C A Davidson

Author: C A Davidson

C.A. Davidson is an award-winning author in childrenâ€™s education literature. She has a web presence of more than 15 years, promoting family meals and Judeo-Christian values. Coming in March is her new novel, Escape to Faith and Freedom, volume 1 in the Birthright Covenant trilogy. When the Supreme Court rendered a life-changing decision banning God and the Bible from schools, Davidson watched rising generations lose connection with their Judeo-Christian heritage. This novel is an epic story to lead readers and their families back to our cherished culture of liberty through literary fiction, character education, and critical thinking.

The idea that a common Judeo-Christian ethics or Judeo-Christian values underpin American politics, law and morals has been part of the “American civil religion” since the 1940s. Young people who have grown up with freedom and convenience tend to take it for granted even to be lured by tyrannical “utopian” doctrines because they don’t know what it’s like to be without God, and without freedom.

Facts:

4% of Millennials (18-29-year-olds) hold beliefs consistent with biblical teaching. (February 2017 Barna survey)
17% of adults ages 50 and above hold to those same Christian teachings. (February 2017 Barna survey)

Churchgoing parents want to pass on their faith to their kids and to see their children make that faith their own, but they don’t always know how best to make that happen.

What Can We Do About It?

God’s word gives us the answer. ‘And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.’ – Deuteronomy 6:6,7 KJV

LifeWay 2017 survey of 2,000 parents of young adults (ages 18-30) also states:

“The most common factor in the experience of the children who still hold onto faith was having read the Bible regularly as a child. Also praying, serving, and listening to mostly Christian music.” – Scott McConnell, LifeWay executive director

Step 1. An Ounce of Prevention

Sadly, many have fallen prey to substance abuse. But there is something we all can do. It’s as simple as eating family meals together.

Families who eat together, stay together.

Family meals were a solid tradition since biblical times until recent decades, with the advent of drug trafficking, television, electronic devices, and atheism in the schools. Eating meals together has the potential to strengthen family bonds as it provides a daily time for the whole family to be together and is associated with healthy dietary food patterns. And secular sources verify it because according to the Center on Addictions and Substance Abuse (CASA), children who eat family meals together abuse drugs less, eat healthier meals and also perform better in school.

A 2000 survey also found that the nine to 14-year-olds who ate dinner with their families most frequently consumed more fruits and vegetables and less soda and fried foods. Furthermore, studies have proven that there’s a significant link between family dinners and academic performance.

Step 2. Restoring Our Biblical Heritage

What did our founding fathers know that we have forgotten?

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell

July 9, 1755, was a crucial day in USA history. Our fragile nation hung in the balance. It was during the French and Indian War that a 23-year-old colonel was fighting alongside the British commanding 100 men from Virginia. This man was a strong believer and follower of Christ.

David Barton America’s Godly Heritage clearly sets forth the beliefs of many famous Founding Fathers concerning the proper role of Christian principles in education, government, and the public affairs of the nation.

Step 3. Home Academy—Mentoring Young Adults for Leadership

The Birthright Covenant Allegorical Trilogy for Young Adults. Each book teaches gospel principles and biblical worldview with critical thinking questions.

Book 1—Escape to Faith and Freedom, (Coming in March!) is about a battle for the very souls of the people he loves. Benjamin Benamoz flees for his life from the tyranny of the Iron Curtain. He finds freedom and faith in Christ, but even in America, vicious enemies seek to wipe out his people and their cherished way of life. As Western Civilization hangs in balance, Ben must restore the ancient birthright to its sacred place. Can he fulfill his epic quest before it’s too late?

“Papa, why are they burning Bibles?” “Because they are afraid of the truth.” “Why are they afraid of the truth, Papa?” “Because truth frees us from their tyranny.” – C.A. DAVIDSON

What is Truth?

This question has echoed through the ages since Pilate asked it of Jesus the Christ. This is a good question today for some who, sadly, are “ever learning, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.” We can only hope that at some point their prejudices may give way before the truth. Those seeking truth in the spacious towers of moral relativism will search in vain, because truth abides forever and ever, not subject to popular opinion, not based on trendy fads. Truth is absolute.

Why Are We Here?

Without truth, many wonders, “What is the purpose of life?” These are the ones who sincerely seek the truth, only to be kept from it, for they do not know where to find it.

So How Do We Find the Truth?

One ancient prophet said of his Creator: “He is a God of truth, and cannot lie.” Therefore, a logical place to start looking for truth is in the word of God. Saint John said, “it is the Spirit that beareth witness because the Spirit [of Christ] is truth.”

So, if we ask what is true, with a sincere heart, having faith in Christ, He will manifest the truth to us, by the power of the Holy Spirit. And by the power of the Holy Spirit, we may know the truth of all things.

But Why Does Truth Matter?

Not too long ago, Sean McDowell, Ph.D., a professor of Christian Apologetics, was speaking at a youth event. Afterwards, a student came up to him and said, “You talked about truth a lot. What’s the big deal? Why is truth even important?”

Why Does Truth Matter?

Why does truth matter? I would suggest to this young man: “At some point in time, in some real crisis, not an imagined one, perhaps you will even be faced with death. In that defining moment, real truth will be important.”

Dr. Peter Marshall, a beloved chaplain in the United States Senate in the 1940s, was invited to speak at the Naval Academy. He was prepared to address his concern about the loose morals of the young people at that time. But the Spirit gave him a different message. He felt strongly impressed to speak to them about death. He said:

“But what is death? Is it to be blown out, like a candle in the wind? Is it a shivering void in which there is nothing that lives? Is is a cold space into which we are launched to be evaporated, or to disappear? Are we to believe that a half-mad eternal humorist tossed the worlds aloft and left their destiny to chance? That a man’s life is the development of a nameless vagrancy? That a hole in the ground six feet deep is his final heritage? There are a thousand insane things easier to believe than these! How can we believe that human personality will not survive when One who went into the grave and beyond came back to say, “Whosoever believeth in me shalt not perish, but have eternal life.”

He also told them about a young boy with a fatal illness. The boy asked his mother what it was like to die. She reminded him of those days when he had come in from play, so exhausted that he had fallen asleep on his mother’s bed, without even changing his clothes. When he awoke in the morning, he was in his own bed. Daddy had lovingly lifted him up in his strong arms and carried him to the comfort of his own bed, where he belonged.

That is what death is like, his mother continued. You fall asleep and when you wake up in the morning, you find that the Heavenly Father has lifted you up and brought you home to the comfort of His loving arms, where you belong because the Lord Jesus has loved us and the little boy no longer feared death.

So the Spirit prompted Dr. Marshall to tell the truth about death to hundreds of bright young sailors at the Naval Academy. Shortly thereafter, Pearl Harbor was bombed, and many of those sailors faced death in the devastating war that followed.

Yes, truth matters. We need it to give meaning to our lives.

Saint John reminds us that the Spirit “will guide you into all truth.” And Jesus Christ is that way, that truth, and life eternal. At the end of the day, through Him, we can return home, where we belong.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. ~ 3 John 1:4

Dr. Peter Marshall was Chaplain to the United States Senate from 1947, until his sudden death in 1949. He served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Born in Scotland, he traveled to New York in 1927 to follow his call to Christian ministry and attend Columbia Theological Seminary where he graduated with his doctorate in 1931. He accepted an invitation to preach a morning sermon in the chapel of the United States Naval Academy, December 7, 1941. Neither he, nor anyone in attendance at the chapel service that day was aware that the Imperial Navy of Japan was attacking the U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor. Many of the young sailors in the chapel that morning were hearing their last sermon and would give their lives in defense of our nation in World War II.