Elon Musk created waves last month when he announced a decision to move two of his companies to Texas. The move is in response to gender identity laws recently passed in the state of California. Musk again raised eyebrows when he spoke out on the controversial opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics where drag queens took part in a sketch mocking the Lord’s Supper.
Musk said, “Unless there is more bravery to stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish.” Musk’s remarks emphasize parental rights and responsibility. Indeed, parents play a critical role in passing on their faith and values to their children.
On May 10, 2019, Pew Research published the results of a study entitled, “Most U.S. parents pass along their religion and politics to their children.
” The study interviewed 1,800 teens between the ages of 13 and 17. It found that 82% of Protestant parents had teens who also identified as Protestant, 81% of Catholic parents had Catholic teens, and 86% of religiously unaffiliated parents had teens who also described themselves as unaffiliated. According to the Bible, sharing our faith involves more than merely providing information.
It involves recounting one’s experience in a way that evokes emotions of awe and praise among those who hear. This is not a mere suggestion. We are to teach the word and ways of the Lord to others.
We are to impress the mighty works of God upon hearts and minds, especially our children. Such commands are given again and again throughout the Bible (c.f.
Deuteronomy 6:7, 11:18-20; Psalm 78:1-8; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Timothy 4:11; 2 Timothy 2:2). Despite Elon’s dire warning, the Bible declares that Christianity will never perish. Revelation 11:15 promises that at the end of the age, the kingdom of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.
Everyone who knows Christ as Savior and Lord is promised an eternal dwelling place in Heaven. Romans 10:9-10 expresses what we must do: “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Be a person of faith and pass it on.
Sarah Fletcher talks about the new Classical Christian school called White Horse Academy Holy Trinity Catholic Church is shown in this photo dated Oct. 24, 1935. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history.
Please visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more. The Holy Trinity Choir is shown in this photo dated Feb.
8, 1938. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history. Please visit mchistory.
org/participate/saving-history to learn more. Renovations are underway at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 704 N. Main St.
, in this photo from Nov. 4, 1953. The painting, redecorating, installation of a new speaking system and other repairs were expected to cost about $30,000, according to Pantagraph archives.
This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history. Please visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more.
Renovations are underway at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 704 N. Main St., in this photo from Nov.
4, 1953. The painting, redecorating, installation of a new speaking system and other repairs were expected to cost about $30,000, according to Pantagraph archives. In this photo, iron scaffolding covers most of the auditorium.
This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history. Please visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more.
Renovations are underway at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 704 N. Main St., in this photo from Nov.
4, 1953. The painting, redecorating, installation of a new speaking system and other repairs were expected to cost about $30,000, according to Pantagraph archives. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history.
Please visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more. Renovations are underway at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 704 N.
Main St., in this photo from Nov. 4, 1953.
The painting, redecorating, installation of a new speaking system and other repairs were expected to cost about $30,000, according to Pantagraph archives. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history. Please visit mchistory.
org/participate/saving-history to learn more. Renovations are underway at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 704 N. Main St.
, in this photo from Nov. 4, 1953. The painting, redecorating, installation of a new speaking system and other repairs were expected to cost about $30,000, according to Pantagraph archives.
This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save our history. Please visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more.
Clark Killingsworth is the director of associational leadership for the East Central Illinois Baptist Association. He can be reached at eciba.clark@gmail.
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