12 Stones Philosophy

This integrated and multi-generational philosophy is taken from the principles and commands given in:

Deuteronomy 6
God speaks of “doing” the commandments (v1), “teaching them to your sons,” “talking of them when you sit, walk, lie down, and wake up,” “binding them as a sign on your hand,” and “writing them on your door posts.” (v7-9)
All this so that “you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God.” (v2)
All this so that your sons will ask you in time what the commandments mean. (v20)
Are the commandments of Deuteronomy 6 obeyed in the home?

Titus 2
In this passage Paul gives instruction on what should happen in the church. Older women are to demonstrate Godly character so that they may “encourage the young women to love their husbands and children.” (v3-4)
Likewise the men are given similar instruction. (v6-10)
Are the commandments of Titus 2 obeyed in the church?

Psalm 78
God established a testimony and appointed a law “so that the people should teach them to their children, so that the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born.” (v4-6)
Are the principles of Psalm 78 followed in the home?

Joshua 4
God commanded Joshua to place twelve stones as a memorial so that “when your children ask their fathers in time to come saying ‘what are these stones?’ then you shall teach your children [about the mighty acts of God] so that all the peoples of the earth will know the hand of the Lord is mighty and that you may fear the Lord and serve Him forever.”
Are the principles of Joshua 4 followed in the home and church?

Is the culture of the American Christian family a picture of these four passages?

Can a link be established between the rising number of young adults who, after growing up in the church, have walked away from Christ, and the lack of parental commitment to these commandments?

Obeying these commands takes a radical lifestyle commitment—not simply things we do but rather a way to live.

12 Stones exists to equip all people in the church to pursue their clear, God-given mandate to teach the generations below them so that all may fear the Lord and serve Him forever. We will go to great lengths to promote the bringing together of both the family and generations during ministry settings.