But continually amazed, depressed, and furious at the Biblical ignorance of the majority of people...to include many of the campers this week.
Of course not all are churched, or, if churched, many go to the First Church of the Frigedare with Pastor Jack Frost preaching out of Psychology Today. But most come from evangelical churches...and, sadly, most can't find Ephesians.
Why?
Well, the buck stops with Mom and Dad. Then the local church.
If you are a parent, do your kids see you reading the Word? Do you pray with them as well as for them? What are they learning about the gospel and Christ interacting with you?
Is your church actively teaching or simply maintaining?
Why are there so many apathetic, ignorant professing Christians in our churches?
Because they weren't taught/challenged/edified during the days of their youth.
Some say "today's teens and preteens can't handle much. They are too tech savvy and can't sit under old-fashioned preaching."
That might be true if I was preaching my words; or my theories. But I am proclaiming the living, active Word of God; and His Spirit does things with His Word that are inexplicable.
So far this week we've touched on differing views of predestination, different ideas on the perseverance of the saints, and this morning I'll teach on "The Authority of Scripture." No tear jerker stories, no sleezy jokes, "just" the Word.
I'm not against stories...I am not against humor...
But if we focus on that stuff with little emphasis on the Word...may as well be 4H or YMCA.
And I can't do that.
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