I do not believe in a church's Christianity. I don't believe that that kind of Christianity is biblical or in that sense Christian at all. And the restoration of a proper mentality and commitment to the church begins in the home. Parents need to keep this in mind at all times. They are teaching their children.

They are teaching their children all the time in terms of their own practice with regard to church attendance. And I just want to say, Parents, what are you teaching your children when you skip church? And skip it for very light reasons. What are you teaching your children? You're teaching them that church isn't that important.

But the Bible teaches that church membership and commitment to a local church is one of the highest priorities in the Christian life. The Bible everywhere assumes that Christians are committed to local churches. It assumes they have pastors that are in charge of them. Hebrews 13, 17, obey your leaders and submit to them because they watch for your souls. The question is, who are your leaders and how are they watching for your souls, especially if your relationship with the church is not existent or tenuous and certainly very informal.

Do the pastors of the church know that they're your pastors? Maybe they don't because you've never actually taken the step of joining the church. And so it's really important for children to be taught early by the example of their parents that the commitment to the local church is a high priority for their family, for their mom, for their dad, and it's going to be a high priority for them as long as they live in their parents' home.