My wife and I saw Thursday night on the Lexington news that a local church youth group leader was arrested for seeking out sexual relationships with minors over the internet. We were saddened by this.
Well, the next day, I found out that I know the accused's father. His dad is by far one of the nicest guys I have ever met. The result of knowing the father made me shift my thoughts quite a bit. The short of it is this: If you are a Christian, your actions matter. You represent your family, church, the Christian population and our God.
Satan would have you believe that your sins are between you and God. The young man that was arrested will be spending some time in jail, and will live with some embarrassment. But the repercussions extend out to countless others. It's scary to think what an impact (negative or otherwise) that you may be able to create on so many others with your keyboard sitting alone at home in the dark.
When Your Kids Deconstruct
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Fear-based parenting is popular. Parents love their children so much that
they fear anything negative happening to them. They justifiably want to
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I couldnt agree more. Jesus didnt come to die just so that we could escape a firey hell, but so that we could know the Father. If we know the Father and know what true joy it is to truly serve God then we're supposed to want to bring others along the straight and narrow path with us. Therefore we have this awesome responsibility to "reonounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age" that others will see the Father and want to join us in building of His kingdom. Who wants to join in the building of another kingdom that looks like the world? We already have that and its obviously not working out.
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