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You <em>cannot<\/em> overemphasize the impact of parents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe irony of <em>that<\/em> is\u2014you know, I have five kids; like they didn\u2019t listen to a <em>word<\/em> I said\u2014but these guys would say, \u201cOh no, they\u2019re picking it up.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. Our influence, as parents, over our children\u2019s faith is not determinative; but it\u2019s not insignificant either. We\u2019re going to talk more about that today with our guest, Glenn Stanton. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. Have you ever tracked\u2014you\u2019ve been a pastor in a church for 30-plus years now; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Don\u2019t say the plus yet; it\u2019s year 30. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you ever tracked what happens to the kids who went through your youth group? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We haven\u2019t; I mean, we haven\u2019t done it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014like a formal study. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, we don\u2019t have graphs and\u2014yes, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So it\u2019s anecdotal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Anecdotal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; we got together as a team once and said: \u201cLet\u2019s kind of track our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s track the average of what\u2019s going on.\u201d It <em>was<\/em> true\u2014that the parents that are on fire for Jesus\/that are really missional in their\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014active in their faith\/\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014living it out\u2014that was the <em>key<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Those kids were going on and doing well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But the kids who were showing up from nominal Christian homes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they were shipwrecking later on? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s sort of what we found. I mean, you can have a\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and not always; there are exceptions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes; there are always; but you can have a great youth program\/do all the right things; and yet, when they go home, if that\u2019s not seen, often, it\u2019s not caught. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We ought to just say to moms and dads, here at the beginning\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014that you don\u2019t simply subcontract and outsource faith to the professionals. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you try to do that, you\u2019re not going to be happy with how things turn out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And God has called <em>you<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014called <em>us<\/em> to be the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s our job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014disciplers of our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got a friend joining us this week on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, Glenn Stanton. Glenn, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Glenn works at Focus on the Family<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; and yes, it\u2019s possible for people who work at Focus on the Family to be on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and vice versa. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014and enjoy it. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right! [Laughter] We\u2019re friends; we like each other. We support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We\u2019re on the <em>same<\/em> team. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We are; and are so grateful for how God has been at work through the ministry of Focus on the Family for <em>years<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And so many of our listeners would say, \u201cGod\u2019s used Focus in our lives profoundly over those years.\u201d You\u2019ve been there for more than a quarter of a century. Glenn gives leadership to the Family Formation Studies. Basically, Glenn is the trend-seeker. I mean, you\u2019re out looking and saying: \u201cWhat are the trends telling us? What\u2019s going on with marriage, with family, with faith?\u201d You\u2019ve just written a book called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>\u2014about\u2014<em>How Christianity Is Actually Thriving in America and in the World<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis number we\u2019ve been hearing for years\u2014that 75-80 percent of the kids in your youth group are going to shipwreck when they go to college\u2014is that true or not? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s interesting; that usually that is prefaced with \u201c\u2026in the next ten years.\u201d You look at when those things were said, they were said about 12 years ago; you know? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> But they are <em>still<\/em> repeated and things like that. Again, I mean, it\u2019s just like you said\u2014you look at the churches around you\u2014no; I mean, you don\u2019t meet youth pastors, who are now selling cell phones, \u201cbecause my youth group just dried up.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know? They are in a lot of churches\u2014and I would say <em>most<\/em> churches\u2014like, maybe, not busting at the seams; but they are doing about the way that they\u2019ve always done; and you have these kids that are just excited about the faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Aren\u2019t Christian kids, who head off to universities\u2014private\/public universities\u2014aren\u2019t they walking into what is a more hostile environment than it\u2019s ever been before? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what? It\u2019s interesting that they are, and they aren\u2019t. I mean, there have always been like these gadfly professors, who\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cChristian kids are going to show up in my class, and I\u2019m just going to shut them down.\u201d It\u2019s interesting that\u2014and I\u2019ll make two points there. One, there is research\u2014and these are good scholars; some of\u2019 them are Christians\/they are friends of mine\u2014but they are teaching at secular universities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne guy, particularly good friend, teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. He did some research; and he said, \u201cWhere are kids <em>most<\/em> likely to walk away from their faith if they go to college or if they <em>don\u2019t<\/em> attend college?\u201d It\u2019s the question of: \u201cIs college corrosive to faith?\u201d He said, \u201cI found out\/we found out that kids, who go to college, are less likely to toss their faith than kids who <em>don\u2019t<\/em> go to college.\u201d And guess what\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Whoa, whoa. What are you doing here? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re blowing our minds! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I know! I <em>never<\/em> heard this. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> All these things you hear that you think are actual\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014good research. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And we\u2019re petrified to send our kids to college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s like my hair just went off my head. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s been gone for a while. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, okay; well, it did. It\u2019s like, \u201cReally?!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> We talked yesterday\u2014you know, I used this phrase that: \u201cWe\u2019re the people of good news.\u201d We don\u2019t have to\/why are we so attracted to <em>bad<\/em> news? We are the people who are born again. We don\u2019t have to act like we were born yesterday, in terms, of this research; right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut here is the deal\/here is what they found; and a lot of times, the reasons are not the reasons that we think. Christian kids, who go off to college, are more likely to hang on to their faith than kids who <em>do not<\/em> go to college. It\u2019s <em>not<\/em> the secularizing impact of the university. It\u2019s more psychological and sociological in that those kids know where they are going. They are intentional in life; they have control of their life. They have goals: \u201cSo, like, I want to finish school,\u201d \u201cI want to hang onto my faith,\u201d \u201cI want to do this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s kids, who are like, \u201cJust not going to school. I don\u2019t know what I want to do,\u201d \u2014they\u2019re kind of drifting. They drift in their faith too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I noticed how you said that. You sort of had a tone there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes!\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> [Apathetic tone] \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do.\u201d Is that what you were doing there? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> [Apathetic tone] \u201cKind of\u201d; \u201cMaybe,\u201d\u2014yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Is it is also that, if they\u2019re at college, there\u2019s a chance of community? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what? That\u2019s exactly it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014which is critical; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> That\u2019s the other point\u2014and I make this point in my book, in terms of kind of iconic youth groups\u2014nationally, Young Life<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and InterVarsity<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Young Life deals with high school students; InterVarsity deals with college students. I go through a lot of data; I looked at their annual reports for the last 20 years. Young Life is exploding; they are reaching more kids today than they <em>ever have<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014and are having more decisions for Christ than they ever have.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBoth of these organizations started in 1941. This takes us to the college; InterVarsity is a <em>wonderful<\/em> organization that has its mission on college campuses. They, in the last couple of years, have <em>more<\/em> decisions for Christ on campus than they <em>ever have<\/em> in the \u201850s, in the \u201860s, in the \u201870s; their numbers report that. They have more faculty involvement and more diverse faculty involvement in terms of ethnicity and things like that than they\u2019ve ever had. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the sociologists, Christian Smith\u2014he teaches at Notre Dame\u2014he\u2019s like, \u201cWhy is this the case?\u201d One of the things that he comes up and says is because there is more faith support on campuses. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe impact of Cru<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014that is <em>exactly<\/em> the case. I would bet you, if you looked at Cru\u2019s numbers\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they\u2019re up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Absolutely! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right? Even that there are\u2014there is not a lot, but the faculty on campus that\u2014\u201cOkay; that guy over in the Psychology Department: solid Christian,\u201d \u201cThat guy\/that woman over in the Sociology Department: <em>strong<\/em> Christian.\u201d There may be <em>four<\/em> of them on campus, but the Christians know about them; you know? Again, that\u2019s that thing: \u201cLo and behold, God continues to <em>work<\/em> in the world.\u201d He\u2019s got this holy conspiracy\u2014you know?\u2014to infiltrate His church into the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> When our kids were looking at colleges, the thing my radar was always up for was: \u201cWhat\u2019s going on spiritually on this campus?\u201d I remember taking our daughter, and we were on one college campus. I was looking for the signs\/I\u2019d always stop at the bulletin boards, where everything is posted. I\u2019m looking and saying, \u201cWhere is the Bible study announcement?\u201d\u2014right? On this particular college campus, there was <em>nothing<\/em>; I was seeing <em>no<\/em> indication of anything going on spiritually. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI went home, and went on the internet, and asked about religious groups on this campus. I found there were just a handful of them. I called one of the student leaders; and I said, \u201cTell me about what\u2019s going on.\u201d This student leader said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m a commuter; and we\u2019ve got a small group that\u2019s getting together.\u201d I\u2019m looking at this and I\u2019m going: \u201cThis is a well-regarded academic institution. A degree from this place would help you professionally.\u201d And I\u2019m looking and going, \u201cThat\u2019s not where I want my daughter to be heading off to college.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen we went to another public university, and it was <em>everywhere<\/em>: \u201cBible study, Wednesday night,\u201d \u201cBible study, Thursday morning.\u201d The quality of the education, in my mind, was important; but what\u2019s more important is: \u201cWhat\u2019s the spiritual environment on this college campus?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What do you think we should do as parents? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, the cool thing\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Should we check that out? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Oh, yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Should we say, \u201cYou have to go to this student ministry on campus\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201chave to\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here is how I said it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Look how she spun that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Some parents do\u2014<em>do<\/em> that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here is how I said it to my kids\u2014and Glenn, I would be interested in your thoughts on this\u2014I said: \u201cWhen you go to college, about 35 percent of your education over the next four years is going to happen in the classroom environment; 65 percent of your education is going to happen as\u2014you try to figure out life\/\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cas you try to adjust to: you\u2019re now on your own; you\u2019re calling your own shots. How do you develop community? How do you figure out how to balance a checkbook?\u201d They used to use checkbooks back in the day, so I had to explain that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Check book? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right; so I was explaining: \u201cYes, we want to look at this college for what it provides academically; but that\u2019s only 35 percent of what the next four years are going to be.\u201d We want to make sure we\u2019re looking at: \u201cWhat does it provide for you spiritually?\u201d We want to look at: \u201cWhat it provides for you relationally. How does all of that work together?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We did the same thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And our kids understood that as a priority. We could walk away from a campus visit, and I could say\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cAcademically, it looks good. What do you think about the spiritual climate? What can you tell about the relational environment and how all of that works?\u201d They could see it, and they knew what they wanted. When they were juniors and seniors in high school, they <em>wanted<\/em> to go to places that would be faith-nurturing, not faith-destroying. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, it\u2019s really cool\u2014just what you\u2019re saying, Glenn\u2014I mean, we haven\u2019t talked about the sports world; but that\u2019s really strong in the sports world. Every major college that I know of has a chaplain on their football team. I was a chaplain in the NFL for 33 seasons; every NFL team has a chaplain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s really interesting\u2014there was a player that came to Detroit as a free-agent. He was being recruited from another NFL team\u2014a quarterback. He told them, \u201cI don\u2019t want to come to Detroit for my recruiting trip\u201d\u2014they still call it that even though it\u2019s the NFL\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cunless I can have lunch with the chaplain.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Huh? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He made his decision after lunch with Ann and me. I said\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and his wife was there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to the team afterwards\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, she was there. I said to the team afterwards, \u201cHey, do I get ten percent of his deal?\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes, exactly! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014bonus. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, we had something to do with that; but anyway, it\u2019s so strong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur son played college football; and the day he was recruited at this one school, the chaplain came out and met him as he walked in the football building. I\u2019m like, \u201cIt\u2019s over,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s where you\u2019re going. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014because I knew, right then, that he was going to go, \u201cOh my goodness; they care that much.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat you\u2019re saying about the college campus <em>really<\/em> is true in <em>all<\/em> areas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes; and we were talking about parents earlier. Parents need to know: \u201cShould they be encouraged?\u201d I have a chapter in my book, Chapter 8, a whole chapter on the research: \u201cWhat are the things that are strongest and most empowering and successful in passing faith on to the next generation?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe scholars\u2014one of the scholars, in particular\u2014again, the guy from Notre Dame, Christian Smith\u2014he says, kind of tongue-in-cheek\u2014he says, \u201cThe number-one thing\u2014<em>no <\/em>close competitor\u2014is parents.\u201d He said, \u201cThe number-two thing, third thing, fourth thing, fifth thing\u2014parents.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Really?! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u201cSix, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth\u2014parents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> He\u2019s just saying, \u201cYou <em>cannot<\/em> over emphasize the impact of parents.\u201d The irony of <em>that<\/em> is\u2014you know, I have five kids; like they didn\u2019t listen to a <em>word<\/em> I said\u2014but these guys would say: \u201cOh no. They\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cThey were listening.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cThey\u2019re picking it up.\u201d It\u2019s what the parents <em>do<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, parents need to know: \u201cYou do not need to be a super Christian. You do not need to be like <em>those<\/em> people at church\u201d; you know?\u2014like they can quote Scripture; they\u2019re always doing it great. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, if it\u2019s\u2014you know what?\u2014the Stanton family goes to church: this is our church; we\u2019re there. We know the pastor; the pastor knows us. We\u2019re involved in groups. Even if we don\u2019t go every week\/if we miss here and there, again, God is very <em>gracious<\/em> in this way; but we read the Scriptures at home. We <em>talk<\/em> about the Scriptures. There are Bibles around the house that are actually <em>used<\/em>. We <em>pray<\/em> about things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn normal everyday life\u2014we\u2019re going down the highway; you see in accident\u2014\u201cYou know what, kids? Let\u2019s pray for the EMT workers. Let\u2019s pray that that family would be okay,\u201d\u2014just real quick. Kids are soaking that up. The other thing is, if kids see God working in their own life: \u201cYou know what?\u2014we prayed for this. It didn\u2019t look possible; God did it.\u201d Those things have a big imprint in their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut here is another thing\u2014and I saw this with <em>my<\/em> kids; and parents, who have older kids, will see this\u2014is parents being strong\/parents having a serious faith; again, not perfect faith\/not Superman faith\u2014but serious. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other is what they call satellite or scaffolding adults\u2014that is Aunt Susie, Uncle Jim, the youth worker, Mom and Dad\u2019s friends, parents at school\u2014who [our kids are] like, \u201cOkay; Mom and Dad believe this stuff, but they are kind of nerdy; they don\u2019t really always know. But Kim, the youth worker\u2014I mean, she serves\u2014she rides a motorcycle; she knows our music; she\u2019s hip, and she\u2019s smart; but she believes the same thing that my parents do.\u201d That is <em>massive<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s huge; isn\u2019t it?\u2014to come alongside. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes, it is. Kids who have that are <em>nearly<\/em> guaranteed to carry their faith into adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What a motivation for us, as parents,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014to dig deep into Jesus and that our walks with God would be vibrant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m looking at Page 133 in Chapter 8\u2014and again, you said most of these; so I don\u2019t need\u2014but I would say, \u201cEvery parent, not only read the book, but read this page\u201d; because you list nine things that parents do that help their children, as they become adults, retain their faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere is one you didn\u2019t say, which is so critical; right? You said almost all of these; but number seven was: \u201cHelp their children be honest about and resolve their own spiritual doubts and struggles.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> <em>Yes<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s okay for your child to struggle, but you are there with them in honesty. Is that what you are saying? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> It\u2019s actually, not only okay, it\u2019s <em>good<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You think about this: when you go to the gym, it\u2019s <em>resistance<\/em> that builds your muscles. You know, if you\u2019re doing weights, and there is no weight on that\/if there is no <em>resistance<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s the same thing with faith\u2014that is, encourage your kids to ask <em>tough<\/em> questions. Never say, one: \u201cThat\u2019s a silly question,\u201d or \u201cHere is the answer.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA friend of mine, when he was growing up\u2014and we were close buddies\u2014I mean, he had a problem with the issue of evil: \u201cHow can a good God allow evil?\u201d His parents were <em>wonderful<\/em> and said: \u201cYou know what? That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> question. And nearly every Christian philosopher deals with that, so you\u2019re right on to ask that question. Let\u2019s go find the answer.\u201d Basically, his parents taught him\u2014rather than giving him a fish\u2014taught him how to fish; and it strengthened his faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think that dialogue with our kids is so important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> For us, I remember when I started putting my kids in car seats, I thought, \u201cEvery time I\u2019m in the car, I\u2019m just going to pray out loud.\u201d That just became this habit: when we go to school, we\u2019re praying for their test; we\u2019re praying for their friends that are struggling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen they\u2019d have friends in the car, and their friends are talking about this hard thing. I\u2019m like: \u201cThat is so hard! I\u2019m going to be\u2014in fact, let\u2019s just pray right now.\u201d We got to the point, where all their friends were coming for prayer\u2014not only our own kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They weren\u2019t running away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014they wanted it. It was like: \u201cOh, she\u2019s listening. She\u2019s praying for us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I remember\u2014I think it was Cody\u2014one of our sons called us on a mission trip; remember? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He was all excited. He goes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014in college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He was in college, and they were on a mission trip. They were walking down a sidewalk, and they prayed out loud. The people that were with them said: \u201cWow; that was so cool. We prayed out loud about something.\u201d Cody was like, \u201cI experienced that my whole life.\u201d That was something that happened every time the car seat was on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> He called us; he said: \u201cThank you. Thank you that that was just a <em>habit<\/em>. I didn\u2019t even realize how special that was.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They are <em>drawn<\/em> to that kind of thing. One, because it shows care and concern; the other is, \u201cShe lives in another reality.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it\u2019s about a <em>relationship<\/em> with God\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s ongoing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They hear that in your prayers\u2014that authenticity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What do you think things are going to look 20 years from now? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what?\u2014it\u2019s interesting. The sociologists that have been studying this, forward\u2014they say: \u201cFirst of all, worldwide, Christianity is <em>the<\/em> largest faith,\u201d and \u201cThrough the rest of this century\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And I\u2019ve been told that, if we get to a point in our lifetime, where in China, the church can come out of the shadows without fear,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014what we will see is there are more Christians in China than there are in the United States. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Oh my goodness; there are more Christians in Africa\/on the continent of Africa. In the last ten years, there have been more seminaries built in Africa than in all the <em>rest<\/em> of the world combined. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Here is the revival; these pastors are <em>hardcore<\/em> theological. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is fascinating. I feel like I\u2019m with Mr. Wikipedia. [Laughter] This is <em>amazing<\/em>; I want to ask all the questions in the world. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, the answers to the questions you ought to ask are\/a lot of them are in the book Glenn has written, called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity Is Actually Thriving in America and in the World<\/em>. I would think moms and dads, and pastors, and church leaders would want to know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014the good news. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This just confirms for us that Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said the gates of hell will not prevail; that God is going to be up to something. There may be ebbs and flow in particular regions of the world over time\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014but God\u2019s at work. His Kingdom\u2014I think I heard this\u2014His Kingdom is forever and ever; right? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I love what you said at the end of your book; you said: \u201cFinally, it\u2019s the Holy Spirit who runs and drives Christ\u2019s church across time and throughout the nations. He is unstoppable, unquenchable, and inherently life-giving. He is not nodding off, sickly, or on vacation. The word of His heart and very character will not be thwarted; He is God. To believe the church is dying is to deny these truths and judge God either confused or a liar.\u201d That is good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That is good. Glenn, thank you. Thanks for being here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for writing the book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Thank you guys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for your faithfulness in digging in and helping us see what\u2019s going on in our world. I hope a lot of our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to get a copy of your book. The book is called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>, and it\u2019s encouraging. It\u2019s hopeful; it\u2019s something that needs to be shared with others. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve had you on today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com to get Glenn\u2019s book, <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order a copy. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-358-6329 to order your copy. Again, that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things we are convinced about, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, is that there\u2019s a solid connection between our relationship with God and our relationships with one another. Dave and Ann, the way you guys say this regularly is that, if there\u2019s a horizontal problem, there\u2019s a vertical problem. If we want to get the horizontal relationships worked out, we\u2019ve got to go to make sure the vertical relationship is worked out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> exists to help effectively develop godly marriages and families. One of the ways we do that is by regularly pointing you back to the Scriptures\/pointing you back to Jesus. He is the source. His Word is truth when it comes to how we are to live in relationship with one another and in relationship to one another. You can count on that being a theme you will hear from us over and over again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who, as listeners, resonate with that idea to the extent that you have become supporters of this ministry. You are financial partners with us, as donors, to the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. The cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program is covered by people, like you, who believe in this mission enough to say, \u201cWe want to make a donation to see it continue\/to see others helped and encouraged as we\u2019ve been helped and encouraged by the work of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are a longtime listener, and you\u2019ve never made a donation, or if you\u2019ve ever thought about becoming a monthly Legacy Partner, today would be a <em>great<\/em> day to do either of those things. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can make an online donation, or you can sign up as a monthly Legacy Partner; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014you can do the same thing over the phone. Thanks for praying about that\/considering joining with <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and helping extend the reach of this ministry through your financial support. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you have a great weekend. Hope you and your family are able to worship together with your local church in some way this weekend, and we hope you can join us back on Monday. We imagined that a lot of couples have experienced some fresh challenges in loving one another well over the last several months as our rhythms have been interrupted and our stress levels have gone up. Matt and Lisa Jacobson are going to join us to talk about ways we can practice loving one another well. We\u2019ll talk about that Monday. 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Glenn Stanton says, \"No way.\" Stanton reminds parents of the incredible influence they have in their young adult's life.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2020-06-12.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> As parents, even when it feels like our influence over our kids is beginning to wane, Glenn Stanton says we should never underestimate our significance, especially when it comes to faith formation in our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> The scholars, in particular\u2014and the guy from Notre Dame, Christian Smith\u2014he says, kind of tongue-in-cheek\/he says, \u201cThe number-one thing, number-two thing, third thing, fourth thing, fifth thing\u2014parents. You <em>cannot<\/em> overemphasize the impact of parents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe irony of <em>that<\/em> is\u2014you know, I have five kids; like they didn\u2019t listen to a <em>word<\/em> I said\u2014but these guys would say, \u201cOh no, they\u2019re picking it up.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. Our influence, as parents, over our children\u2019s faith is not determinative; but it\u2019s not insignificant either. We\u2019re going to talk more about that today with our guest, Glenn Stanton. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. Have you ever tracked\u2014you\u2019ve been a pastor in a church for 30-plus years now; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Don\u2019t say the plus yet; it\u2019s year 30. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you ever tracked what happens to the kids who went through your youth group? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We haven\u2019t; I mean, we haven\u2019t done it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014like a formal study. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, we don\u2019t have graphs and\u2014yes, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So it\u2019s anecdotal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Anecdotal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; we got together as a team once and said: \u201cLet\u2019s kind of track our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s track the average of what\u2019s going on.\u201d It <em>was<\/em> true\u2014that the parents that are on fire for Jesus\/that are really missional in their\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014active in their faith\/\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014living it out\u2014that was the <em>key<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Those kids were going on and doing well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But the kids who were showing up from nominal Christian homes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they were shipwrecking later on? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s sort of what we found. I mean, you can have a\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and not always; there are exceptions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, yes; there are always; but you can have a great youth program\/do all the right things; and yet, when they go home, if that\u2019s not seen, often, it\u2019s not caught. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We ought to just say to moms and dads, here at the beginning\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014that you don\u2019t simply subcontract and outsource faith to the professionals. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you try to do that, you\u2019re not going to be happy with how things turn out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And God has called <em>you<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014called <em>us<\/em> to be the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s our job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014disciplers of our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got a friend joining us this week on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, Glenn Stanton. Glenn, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Glenn works at Focus on the Family<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; and yes, it\u2019s possible for people who work at Focus on the Family to be on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and vice versa. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014and enjoy it. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right! [Laughter] We\u2019re friends; we like each other. We support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We\u2019re on the <em>same<\/em> team. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We are; and are so grateful for how God has been at work through the ministry of Focus on the Family for <em>years<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And so many of our listeners would say, \u201cGod\u2019s used Focus in our lives profoundly over those years.\u201d You\u2019ve been there for more than a quarter of a century. Glenn gives leadership to the Family Formation Studies. Basically, Glenn is the trend-seeker. I mean, you\u2019re out looking and saying: \u201cWhat are the trends telling us? What\u2019s going on with marriage, with family, with faith?\u201d You\u2019ve just written a book called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>\u2014about\u2014<em>How Christianity Is Actually Thriving in America and in the World<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis number we\u2019ve been hearing for years\u2014that 75-80 percent of the kids in your youth group are going to shipwreck when they go to college\u2014is that true or not? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s interesting; that usually that is prefaced with \u201c\u2026in the next ten years.\u201d You look at when those things were said, they were said about 12 years ago; you know? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> But they are <em>still<\/em> repeated and things like that. Again, I mean, it\u2019s just like you said\u2014you look at the churches around you\u2014no; I mean, you don\u2019t meet youth pastors, who are now selling cell phones, \u201cbecause my youth group just dried up.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know? They are in a lot of churches\u2014and I would say <em>most<\/em> churches\u2014like, maybe, not busting at the seams; but they are doing about the way that they\u2019ve always done; and you have these kids that are just excited about the faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Aren\u2019t Christian kids, who head off to universities\u2014private\/public universities\u2014aren\u2019t they walking into what is a more hostile environment than it\u2019s ever been before? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what? It\u2019s interesting that they are, and they aren\u2019t. I mean, there have always been like these gadfly professors, who\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cChristian kids are going to show up in my class, and I\u2019m just going to shut them down.\u201d It\u2019s interesting that\u2014and I\u2019ll make two points there. One, there is research\u2014and these are good scholars; some of\u2019 them are Christians\/they are friends of mine\u2014but they are teaching at secular universities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne guy, particularly good friend, teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. He did some research; and he said, \u201cWhere are kids <em>most<\/em> likely to walk away from their faith if they go to college or if they <em>don\u2019t<\/em> attend college?\u201d It\u2019s the question of: \u201cIs college corrosive to faith?\u201d He said, \u201cI found out\/we found out that kids, who go to college, are less likely to toss their faith than kids who <em>don\u2019t<\/em> go to college.\u201d And guess what\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Whoa, whoa. What are you doing here? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re blowing our minds! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I know! I <em>never<\/em> heard this. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> All these things you hear that you think are actual\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014good research. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And we\u2019re petrified to send our kids to college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s like my hair just went off my head. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s been gone for a while. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, okay; well, it did. It\u2019s like, \u201cReally?!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> We talked yesterday\u2014you know, I used this phrase that: \u201cWe\u2019re the people of good news.\u201d We don\u2019t have to\/why are we so attracted to <em>bad<\/em> news? We are the people who are born again. We don\u2019t have to act like we were born yesterday, in terms, of this research; right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut here is the deal\/here is what they found; and a lot of times, the reasons are not the reasons that we think. Christian kids, who go off to college, are more likely to hang on to their faith than kids who <em>do not<\/em> go to college. It\u2019s <em>not<\/em> the secularizing impact of the university. It\u2019s more psychological and sociological in that those kids know where they are going. They are intentional in life; they have control of their life. They have goals: \u201cSo, like, I want to finish school,\u201d \u201cI want to hang onto my faith,\u201d \u201cI want to do this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s kids, who are like, \u201cJust not going to school. I don\u2019t know what I want to do,\u201d \u2014they\u2019re kind of drifting. They drift in their faith too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I noticed how you said that. You sort of had a tone there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes!\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> [Apathetic tone] \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do.\u201d Is that what you were doing there? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> [Apathetic tone] \u201cKind of\u201d; \u201cMaybe,\u201d\u2014yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Is it is also that, if they\u2019re at college, there\u2019s a chance of community? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what? That\u2019s exactly it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014which is critical; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> That\u2019s the other point\u2014and I make this point in my book, in terms of kind of iconic youth groups\u2014nationally, Young Life<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and InterVarsity<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Young Life deals with high school students; InterVarsity deals with college students. I go through a lot of data; I looked at their annual reports for the last 20 years. Young Life is exploding; they are reaching more kids today than they <em>ever have<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014and are having more decisions for Christ than they ever have.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBoth of these organizations started in 1941. This takes us to the college; InterVarsity is a <em>wonderful<\/em> organization that has its mission on college campuses. They, in the last couple of years, have <em>more<\/em> decisions for Christ on campus than they <em>ever have<\/em> in the \u201850s, in the \u201860s, in the \u201870s; their numbers report that. They have more faculty involvement and more diverse faculty involvement in terms of ethnicity and things like that than they\u2019ve ever had. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the sociologists, Christian Smith\u2014he teaches at Notre Dame\u2014he\u2019s like, \u201cWhy is this the case?\u201d One of the things that he comes up and says is because there is more faith support on campuses. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe impact of Cru<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014that is <em>exactly<\/em> the case. I would bet you, if you looked at Cru\u2019s numbers\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they\u2019re up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Absolutely! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Right? Even that there are\u2014there is not a lot, but the faculty on campus that\u2014\u201cOkay; that guy over in the Psychology Department: solid Christian,\u201d \u201cThat guy\/that woman over in the Sociology Department: <em>strong<\/em> Christian.\u201d There may be <em>four<\/em> of them on campus, but the Christians know about them; you know? Again, that\u2019s that thing: \u201cLo and behold, God continues to <em>work<\/em> in the world.\u201d He\u2019s got this holy conspiracy\u2014you know?\u2014to infiltrate His church into the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> When our kids were looking at colleges, the thing my radar was always up for was: \u201cWhat\u2019s going on spiritually on this campus?\u201d I remember taking our daughter, and we were on one college campus. I was looking for the signs\/I\u2019d always stop at the bulletin boards, where everything is posted. I\u2019m looking and saying, \u201cWhere is the Bible study announcement?\u201d\u2014right? On this particular college campus, there was <em>nothing<\/em>; I was seeing <em>no<\/em> indication of anything going on spiritually. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI went home, and went on the internet, and asked about religious groups on this campus. I found there were just a handful of them. I called one of the student leaders; and I said, \u201cTell me about what\u2019s going on.\u201d This student leader said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m a commuter; and we\u2019ve got a small group that\u2019s getting together.\u201d I\u2019m looking at this and I\u2019m going: \u201cThis is a well-regarded academic institution. A degree from this place would help you professionally.\u201d And I\u2019m looking and going, \u201cThat\u2019s not where I want my daughter to be heading off to college.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen we went to another public university, and it was <em>everywhere<\/em>: \u201cBible study, Wednesday night,\u201d \u201cBible study, Thursday morning.\u201d The quality of the education, in my mind, was important; but what\u2019s more important is: \u201cWhat\u2019s the spiritual environment on this college campus?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What do you think we should do as parents? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, the cool thing\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Should we check that out? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Oh, yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Should we say, \u201cYou have to go to this student ministry on campus\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201chave to\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here is how I said it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Look how she spun that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Some parents do\u2014<em>do<\/em> that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here is how I said it to my kids\u2014and Glenn, I would be interested in your thoughts on this\u2014I said: \u201cWhen you go to college, about 35 percent of your education over the next four years is going to happen in the classroom environment; 65 percent of your education is going to happen as\u2014you try to figure out life\/\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cas you try to adjust to: you\u2019re now on your own; you\u2019re calling your own shots. How do you develop community? How do you figure out how to balance a checkbook?\u201d They used to use checkbooks back in the day, so I had to explain that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Check book? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right; so I was explaining: \u201cYes, we want to look at this college for what it provides academically; but that\u2019s only 35 percent of what the next four years are going to be.\u201d We want to make sure we\u2019re looking at: \u201cWhat does it provide for you spiritually?\u201d We want to look at: \u201cWhat it provides for you relationally. How does all of that work together?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We did the same thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And our kids understood that as a priority. We could walk away from a campus visit, and I could say\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cAcademically, it looks good. What do you think about the spiritual climate? What can you tell about the relational environment and how all of that works?\u201d They could see it, and they knew what they wanted. When they were juniors and seniors in high school, they <em>wanted<\/em> to go to places that would be faith-nurturing, not faith-destroying. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, it\u2019s really cool\u2014just what you\u2019re saying, Glenn\u2014I mean, we haven\u2019t talked about the sports world; but that\u2019s really strong in the sports world. Every major college that I know of has a chaplain on their football team. I was a chaplain in the NFL for 33 seasons; every NFL team has a chaplain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s really interesting\u2014there was a player that came to Detroit as a free-agent. He was being recruited from another NFL team\u2014a quarterback. He told them, \u201cI don\u2019t want to come to Detroit for my recruiting trip\u201d\u2014they still call it that even though it\u2019s the NFL\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cunless I can have lunch with the chaplain.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Huh? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He made his decision after lunch with Ann and me. I said\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and his wife was there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to the team afterwards\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, she was there. I said to the team afterwards, \u201cHey, do I get ten percent of his deal?\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes, exactly! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014bonus. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, we had something to do with that; but anyway, it\u2019s so strong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur son played college football; and the day he was recruited at this one school, the chaplain came out and met him as he walked in the football building. I\u2019m like, \u201cIt\u2019s over,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s where you\u2019re going. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014because I knew, right then, that he was going to go, \u201cOh my goodness; they care that much.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat you\u2019re saying about the college campus <em>really<\/em> is true in <em>all<\/em> areas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes; and we were talking about parents earlier. Parents need to know: \u201cShould they be encouraged?\u201d I have a chapter in my book, Chapter 8, a whole chapter on the research: \u201cWhat are the things that are strongest and most empowering and successful in passing faith on to the next generation?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe scholars\u2014one of the scholars, in particular\u2014again, the guy from Notre Dame, Christian Smith\u2014he says, kind of tongue-in-cheek\u2014he says, \u201cThe number-one thing\u2014<em>no <\/em>close competitor\u2014is parents.\u201d He said, \u201cThe number-two thing, third thing, fourth thing, fifth thing\u2014parents.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Really?! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u201cSix, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth\u2014parents.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> He\u2019s just saying, \u201cYou <em>cannot<\/em> over emphasize the impact of parents.\u201d The irony of <em>that<\/em> is\u2014you know, I have five kids; like they didn\u2019t listen to a <em>word<\/em> I said\u2014but these guys would say: \u201cOh no. They\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cThey were listening.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cThey\u2019re picking it up.\u201d It\u2019s what the parents <em>do<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, parents need to know: \u201cYou do not need to be a super Christian. You do not need to be like <em>those<\/em> people at church\u201d; you know?\u2014like they can quote Scripture; they\u2019re always doing it great. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, if it\u2019s\u2014you know what?\u2014the Stanton family goes to church: this is our church; we\u2019re there. We know the pastor; the pastor knows us. We\u2019re involved in groups. Even if we don\u2019t go every week\/if we miss here and there, again, God is very <em>gracious<\/em> in this way; but we read the Scriptures at home. We <em>talk<\/em> about the Scriptures. There are Bibles around the house that are actually <em>used<\/em>. We <em>pray<\/em> about things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn normal everyday life\u2014we\u2019re going down the highway; you see in accident\u2014\u201cYou know what, kids? Let\u2019s pray for the EMT workers. Let\u2019s pray that that family would be okay,\u201d\u2014just real quick. Kids are soaking that up. The other thing is, if kids see God working in their own life: \u201cYou know what?\u2014we prayed for this. It didn\u2019t look possible; God did it.\u201d Those things have a big imprint in their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut here is another thing\u2014and I saw this with <em>my<\/em> kids; and parents, who have older kids, will see this\u2014is parents being strong\/parents having a serious faith; again, not perfect faith\/not Superman faith\u2014but serious. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other is what they call satellite or scaffolding adults\u2014that is Aunt Susie, Uncle Jim, the youth worker, Mom and Dad\u2019s friends, parents at school\u2014who [our kids are] like, \u201cOkay; Mom and Dad believe this stuff, but they are kind of nerdy; they don\u2019t really always know. But Kim, the youth worker\u2014I mean, she serves\u2014she rides a motorcycle; she knows our music; she\u2019s hip, and she\u2019s smart; but she believes the same thing that my parents do.\u201d That is <em>massive<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s huge; isn\u2019t it?\u2014to come alongside. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes, it is. Kids who have that are <em>nearly<\/em> guaranteed to carry their faith into adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What a motivation for us, as parents,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014to dig deep into Jesus and that our walks with God would be vibrant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m looking at Page 133 in Chapter 8\u2014and again, you said most of these; so I don\u2019t need\u2014but I would say, \u201cEvery parent, not only read the book, but read this page\u201d; because you list nine things that parents do that help their children, as they become adults, retain their faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere is one you didn\u2019t say, which is so critical; right? You said almost all of these; but number seven was: \u201cHelp their children be honest about and resolve their own spiritual doubts and struggles.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> <em>Yes<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s okay for your child to struggle, but you are there with them in honesty. Is that what you are saying? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> It\u2019s actually, not only okay, it\u2019s <em>good<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You think about this: when you go to the gym, it\u2019s <em>resistance<\/em> that builds your muscles. You know, if you\u2019re doing weights, and there is no weight on that\/if there is no <em>resistance<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s the same thing with faith\u2014that is, encourage your kids to ask <em>tough<\/em> questions. Never say, one: \u201cThat\u2019s a silly question,\u201d or \u201cHere is the answer.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA friend of mine, when he was growing up\u2014and we were close buddies\u2014I mean, he had a problem with the issue of evil: \u201cHow can a good God allow evil?\u201d His parents were <em>wonderful<\/em> and said: \u201cYou know what? That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> question. And nearly every Christian philosopher deals with that, so you\u2019re right on to ask that question. Let\u2019s go find the answer.\u201d Basically, his parents taught him\u2014rather than giving him a fish\u2014taught him how to fish; and it strengthened his faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think that dialogue with our kids is so important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> For us, I remember when I started putting my kids in car seats, I thought, \u201cEvery time I\u2019m in the car, I\u2019m just going to pray out loud.\u201d That just became this habit: when we go to school, we\u2019re praying for their test; we\u2019re praying for their friends that are struggling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen they\u2019d have friends in the car, and their friends are talking about this hard thing. I\u2019m like: \u201cThat is so hard! I\u2019m going to be\u2014in fact, let\u2019s just pray right now.\u201d We got to the point, where all their friends were coming for prayer\u2014not only our own kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They weren\u2019t running away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014they wanted it. It was like: \u201cOh, she\u2019s listening. She\u2019s praying for us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I remember\u2014I think it was Cody\u2014one of our sons called us on a mission trip; remember? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He was all excited. He goes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014in college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He was in college, and they were on a mission trip. They were walking down a sidewalk, and they prayed out loud. The people that were with them said: \u201cWow; that was so cool. We prayed out loud about something.\u201d Cody was like, \u201cI experienced that my whole life.\u201d That was something that happened every time the car seat was on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> He called us; he said: \u201cThank you. Thank you that that was just a <em>habit<\/em>. I didn\u2019t even realize how special that was.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They are <em>drawn<\/em> to that kind of thing. One, because it shows care and concern; the other is, \u201cShe lives in another reality.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it\u2019s about a <em>relationship<\/em> with God\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s ongoing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> They hear that in your prayers\u2014that authenticity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What do you think things are going to look 20 years from now? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> You know what?\u2014it\u2019s interesting. The sociologists that have been studying this, forward\u2014they say: \u201cFirst of all, worldwide, Christianity is <em>the<\/em> largest faith,\u201d and \u201cThrough the rest of this century\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And I\u2019ve been told that, if we get to a point in our lifetime, where in China, the church can come out of the shadows without fear,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014what we will see is there are more Christians in China than there are in the United States. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Oh my goodness; there are more Christians in Africa\/on the continent of Africa. In the last ten years, there have been more seminaries built in Africa than in all the <em>rest<\/em> of the world combined. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Here is the revival; these pastors are <em>hardcore<\/em> theological. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is fascinating. I feel like I\u2019m with Mr. Wikipedia. [Laughter] This is <em>amazing<\/em>; I want to ask all the questions in the world. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, the answers to the questions you ought to ask are\/a lot of them are in the book Glenn has written, called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity Is Actually Thriving in America and in the World<\/em>. I would think moms and dads, and pastors, and church leaders would want to know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014the good news. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This just confirms for us that Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said the gates of hell will not prevail; that God is going to be up to something. There may be ebbs and flow in particular regions of the world over time\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014but God\u2019s at work. His Kingdom\u2014I think I heard this\u2014His Kingdom is forever and ever; right? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I love what you said at the end of your book; you said: \u201cFinally, it\u2019s the Holy Spirit who runs and drives Christ\u2019s church across time and throughout the nations. He is unstoppable, unquenchable, and inherently life-giving. He is not nodding off, sickly, or on vacation. The word of His heart and very character will not be thwarted; He is God. To believe the church is dying is to deny these truths and judge God either confused or a liar.\u201d That is good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That is good. Glenn, thank you. Thanks for being here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for writing the book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Glenn:<\/strong> Thank you guys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for your faithfulness in digging in and helping us see what\u2019s going on in our world. I hope a lot of our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to get a copy of your book. The book is called <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>, and it\u2019s encouraging. It\u2019s hopeful; it\u2019s something that needs to be shared with others. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve had you on today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com to get Glenn\u2019s book, <em>The Myth of the Dying Church<\/em>; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order a copy. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-358-6329 to order your copy. Again, that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things we are convinced about, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, is that there\u2019s a solid connection between our relationship with God and our relationships with one another. Dave and Ann, the way you guys say this regularly is that, if there\u2019s a horizontal problem, there\u2019s a vertical problem. If we want to get the horizontal relationships worked out, we\u2019ve got to go to make sure the vertical relationship is worked out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> exists to help effectively develop godly marriages and families. One of the ways we do that is by regularly pointing you back to the Scriptures\/pointing you back to Jesus. He is the source. His Word is truth when it comes to how we are to live in relationship with one another and in relationship to one another. 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