In just a few days my first son will be one month old. When I finally glimpsed back into the realm of current events after his birth, all the depravity I’m used to seeing was still there. But it hit me different this time. This is the world my son will grow up in. I have to think about his future now as well as my own.

Even though I want to protect him from the ugliness that surrounds us, I can’t. But I can prepare him spiritually to remain faithful in a culture marred by corruption.

So as my infant boy grows into a young man in the years to come, here are five life lessons, rooted in God’s Word, I wish to impart.