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Strengthen Your Child Against Being Captured by Modern Culture
A Six-Session Live Zoom Course for Concerned Parents & Equippers*
Your child is growing up in the most powerful influence environment in history. This six-session course will help you become the strongest spiritual influence in your child's life while preparing you to guide them through today's greatest cultural challenges.
*If you are a grandparent, teacher, pastor, mentor, or Awana leader, you ARE a discipler. By the very nature of your relationship with the child you care about, you are in a position of great influence, and have the great privilege to come alongside their parents to help equip their child to stand strong in their faith.
Watch an 8-minute video to discover why this course could be one of the most important investments you'll ever make in your child's spiritual future.
Every Christian parent wonders...
“Will my child still be walking with Christ after they leave home?”
Recent research shows that students who grow up in Christian homes are abandoning the practice of their faith at an alarming rate soon after they leave home. Every concerned Christian parent naturally wonders, “Will my child be one of them?” Quickly followed by, “Is there anything I can do to help prevent it?”
Why Is This Happening?
The great problem is that every moment of every day, something in our soul is being fed and something is being starved. Because we live in a media-dominated world—and because much of what comes through that media is an assault on biblical values—the soul of the Christian is power-fed the things of the world while the things of the Spirit are starved. As a result, without even realizing it, Christians are being swept out to sea by the riptide of modern culture.
Our challenge, therefore, is to power-feed the soul the things of the Spirit sufficiently to offset the pull of the world. This is particularly important now when students are forming their worldview and the values that will guide them the rest of their lives.
We cannot avoid the pull of the world.
We can only offset it.
A Biblical Response
Jesus said, “The truth will set you free.” But not if you don't know it.
In response to this urgent need, five online courses have been created to strengthen students in the five areas where they are most vulnerable to today's culture. Their purpose is simple: to help young people think biblically, live wisely, and develop a resilient faith that stands firm in a culture that is constantly pulling them in the opposite direction. We'll be opening the UnCaptured Student Courses soon, but first we wanted to give parents and equippers (grandparents, teachers, pastors, mentors, Awana leaders) as much knowledge and support as possible to help maximize their student's success.
The battle for your child's heart doesn't begin in high school. It begins long before that. The years before high school are your greatest opportunity to build the relationship and biblical foundation that will help your child stand firm later. Therefore, this course is open to parents and equippers of high schoolers as well as of younger students.
Why Parents Are Going First
We encourage parents and equippers to take this UnCaptured Parents & Equippers Course first, before the student courses, because the same culture shaping your teenager is shaping you. It's shaping all of us.
As a parent or equipper in one of the most challenging cultural moments in history, you need to be equipped not only to reinforce what your student is learning, but also to stand firm yourself.
Parents and equippers get the tools they need to strengthen their students against the pull of modern culture.
What You'll Learn in the Parents & Equippers Course
Lesson 1: The Riptide of Modern Culture
- Understand the unprecedented cultural challenges facing today's children.
Lessons 2–6: Understanding the Five Student Courses
These 5 lessons cover the same content as the 5 UnCaptured Student Courses (being offered later), and give you a biblical framework for the five major areas in which Christian students need to be strengthened. See Lesson descriptions below:
Watch any time.
If the class night doesn't work for you—or if you miss a session—all classes are recorded, including Q&A, so you can watch at a more convenient time. You'll have an entire year to view your course.
Watch an 11 minute video with excerpts from Lesson 1 of the UnCaptured Parents & Equippers Course.
Meet your instructor
Dr. Max Anders has spent a lifetime helping Christians think biblically.
For more than forty years, Dr. Max Anders has been helping Christians understand the Bible, think biblically, and grow into mature followers of Christ. He taught on the college and seminary level for nearly 20 years and is a veteran pastor.
He has written over 25 books, including the bestselling 30 Days to Understanding the Bible and Brave New Discipleship, and was creator and general editor of the 32-volume Holman Bible Commentary. His passion today is helping Christian parents and students think biblically, live wisely, and develop a resilient faith—to avoid being captured by modern culture.
- Former college & seminary instructor
- Veteran pastor
- Author of 25+ books, incl. a bestseller
- Creator & editor of the 32-volume Holman Bible Commentary
Parents & Equippers course information
Everything you need to know to enroll.
Course TitleStrengthen Your Child Against Being Captured by Modern Culture
FormatSix live, online sessions via Zoom, plus recordings of all sessions
Dates & TimeComing in January 2027 · Enrollment is currently closed. Join the notification list and be the first to know when UnCaptured Parents & Equippers Course enrollment opens.
Who Should AttendParents and equippers of any school age children
RecordingsAll classes are recorded, so you can watch again for a full year
What You'll Receive
- A biblical framework for today's greatest cultural challenges
- Six practical, Bible-centered lessons
- Overviews of the five student courses
- Practical ideas for reinforcing these truths at home
- Greater confidence in helping your child develop a resilient faith
- You'll have an entire year to view your course
Lesson Summary & Personal Learning Guide
You'll also receive a concise summary for each session with space for personal notes, a “Memory Anchor” to reinforce retention, “Unpacking It” questions to deepen understanding, and a “Driving It Home” practical application to help turn what you learn into action.
Six live sessions via Zoom · all classes recorded · watch again for a full year
Bonus: $100 off the first Student Course
Parents who enroll a child in the first UnCaptured Student Course, coming in the Spring of 2027, will receive $100 off that course.
One tuition, whole household
Included with all student courses, if you enroll any one of your children in any student course, you, and all children in your immediate household, may access the course(s) inside your account.
Frequently asked questions
Answers before you enroll.
Why should parents and equippers take this course before their students?
The same culture shaping your child is shaping you. This course strengthens your own biblical perspective while equipping you to reinforce at home what your student will later learn. A lesson discussed and modeled at home is far more powerful than one heard only once in class.
My child isn't in high school yet. Is this course still for me?
Absolutely. The years before high school are your greatest opportunity to build the relationship, habits, and biblical foundation that help your child stand firm later. The battle for your child's heart begins long before high school.
How is the course taught?
The course consists of six live online sessions conducted through Zoom. Each session lasts approximately one hour and includes practical, Bible-centered teaching designed specifically for Christian parents.
What if I have to miss a session?
Recordings of each session will be available to watch at your convenience. You'll have an entire year to view your course, so you won't have to miss it.
Is this Parents & Equippers Course of any benefit to me if the child is not later enrolled in any of the Student Courses?
Yes! The Parents & Equippers Course stands on its own and will strengthen your own understanding of today's cultural challenges and discussing those challenges with your students. Should you later enroll a child in a student course, you will of course be much better prepared to reinforce those lessons at home. But also, check out the Family Savings Bonus above, plus the All Family Pass benefits for the Student Courses.
What is the Family Savings Bonus?
Parents who enroll a child in the first UnCaptured Student Course, coming in early 2027, will receive $100 off that course.
What is the All Family Pass?
Included with all student courses, if you purchase any Student Course, your one time tuition for that course grants access to that course to you, and all children in your immediate household.
Enroll in the UnCaptured Parents & Equippers Course Now
The culture is shaping your students every day, causing many of them to abandon the faith you have labored so hard to build up in them. The question is not whether your children are being influenced, but who will have the greatest influence. This course is designed to help you, the parents, and those “equippers” who have come alongside of you to help, become that greatest influence.
If you want to strengthen your own faith, better understand the challenges your child (or grandchild or other children you teach/mentor) is facing, and become better equipped to guide your family through today's increasingly complex culture, sign up for this important UnCaptured course now.