on this thing and almost immediately the jokes were filthy, not even marginal. We get on the [putting tee], and we have to wait. Guy says, \u201cHey, Alistair, what do you do?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m actually a pastor of a church.\u201d There\u2019s a stony silence. \r\n\r\nOne of the guys says, \u201cSo, how is business?\u201d I said, \u201cBusiness is really good, because there\u2019s no shortage of sinners, as I think you can see.\u201d Okay? [Laughter] So, there\u2019s a little bit of laughter, but not a lot. We all tee off. I\u2019m out on the course, a guy comes\u2014the lead guy, who was the main joke guy, comes\u2014flying across in his golf cart. He pulls up beside me and says, \u201cI don\u2019t like what you said out there.\u201d \r\n\r\nHe said, \u201cYou\u2019re calling me a sinner. You don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m only telling jokes that sinners tell. I\u2019m just telling their jokes. You understand?\u201d He says, \u201cBecause I\u2019m not a sinner.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m delighted to meet you, because there\u2019s only one other person that I\u2019ve heard of in the entire history of humanity that was prepared to make that claim.\u201d Well, the guy is so crazy he said, [belligerently] \u201cAnd who was that?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, that was Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d \r\n\r\nHe said, \u201cWell, if you have to bring that stuff up,\u201d and then he got in his cart and drove off again. When we got in the clubhouse, I said, \u201cYou know, you got really fried out there, didn\u2019t you?\u201d He said, \u201cYes, I did. I didn\u2019t like that.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, do you know how I know so much about sinners?\u201d He said, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, because every morning when I shave, I see one in the mirror.\u201d He said, \u201cWell, you\u2019re not a sinner. You\u2019re a pastor.\u201d I said, \u201cNo, I\u2019m a sinful pastor.\u201d \r\n\r\nPeople don\u2019t understand that. To be able to hold the line and yet to do it in a way that is winsome, humor is a great vehicle; not telling jokes, but just not taking ourselves too seriously. Some husbands or fathers are just driving the thing, and just driving their kids under the table; it\u2019s a hard line. My dad\u2019s line with me\u2014I was 15 or 16, and I\u2019m living in Yorkshire. \r\n\r\nYou have to realize what a sheltered background I had in that I had never been to a movie, and the first movie that I managed to convince my people it was okay to go and see was The Ten Commandments, okay? [Laughter] They finally relented on that, followed up by The Sound of Music, or whatever it was. \r\n\r\nBut I went to the equivalent of Woodstock, which was the Isle of Wight Festival in Britain, and I went to see Yes, and I went to see Procol Harum, and I went to all those things. My father\u2019s line was always the same. I said, \u201cDad, can I go to this?\u201d and in certain cases he would say, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d Other cases he would say, \u201cWell, you can go, but without my blessing.\u201d \r\n\r\nLooking back on it, it was genius really, but he could only play that card if I cared about his blessing. Now, why would I care about his blessing? Because I love my dad; because I know that what he\u2019s saying, even when I push back against it, he\u2019s saying it for my good. He\u2019s not trying to screw my life up. So, fathers can\u2019t play that card unless they build that relationship, and that can\u2019t be done spending more time with an exercise bike at the gym to the expense of being with your kids when they go to bed at night.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Some of the best times [were] just lying on the bed beside my kids\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014we did, too.\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u2014saying nothing except allowing them to say what they were saying, and then responding to it. With my girls, when guys are coming around\u2014I can remember these conversations like they happened yesterday. \u201cThis guy has long hair! He\u2019s French; he rides bicycles; he\u2019s this, he\u2019s that; he\u2019s all of those things, and I want to spend a lot of time with him.\u201d \r\n\r\nI\u2019m saying, \u201cYeah, but you know he doesn\u2019t know Jesus; he doesn\u2019t love Jesus.\u201d And she says, \u201cYeah, yeah, but I can win him over.\u201d I say, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think you can, and besides, I don\u2019t want you to do that.\u201d Then we have the tears. Then I say to her, \u201cDo you know anybody in the entire world apart from your mom that loves you as much as I love you?\u201d She said, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cThen answer me: why would I do anything to hurt you or to harm you? Trust me. I\u2019m your dad.\u201d \r\n\r\nAnn: That\u2019s so sweet.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Now, that doesn\u2019t come out of a vacuum, because if we have been so heavy-handed with our children as to create resentment in them, then they\u2019ll just tell you, \u201cGet the heck out of my bedroom,\u201d slam the door on you, and you\u2019re going to have to find some other way to get back in there. So, it\u2019s a lot of work, it\u2019s a lot of effort, it\u2019s a lot of prayer; and it\u2019s not finished yet. It\u2019s never finished. \r\n\r\nI thought when they got out of the house and went to university: \u201cThis is done. We\u2019re done!\u201d \r\n\r\nDave and Ann: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: No! They\u2019re our children forever; forever. So, we still pray, and then, we add to the list, the grandchildren. Driving in the car home from church the other day, I had four of my grandchildren in the car, and the boy, amongst girls, said to his older sister, \u201cLeona, how old will you be when I\u2019m 13?\u201d He\u2019s six. She says, \u201cI\u2019ll be 20.\u201d He said, \u201c20! How can you be 20?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, you\u2019ll be 13,\u201d and then they had this big conversation about the passage of time and what that would be like and everything. \r\n\r\nYou realize that their tiny little lives are going to be framed by something, and the wind is blowing full on in our faces. Do we have the courage as parents and grandparents to hold the line for the truth of the Word of God? Do we believe in our heart of hearts, in a way that transfers through the generations: \u201cAs for God, His way is perfect?\u201d [Psalm 18:30]\r\n\r\nMy mantra now is Psalm 71: \u201cOh God, from my youth, You have taught me, and I still proclaim Your wondrous deeds. So, even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me until I proclaim Your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.\u201d That\u2019s our role and our mindset. It has to be. \r\n\r\nThat\u2019s what you\u2019re doing here; that\u2019s what you\u2019re doing on this program. You\u2019re passing it from one generation to the next, and it\u2019s fantastic, and it\u2019s necessary, so, stay focused.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s interesting you picked that passage, because that\u2019s\u2014\r\n\r\nAlistair: \u2014is that your favorite?\r\n\r\nDave: Well, it was one of Dennis Rainey\u2019s.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Oh, was it really?\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, it\u2019s a legacy of FamilyLife.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes? Well, there you go.\r\n\r\nDave: It makes sense: this generation to the next to the next.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes, there you go. That\u2019s good, yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And you\u2019re sitting here bringing that up because that\u2019s how powerful a Christian family can be in this culture. And Dennis would say this (and we agree and I\u2019ve said it ever since): The family is one of the strongest evangelistic tools we have to our neighbors.\r\n\r\nAlistair: There are two things: a well-conducted Sunday-by-Sunday service, and a family that is prepared to live by the Maker\u2019s instructions. That\u2019s great.\r\n\r\nDave: That\u2019s powerful.\r\n\r\nAnn: It makes me think of Matthew 10:16, when Jesus was sending the disciples out two-by-two, and He said to them: \u201cI am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.\u201d And that is a word for our day. \r\n\r\nAlistair: It is.\r\n\r\nAnn: As we go out, I\u2019m thinking about our homes. I\u2019m thinking about how many kids we had in our home as our kids were growing up; their friends.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Sure. \r\n\r\nAnn: I\u2019m telling you, and it\u2019s even more so now, these kids are looking for a place that they\u2019re seen, that they\u2019re loved. They want truth. They don\u2019t want it shoved in their face in a judgmental kind of unappealing way. They just want the gospel, which is the Good News for everyone; and it comes with this grace and unconditional love, just listening to a story. \r\n\r\nTalk about a platform. Our kids bring their friends in the door because we can love them and listen to them, because it\u2019s a crazy culture, and who knows what\u2019s going on in their homes? But to see a good marriage and a family that feels like, \u201cMan, there\u2019s joy here. There\u2019s security here. There\u2019s truth here.\u201d\r\n\r\nAlistair: Yes. We\u2019ve just adopted a young lady as her aunt and uncle. She comes out of a background that her parents\u2014I don\u2019t know if they were ever married, but she\u2019s an only child. She\u2019s been in prison for the last year and a half, and she\u2019s now out. It\u2019s just the very thing you\u2019re saying: that now, for the very first time, she sees the way, at least some small negative of what the full technicolor picture is supposed to look like, in terms of a husband and a wife and a family that functions. \r\n\r\nAnn: What does she say?\r\n\r\nAlistair: She\u2019s thrilled to bits. It\u2019s amazing. Well, every time we see somebody born again by the Spirit of God, we realize this is just fantastic. This is something that God has done, and it really is something that God has done. It always is, of course, because only God can open blind eyes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nAlistair: Only God can soften hard hearts. Paul writes, \u201cDo you not realize that God\u2019s kindness would lead you to repentance?\u201d [Romans 2:4] The kindness of God, a God Who, despite the fact that we are rebels, comes to seek us out and goes to such lengths in order to put us back together again. This is the story we have. Let the culture go where it\u2019s going. There\u2019s no point to sticking your finger in all the holes in the dam, right? Now we just have to go wisely [and] courageously, and tell the story that we\u2019ve been given to tell, and trust.\r\n\r\nDave: The middle man on the cross is going viral. What\u2019s that all about?\r\n\r\nAlistair: That was in Dallas, at a seminary thing.\r\n\r\nDave: Oh, it was?Alistair: And the man on the middle cross, you know. The angel interviews him\u2014it\u2019s all fiction of course: \u201cWere you a member of a church?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cWere you baptized?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d \u201cYou were in a home Bible study group?\u201d \u201cNo, no.\u201d \u201cSo, what are you doing here?\u201d \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know.\u201d \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to get my supervisor.\u201d They get the supervising angel, and he comes. \r\n\r\n\u201cYes, what\u2019s going on? The other guy told me about it, so let\u2019s just get straight to it. On what basis are you here?\u201d \u201cWell, the man on the middle cross told me I can come.\u201d That\u2019s all any of us are going to say. That\u2019s it. \u201cMy hope is built on nothing less than Jesus\u2019s blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus\u2019s Name.\u201d That\u2019s it. That\u2019s what we want at the center of our lives, and at the heart of our families.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, as I think about what Alistair was talking about family, I wish we would have had FamilyLife Today when we first got married. Have you ever thought about that? It wasn\u2019t available then. We had FamilyLife, the ministry; we had the Weekend to Remember\u00ae, but we didn\u2019t have a daily program that gave us daily input in how to be a husband, a wife, a mom, a dad; a Christian home and a Christian family. And we were clueless.\r\n\r\nAnn: I\u2019m thinking if I had listened to Alistair when we were younger, that would have impacted me. What Alistair just did; that was like gold, wasn\u2019t it?\r\n\r\nDave: Oh, yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Just somebody that\u2019s been married 48 years\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: 48 years.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes. He\u2019s 71 years old, and he\u2019s looking back and looking forward. It gives you a real foundation to build your life on, which is Jesus.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s building your life on wisdom, wisdom from the Word of God. I would just say: guess what? We now do have FamilyLife Today that\u2019s in people\u2019s homes and cars and phones every single day, giving them input from the Word of God, to say, \u201cHere\u2019s how God designed the family, and we want to give you wisdom to lead that way.\u201d\r\n\r\nI just want to say we believe this is critical in these days. The wind is in our face, and we need to be strong and courageous to go forward and know how to do that. So, I\u2019m not inviting you; I\u2019m challenging you: \u201cInstead of just listening, be a partner with us. Be a financial partner,\u201d which means you decide, \u201cI\u2019m going to give whatever amount monthly,\u201d to be a monthly partner with FamilyLife and say, \u201cI want this ministry to not just impact me but impact my neighbors.\u201d \r\n\r\nThe only way that happens is people like you saying, \u201cI\u2019m in. I\u2019m not just a spectator. I\u2019m playing. I\u2019m getting on the field, and I\u2019m playing, and I\u2019m giving. I\u2019m giving to FamilyLife, and I want to make a difference.\u201d And you will make a difference. We need you.\r\n\r\nShelby: I\u2019m Shelby Abbott, and you\u2019ve been listening to Dave and Ann Wilson with Alistair Begg on FamilyLife Today. Yes, as Dave said, it\u2019s easy to give. All you have to do is head over to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the \u201cDonate Now\u201d button at the top of the page to become a monthly partner. Or you can give us a call with your donation at 800-358-6329; again, that number is 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve had Alistair Begg on today and the last couple of days. It\u2019s been so great to hear from him. His book is called The Christian Manifesto: Jesus\u2019 Life-Changing Words from the Sermon on the Plain. You can get a copy of his book by going online to request your copy at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can give us a call at 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\r\n\r\nSo, how can a woman highlight healing, trauma counseling, and marriage as a sexual abuse survivor? Well, Mary DeMuth is here tomorrow to talk about her story. We hope you\u2019ll join us.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Shelby Abbott. 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