<p><strong><em>Christianity Today</em> Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness</strong></p><p><strong>Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom—and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.</strong></p><p>Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk isn't here to pile on the guilt or to make us feel like failures. As a parent himself, heknows this struggle firsthand.</p><p>In <em>Family Discipleship That Works</em>, Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn't just passing along head knowledge. It's teaching them to <em>act</em> like Jesus. The Bible itself is not just a story but a drama in which we ourselves participate, and our kids have roles to play too. Dembowczyk offers practical advice and a wealth of ideas for teaching our kids to imitate the character traits of Jesus himself as we "act out" the Christian life together.</p><p>As parents, we are indeed called to disciple our children to know and act like Jesus. By God's grace, that's a task we can do—not out of guilt but with joy and good hope.</p><p><em>Family Discipleship That Works</em> . . . </p><ul><li>Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism, but with grace and understanding</li><li>Presents "imitating Jesus" as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship</li><li>Includes practical, achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes</li></ul>
