Comments on: You are what you read

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:04:49 +0000

I like this blog.I know about theological stuff from my bible class but knowledge does not nessecarily mean that your growing.What is knowledge if you not going to use it for something?

By: leah

leah — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:02:22 +0000

Hey Greg, How do you motivate a youth group that doesn’t want to be motivated, and move a group of complacent teens that would rather talk to there friends than worship God? How do you expose your church of 1500 odd people to the problem when you are only 15? What can you do so fix a youth group that is steadily shirnking to less than 80 in a city that it should have no problem having more than 150 kids regularly? and most importantly, who do you revive a spiritually dead youth group? My youth group has been dying and theres nothing i know to do. I’ve been praying for my youth group and church in this matter for 3 months, and nothing seems to be happening. We’ve just been goign through a really tough transistion time, and everythign is now getting better, except my youth group. Its liek the Chruch in Sardis in Rev 3. We have a reputation for being alive, but its spritiually dead, how do we strengthen what little remains and inspire the youth group to go back to its first love? I’m at such a loss! please email me back. leahcolasuonno@comcast.net

~Leah

By: Sam Hunley

Sam Hunley — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:15:06 +0000

yea, i agree bruthakurt, me and my girlfriend have discovered the same thing. God has most certainly led us through many issues that could have resulted in major problems, but because of His help through the Bible and prayer, we made it through. If we tried to do it on our own we would have never made it for as long as we have! He is awesome like that. I agree Greg, I’ve run into the same thing with a lot of people older than me (I’m 17). I just pray to God that I as mature as a Christian that i learn to depend more upon God rather than myself because that is something that i have problems with. Well… I think we all have problems with turning to God first. lol

By: Scott Eaton

Scott Eaton — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:45:15 +0000

Greg – thanks for these thoughts. This is why I appreciate you so much. We must, as it was said of John Wesley, be people of "one Book." Keep up the good work my friend.

By: College Kid

College Kid — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:42:52 +0000

I’m a student at a religious university studying ministry. And I never noticed it till now, but we use "textbooks" more than we use the Bible. In only one class was I required to bring my Bible. I agree with you completely on this topic.

By: bruthakurt

bruthakurt — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:53:59 +0000

I agree with you. I am a thirty-something that spends my time in the Bible- first! The great thing about Bible study is that it becomes addictive and I just can’t seem to get enough of it. I want my spiritual fervor to match or exceed that of David’s. I am the clay, He is the potter! (It sure is tough though!) Thanks for your insights Greg!