I read everyones posts for the month before I decided to post mine. I find it quite interesting to see how people react to how the book was written. I have to admit some of the comments he includes do take me back a bit, but...... for me, it makes me take a step back and really think about what he said and how it impacts me. I think he was very purposeful in his quotes and interesting statements. I find myself getting defensive at times. At the root of this I find myself thinking that one, who is a strong believe, shouldn't question the church so heavily. This is totally not logical thinking because we should be able to question anything as it is likely someone will ask us questions about those very same things. This all ties back to the February reading because he talks about appologetics.
I know appologetics is not new to the church or youth group as I believe Theresa also posted. At least that tells me we are trying to hit the root of what this generation desires. Answers to the tough questions. Not just to tell the to believe because our parents did or because......... but give real life facts of how the Bible proves itself true and relevant in history and our lives today.
Annette had posted 2 questions in her blog, I remember one. She mentioned how things have , been changing in our church and believed this was the result of being sensitive to the Holy Spirit. I agree with her that we have leadership in this church that are allowing themselves to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading. We are very blessed to have this as a desire of the leadership in our church. After reading about all these statistics throughout the book so far I am left to assume that there is a gaping hole the church by and large is not filling, a hole we must fill to retain this generation.
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