Caught, Not Taught: Why Your Faith Lectures Are Losing to Your Life

You've read the books. You've bought the age-appropriate Bibles. Maybe you're even doing family devotionals (or have wanted to start). So why does spiritual formation with your kids still feel so unnatural or even stressful?

Here's the uncomfortable truth: the faith you model will always overpower the faith you mandate. What's caught beats what's taught — every time. And nothing breeds cynicism faster than a father who preaches growth while secretly believing he's graduated from it.

The most toxic message you can send is "this is important for you, but not for me." That dissonance doesn't create disciples; it creates skeptics who've learned that faith is performative rather than personal.

What if the key to discipling your kids isn't leading from above but learning from the front? 

This episode reveals why becoming the "lead disciplee"—visibly hungry, openly growing—transforms family faith from obligation into invitation.

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