Teaching our Children to Contend for God’s Truth

I remember playing a game called Telephone in grade school. A whispered secret met my ear as I strained to hear the message. At the end of the game, I remember feeling surprised and confused that what I had heard along the telephone line, was in fact… not the original message. I had received words secondhand and somehow, the words passed on were skewed, and in some rounds, lost entirely. 

Secondhand information permeates every sphere of our lives and if we aren’t careful, we will make decisions based on faulty information. Our children will learn from us to do the same. …