From Lifeway Research:
The Bible talks a lot about generational faith. But a father’s faith doesn’t automatically become his child’s faith.
By Daniel Darling
It was 1971, and a twenty-year-old young man—just starting his apprenticeship as a plumber, living with his sister, escaping a broken and chaotic homelife—walked forward at a Billy Graham Crusade at McCormick Place in Chicago. That young man was my father. In that moment, he found Jesus, and a family that had very little interaction with Christianity was reborn.
In my office, I have a black and white photograph of that night in Chicago. I often look at that crowd and imagine my father in there listening to the words of the evangelist. It’s the simple gospel message that calls sinners to repentance, that calls lost men home. While I believe the Spirit sovereignly woos each prodigal’s heart, I owe much to the decision Billy Graham made to host a crusade in that town. More Here
