My husband and I take God's commands very seriously. We often discuss the state of the Church and how the theology of various camps have plunged the Church into a state of total impotence. We lament how the Church has ignored or completely discarded so many of God's commands. The sorry condition of the Church is a direct result of its failure to obey God's every command.

Last night I was surfing Master Books and came across the newest release from Ken & Steve Ham. It's called "Genesis of a Legacy." As I read the description, my heart sunk.  It reads, "People often mistakenly get caught up in the idea of leaving a financial inheritance for their children, instead of the true responsibility of raising children to love God first and foremost-- the only legacy of value."

Here we have another Christian who has rewritten Scripture, completely writing off one of God's commands. Here a very influential author gives Christians another excuse for mediocrity.

The Bible is clear about the inheritance. Proverbs 13:22 says, "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous."

The Bible says that a "good man" builds so much wealth that he leaves an inheritance not only to his own children, but to his grandchildren. But Mr. Ham says that this financial inheritance is of no value.

It's not that we don't think we should leave a spiritual inheritance. Of course we do. My husband and I consider the task of raising and discipling our children to be the most important, challenging and gratifying of all our responsibilities.

R.L. Dabney said it beautifully, "The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth. It is the one business for which the earth exists. To it all politics, all war, all literature, all money-making, ought to be subordinated; and every parent especially ought to feel every hour of the day, that, next to making his own calling and election sure, this is the end for which he is kept alive by God – this is his task on earth."

We take this responsibiltiy very seriously, but we believe we are called to leave our children with both a spiritual and a financial inheritance. That's what the Bible says. It's a lot of work, but it's fun, challenging and rewarding and most of all it's what God requires.

No more excuses. The church needs to take every jot and tittle seriously. That's the only way it will ever regain it's potency.