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Link: Why I Teach My Kids Not to Believe in Luck

by Ben Holden on June 18, 2020

"Good luck!"

We say it often to encourage someone. However, we probably don't intend to imply that we actually believe in luck or hope our statement will sway things in the other person's favor. We simply want to convey our hope for a successful outcome.

But is this message teaching our kids bad theology? Simple things like this often don't enter our radar. Or we think casual use isn't really that harmful or important. Yet, Sam Luce makes a strong case for why he deliberately teaches his kids to not believe in luck.

Luce writes:

Luck says whatever is … is. Providence says whatever God ordains must be. When kids understand the providence of God when bad things happen they know it wasn’t by chance and it wasn’t random like with the Greeks and Romans. [It] is a personal God working everything out for our good and His Glory. When things go well we don’t say we are lucky, but God did what we can not explain or understand. [He] fought for us, and because this is true, we are filled with humility rather than pride.

Why I Teach My Kids Not to Believe in Luck by Sam Luce

Tags: faith, theology, parenting, no such thing as luck, lucky things

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