Leading Our Kids To Knowing Jesus

Important resource for parents!

From Justin Taylor:

1. Genuine Salvation: More Than a Prayer

2. How Children Come to Faith in Christ

3. Taking Our Children to Church: Is That Enough?

4. How to Deal With Doubt

5. Observing Salvation in Your Child: What Does It Look Like?

6. The Family: No Better Place to Come to Know Christ!

Transcripts are also available at the bottom of each of these pages’ links.

I cannot recommend these talks enough to any parent wanting to be thoughtful, careful, and prayerful in the salvation of their children.

Is This For Real? Is It This Easy?

Rick Warren, whom I respect, looks loony with this one.

Two thousand years ago - the Day of Pentecost was the first day of the Christian Church. Acts 2:41 tells us, "About 3,000 people were baptized and joined the church that day."  If you'll join us this weekend, history could be repeated at Saddleback!  Want to make history?

 

Which of these requirements do you need to complete this Saturday?

1.  Open your heart to Jesus Christ. Click here to learn more.

2.  Attend Class 101: Discovering Your Church Family. Sign up.

3.  Sign our membership covenant (explained in class).

4.  Be baptized the way Jesus commanded and modeled for us.

 

YOU CAN FINISH ALL 4 REQUIREMENTS IN ONE DAY - THIS SATURDAY! 

 

EIGHT REASONS TO JOIN THIS SATURDAY & NOT PROCRASTINATE:

 

1.  I'm personally teaching Class 101 for the first time in ten years.

 

2.  I'm personally baptizing after Class and you'll receive a photo & baptism certificate.

 

3. You'll get a free one year subscription to Purpose Driven Connection magazine.  (Never offered before)

 

4. You'll get free copy of The Purpose Driven Church book.

 

5. Your name will be included in the historical list of Saddleback Pioneer Members who joined in our first 30 years.  (This Easter is our 30th Easter and I want you included in this list.)

         

6. The class is 1 hour shorter than normal. You can watch session 3 here online now.

 

7. You'll be a part of making Christian history!  The largest membership class ever!

 

8. We love you & want you in our family. There is no good reason to procrastinate.

Should conversions happen because people "want to make history" or because "Rick is teaching the class and baptizing and you can get a free photo and book"?  Can conversions happen like this?  Conversions to Jesus Christ, that is?

Where's the Gospel in this invitation?  We can hope it's in the class I suppose...

I can't help but think of 2 Corinthians 4.

2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

True conversion is (and this obviously is not the only way to say it) when the Holy Spirit of God regenerates the unbelieving heart so that, according to Biblical truth, that heart sees, turns towards, and trusts in the glory of Jesus and His cross and turns away from the wretchedness of sin.  That certainly could, by God's grace happen with Warren's efforts.  But it cannot be manufactured by them.  To me, Warren's invite seems to be missing gospel truth, gospel power, and gospel motivation.