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Endorsements
“Drawing on considerable pastoral experience and research, Jon Nielson helps us to look at the factors that lead many to leave the church as young adults, while also helping equip parents and church leaders to cultivate a genuine faith that endures. Readers will find this volume a beacon light amid news that portends dark times for the legacy of the church.”
—Vincent Bacote
Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics
and Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College
“Could there be a more tragic and dire trend for Christianity in our culture than that myriads of children raised attending church consider the church toxic as adults? Jon Nielson’s new book, Faith That Lasts, is brimming with practical insight gained from his years working with high school and college students. This book deserves our full attention.”
—Ray Cortese
Senior Pastor of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church
“As a new parent, I’m daunted by the challenges and concerned for the future. What will my son make of these formative years? How will he remember his mother and me? Most importantly, how will he regard Jesus Christ and the church? I’m grateful that Jon Nielson—one of my go-to sources on youth and the church—has written this hopeful and helpful book about how we can encourage faith that lasts.”
—Collin Hansen
Editorial Director of The Gospel Coalition
Author of Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous,
Compassionate, and Commissioned Church
“Faith That Lasts is about the miracle of new birth in Christ and the outworking of it in our kids’ lives. I’m so thankful that Jon Nielson has written this book for all of us because he gets to the heart of what it means to proclaim the life-giving gospel to the young people around us.”
—Gloria Furman
Member of Redeemer Church of Dubai, UAE
Author of The Pastor’s Wife and Missional Motherhood
“This book is phenomenal and a “must-read” for all Christian parents who long for their kids to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. As parents of five children at different stages of development, this book provides needed insights for intentionally engaging each of them with the gospel.”
—Dan and Micah Lindquist
Dan is the Managing Director of First Trust Advisors
“My only regret after finishing Faith That Lasts was that I hadn’t read it before preaching a recent parenting series at my church. I would have recommended it as a super-helpful parenting resource for all the moms and dads in my congregation. Jon is a unique blend of parent, theologian, and pastor. Jon’s advice to church leaders for reaching and discipling millennials is worth the price of the book.”
—Jim Nicodem
Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church
Author of Prayer Coach and Bible Savvy
“I’ve known Jon Nielson since we were eighteen and freshmen in college. What I have seen in the years since is someone who loves the church because he loves Christ. Jon writes with clarity and crispness, walking the reader through the issues and the solutions. He writes with conviction and doesn’t beat around the bush. And, as he has for all the years I’ve known him, he constantly points back to the real gospel as the solution.”
—Barnabas Piper
Author of The Pastor’s Kid and Help My Unbelief
“Faith That Lasts has something unique for young parents, older parents, grandparents, couples without children and church leaders. Each will benefit from the insights found in this book.”
—Norm Sonju
Cofounder and former President & GM of Dallas Mavericks, NBA
“God loves children. Through his gospel, he creates fathers and mothers who love children. This is an incredible theological truth, but it takes a ton of wisdom to know how to enflesh it amidst the stresses and challenges of everyday life. In Faith That Lasts, Jon Nielson offers up a rich meal of just this wisdom—helping parents to own their God-given roles while encouraging us all to see that in the Christian home, love and truth, discipline and friendship, instruction and fun, do not conflict, but blend beautifully to the praise of our great God.”
—Owen Strachan
Associate Professor of Christian Theology, Midwestern Seminary
Coauthor of The Grand Design: Male and Female He Made Them
“In Faith That Lasts, Jon Nielson guides us through the journey of parenting in a way that is biblically based, pastorally sensitive and practically helpful. As a parent, I’m grateful for being reminded of this biblical foundation. As a pastor, I’m excited for how this book will help churches play their role in the faith of young people and help young people play their role in the church.”
—Jeremy Treat
Senior Pastor of Reality Church in Los Angeles
“To parents who are looking for encouragement to keep fighting for the faith of their kids, Jon Nielson offers a hopeful call to parents, millennials and the church to reaffirm our one true faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ—because it is here where parents will find what they need to fulfill their God-given calling.”
—Brian Wildman, Executive Vice President at MB Financial
and Shelly Wildman, author, blogger and mother
In a society where many young adults flee the church, Jon Nielson helps parents raise their children with a Christian faith that lasts. Through practical advice and five biblically based principles, Nielson provides guidance for people at all stages of parenting, for the church and for parents whose children have left the church.
ISBN 9781619582309
Susan –
I copy edited this book and totally enjoyed it!