{"id":92283,"date":"2025-11-20T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=92283"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:16:38","slug":"developing-genuine-faith-when-you-grew-up-in-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/developing-genuine-faith-when-you-grew-up-in-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Genuine Faith when You Grew Up in the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Andy Dieselcamp<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Developing GENUINE faith when you grew up &quot;in the church&quot;...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Azz3VL4pk30?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered if you just believe what you believe because it&#8217;s what you grew up with? This interview explores how those of us who grew up around Christianity can build genuine faith in ourselves and in our children. We deal with how to wrestle with questions, how to be objective, and how to be honest about our doubts.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Andy Dieselcamp via InLight Media Have you ever wondered if you just believe what you believe because it&#8217;s what you grew up with? This interview explores how those of us who grew up around Christianity can build genuine faith in ourselves and in our children. We deal with how to wrestle with questions, how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1488],"tags":[49,383],"class_list":["post-92283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-faith","tag-growth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33146,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/genuine-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":92283,"position":0},"title":"Genuine Faith","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant The topic of \"faith\" is often discussed and often misunderstood. 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I remember thinking a long time ago that should persecution arise in our country, and it was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70591,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-are-we\/","url_meta":{"origin":92283,"position":2},"title":"Where Are We?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Gibson The people of His hometown did not respond positively. Jesus marveled at their unbelief (Mark 6:6). A Gentile centurion believed Jesus could heal his servant simply by speaking the word-without even coming to his house (Matthew 8:5-13). 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