Why I Can't Teach Students An Easy Gospel

The best article I've seen on Lordship and how visible it is in a youth group experience. Article

Fact: most youth pastors and sadly many Bible colleges run off the idea that students need entertainment to be saved. Bible colleges train youth pastors how to get big numbers and attract crowds. It would be unheard of in many of these circle to be able to ministry without fancy lights and a band that can play Zeppelin.

This past week at a big winter bash at my place of employment, I saw 500 students respond to a loaded gospel presentation. With most of these altar calls, they base salvation on Jesus healing hurts, fear tactics using hell, Jesus is cool, or using Christianity as a solution to all your problems. How offensive! This easy gospel is the same one many laid their lives down for simply because they were committed to a belief that was and is still offensive in this world.

In previous ministries, I've been guilty every once in a while of not teaching the true gospel...the one that is a life commitment...the one in the Bible. I would rather have 5 students baptized in one year of who understood the depth and seriousness of what they were saying and committing to, then to have 12 dozen baptisms of students who were sold on an easy gospel.

Expect more of students. We're talking about the gospel...we're talking about the next generation.