It is not normally this often that I throw stuff on here to read, but I could not resist when I saw this article in Time Magazine. I think it shares the heart cry of what a generation is thirsting for and how many churches have missed out in providing it. It is certainly true of the students I have shared life and ministry with in Indiana. Isn't this where we should have been all along!? For those who are involved in student ministry, which I hope is every one of you at some level, don't sell your students short by sugarcoating the gospel that calls people of all ages to lay down their lives. Even more importantly, don't sell God short by pretending we have to package something else along with Him as if He were not interesting enough. Trends will come and go and what is cool today may be a yawnfest next week, but if a student catches even a glimpse of God for who He truly is, their entire world will be turned upside down. When our students take time to really consider what God may do in their life for His glory, you'd better step back, or better yet, take off running with them.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
It's about TIME
It is not normally this often that I throw stuff on here to read, but I could not resist when I saw this article in Time Magazine. I think it shares the heart cry of what a generation is thirsting for and how many churches have missed out in providing it. It is certainly true of the students I have shared life and ministry with in Indiana. Isn't this where we should have been all along!? For those who are involved in student ministry, which I hope is every one of you at some level, don't sell your students short by sugarcoating the gospel that calls people of all ages to lay down their lives. Even more importantly, don't sell God short by pretending we have to package something else along with Him as if He were not interesting enough. Trends will come and go and what is cool today may be a yawnfest next week, but if a student catches even a glimpse of God for who He truly is, their entire world will be turned upside down. When our students take time to really consider what God may do in their life for His glory, you'd better step back, or better yet, take off running with them.
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