This evening we showed that movie to our kids.

It was always going to be a bit challenging, because it talks about the fact that one of the major issues of Christianity today is people not taking responsibility, and particularly parents, and even more specifically fathers.

I know that, although I have tried and have the best of intentions, I fall miserably short in this area myself.

I think that I do better than many fathers, but the problem with that is that other fathers are not my standard. God's Word should be - and against that I don't do so great. And it doesn't make any difference at all how I compare with other fathers.

The really great thing is that after the movie finished, we had a discussion - now understand that three of my kids are teens, and one is just 8. They all had a bit of a say and it encouraged me greatly to see them understanding the basic premise of the movie.
What I found an even greater blessing is that it led to a discussion on being "real Christians".

I said a few weeks ago on a Wednesday night that if you look at the definition of the term Christian and compare most so called Christians today, you would find that most of are not qualified to use the name.
Christian means (more or less) little Christ - or little copy of Christ. The Believers at Antioch were called Christians first of all, and they were so because people were saying "You look just like the bloke you are always talking about".
People looked at them and saw Christ - when people look at most us they at the very best see a shallow, faint glimmer of something that vaguely reminds of Christ...... a little bit.

I have a lot of work to do personally on myself, and even more work to do on me as a Dad - and a lot of that needs to be replicated in the other Dad's I know.
Hopefully as I grow in this way, I can drag a couple of other Fathers along with me - even they come kicking and screaming.

And maybe, just maybe, as we fathers go on this journey of spiritual growth, we will find some younger feet following us.

Told you I was a dumb bloke - it takes an hour long movie and four perceptive kids to teach me what the Bible says.

Now I just have to get of my fat, lazy, backside, and actually do it!!!!!!

That is well and truly deep enough for this time.

Skellibert.