Giving Children a Biblical Worldview...

This article caught my attention because I realize how quickly I can fall into this very trap... May God give me the grace and help to avoid this type of "legalism" and help me teach them a true "biblical worldview" and the understanding of what it means to live a life to glorify Him... because of who He is and what He's done for me on the cross. I'm on an "adventure" to understand what it means to live a "cross-centered" life... Read with intent -

"Sometimes we fall into the trap of substituting legalism for a biblical worldview. For example, we set hard and fast rules for what our children wear, watch, see, and hear but never take the time to develop the kind of thinking that would guide them in such decisions. Don't get me wrong. I believe wholeheartedly that parents must diligently protect their children from ungodly influences. I also believe that limits must be set and rules must be established. I am simply suggesting that limits and rules are insufficient in and of themselves.


If all I give my children is limits and rules, they will do what I tell them as long as I am around. But once they leave my home, they will live in accordance with their worldview, not my rules. Thus I must spend as much time shaping and molding their thinking as I do making rules. Legalism simply sets up external, extra-biblical standards that take the place of biblical thinking."

-Voddie Baucham, Family Driven Faith