Ch 6 – Grazie, Signore
It’s been tough for me to summarize these chapters because I find myself wanting to underline the entire thing. Each chapter has a ton of illustrations and sub-points, and without reading them the main point doesn’t really make much sense. So it’s a deep book and difficult to summarize briefly.
This chapter really hit me though, for a number of reasons that have something to do with my experience in the church.
Sometimes people outside the church think the ultimate purpose of a youth ministry group is to get you to follow the rules of the bible. It’s sort of a negative view. That would actually be a pretty impossible and unrealistic task, too. The bible says that if you can’t obey the entire thing, that if you break even just one rule, then you’ve failed. If you think faith is about keeping rules, the bible says you misunderstand God’s grace.
It WOULD be a good thing if you try to follow what the bible says. Love each other, treat your enemies kindly, etc. I don’t think anyone who’s read the bible would disagree that it’s teaching is a good thing. If you come here, hopefully you learn a little about the bible and grow.
But still, faith is about more than following rules. God is concerned about something bigger than that.
Renew: Youth Ministry at Moorpark Presbyterian Church 