How to recover from handling Scripture poorly in your ministry
I keep my favorite Bible on the bottom shelf of our living room coffee table. Most mornings, in between exercising, checking email, and getting our family ready for the day, I sit in our living room for at least a few minutes and center myself in prayer and Scripture. Time in God’s Word is a priority for me.
Which is why it’s surprising that I’ve often handled Scripture so poorly in youth ministry.
Let’s start new conversations about how we read the Bible with teenagers
Most of my students had grown up in church and many went to Christian school, and yet the majority of them were admittedly completely unfamiliar with the Bible. They lacked the confidence to open it or read it on their own.
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Why? It’s a question we begin asking as children, we ask more intensely as adolescents, and we still wrestle with as adults.
As I’ve spent time with teenagers (both in my family and in my church), I often hear these questions:
Why would God allow hypocrisy in the church? And, Why do people who say they follow Jesus often not act like Jesus?
