Engaging Culture 5

Today we conclude this week’s look at strategies for engaging the soul of today’s youth culture. The strategy we need to address is one that is difficult, simply because it’s employed in times of deep family pain and hurt. It’s our need to respond redemptively to our kids’ sin, failures, and mistakes. All teens – like us – face temptation. And all teens – like us – will make dangerous and sinful choices. Your goal should be to help the kids you know and love redeem these situations by turning a sinful mistake into an opportunity for the teen to experience God’s grace, and become a more Christlike person. Don’t ever write off a teen or a difficult situation as irredeemable. Rather, treat your teen as you know your heavenly father treats you when you are the offending party. Difficult times will come. Parents, we are called to love and lead our kids to wholeness through repentance and restoration.