http://theramblings.org/battle-cry-a-mixed-messge/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Gina Roberts Fri, 25 May 2007 11:22:56 +0000 http://theramblings.org/2007/05/13/battle-cry-a-mixed-messge/#comment-886 I would agree with your statement 100% up until the seminar in Dallas this past March. And then, I saw a shift... maybe even an evolution in his message. I heard him repeatedly counseling the droves of teens to resist the temptation to attend an altar call out of emotional motivation or peer pressure. (A first for Luce.) FINALLY, he didn't do one of those salvation prayers! The emphasis seemed to be on trying to get the teens to wake up to what the media was feeding them. And that their self-image should come from the Creator, not society. EXACTLY. I agree, it's not in the event, its in the everyday living of the message that our teens grow their faith. "Transformation by the renewing of the MIND." Battlecry is just one event. But we are definitely at war... there is a real enemy. And namby pamby, feel-good religion won't win the battle. Who can turn to a teddy-bear god when in a time of real crisis? We've gotta show our youth our God - one of justice AND of mercy. Personally, I've got my youth in B.A.S.I.C. Training: (Be About Service In Christ). It's a process! I would agree with your statement 100% up until the seminar in Dallas this past March. And then, I saw a shift… maybe even an evolution in his message. I heard him repeatedly counseling the droves of teens to resist the temptation to attend an altar call out of emotional motivation or peer pressure. (A first for Luce.) FINALLY, he didn’t do one of those salvation prayers! The emphasis seemed to be on trying to get the teens to wake up to what the media was feeding them. And that their self-image should come from the Creator, not society. EXACTLY.
I agree, it’s not in the event, its in the everyday living of the message that our teens grow their faith. “Transformation by the renewing of the MIND.”
Battlecry is just one event. But we are definitely at war… there is a real enemy. And namby pamby, feel-good religion won’t win the battle. Who can turn to a teddy-bear god when in a time of real crisis? We’ve gotta show our youth our God – one of justice AND of mercy. Personally, I’ve got my youth in B.A.S.I.C. Training: (Be About Service In Christ).
It’s a process!

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