Not Really “Of” Us
Why Do Children of Christian Parents Abandon the Faith?
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One of the most distressing experiences a Christian parent can go through is watching their child, who they have loved, protected, nurtured, supported, provided for, clothed, cared for, and – most importantly - told them the truth about Christianity, to one day tell their parent, “I don’t believe this anymore,” because it’s not about being ‘unhappy’ that their child disagrees with them, but because of the reality of the eternal consequence of that choice to disbelieve. Unfortunately, children who walk away from the faith, don’t fully appreciate or choose to understand what that personal decision to disbelieve does to their parent spiritually and emotionally, and the parent doesn’t understand ‘why’ the child chose to disbelieve, despite being told the truth and reality of Christianity and the Bible. So, in order to help both the Christian parent and the disbelieving child to help understand each other, and at the very least, attempt to reestablish, heal, mend, and strengthen the relationship they would like to have with one other - and hopefully with God – I have written this book. If you can relate to anything I just wrote, this book is for you.
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In Not Really “Of” Us, author and former skeptic, Steve Christie, examines specific reasons why your child abandoned the Christian faith. He delves into what you can do to help your child who is beginning to doubt and what you can do now if they have already abandoned it. He also explores how to mend your spiritually broken relationship—whether you are the parent or the child.
About the Author
I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord in August of 2004. I served for three years on the missions committee at Bethany Community Fellowship in Sylvania, Ohio, where I served as chairman for those last two years. For the past seven years, I’ve been leading a home Bible study out of my basement, affectionately nicknamed, “Toledo Underground Church.”
I’m a registered nurse, and I’ve earned a Bachelor in Arts with a major in psychology, as well as a Master in Business Administration with a major in management, both from The University of Toledo.
I wrote this book as an aid and encouragement to help parents who have raised children in the Christian faith who walked away from it, and to provide real hope on why this happened and what to do next. I currently worship at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Toledo, Ohio with my wife, Lucia (Pusa), and my mother, Darlene.
My home Bible studies can be viewed, and the study notes can be downloaded for free from: http://www.vernisage.us/SteveChristie/index.html.