{"id":17979,"date":"2025-07-02T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classicalconversations.com\/podcast\/refining-rhetoric-why-80-of-church-kids-walk-away-and-how-expository-parenting-helps\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:51:00","slug":"refining-rhetoric-why-80-of-church-kids-walk-away-and-how-expository-parenting-helps","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/classicalconversations.com\/podcast\/refining-rhetoric-why-80-of-church-kids-walk-away-and-how-expository-parenting-helps\/","title":{"rendered":"Refining Rhetoric: Why 80% of Church Kids Walk Away (And How Expository Parenting Helps)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-normal\"> What if the secret to raising spiritually mature kids isn&#8217;t found in the latest parenting book, but in letting Scripture do the heavy lifting? Robert interviews Josh Niemi, founder of Expository Parenting Ministries, about his unique approach to Christian parenting that mirrors expository preaching\u2014teaching children the Bible verse by verse in systematic discipleship.  Josh shares how to start with storybook Bibles for younger children before transitioning to verse-by-verse study, the importance of partnering with expositional churches, and how this method builds solid theological foundations without common evangelical misconceptions. He offers practical insights from teaching his own three children through the entire Old Testament and discusses children&#8217;s surprising capacity for understanding deep theology. The conversation also covers his book &#8220;Greater Than Aaron,&#8221; exploring how Christ fulfills the Old Testament priesthood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal\"> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal\"> Resources:<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal\"><a href= \"https:\/\/www.expositoryparenting.org\/\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expositoryparenting.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.expositoryparenting.org\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal\"> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This episode of <em>Refining Rhetoric<\/em> is sponsored by the Classical Learning Cohort<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Classical Learning Cohort offers online classes for parents to become more confident and competent Classical teachers. Through small-group lessons with trained Mentors, participants practice implementing classical skills, giving and receiving assessments, while experiencing transformative growth as a classical Christian educator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Want to learn more? Attend a free, online, Experience the CLC event at <a href= \"http:\/\/classicalconversations.com\/cohort\">classicalconversations.com\/cohort<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16740,"template":"","podcast_cats":[3305],"class_list":["post-17979","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast_cats-refining-rhetoric"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Refining Rhetoric: Why 80% of Church Kids Walk Away (And How Expository Parenting Helps) - Classical Conversations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/classicalconversations.com\/podcast\/refining-rhetoric-why-80-of-church-kids-walk-away-and-how-expository-parenting-helps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Refining Rhetoric: Why 80% of Church Kids Walk Away (And How Expository Parenting Helps) - Classical Conversations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What if the secret to raising spiritually mature kids isn&#039;t found in the latest parenting book, but in letting Scripture do the heavy lifting? 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