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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.83,0:00:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: How to reach the youth culture?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.12,0:00:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve: The student minister asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.92,0:00:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we reach college students
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.59,0:00:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these two extremes?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.48,0:00:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm sure the secret is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.22,0:00:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.53,0:00:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the reality of the \Npower of the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.71,0:00:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reality and the power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.24,0:00:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Person and work of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.97,0:00:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unleashed by His Spirit from the Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon the lives of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.80,0:00:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the fact is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.07,0:00:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many of these students are unconverted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.99,0:00:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their parents are wanting them to come
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.54,0:00:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're not saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.58,0:00:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't have a new mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.02,0:00:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have a new heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.46,0:00:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a heart of stone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.77,0:00:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's resistant to the things of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.77,0:00:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their eyes are blind. Their ears are deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.35,0:00:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So most churches just resort to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.08,0:01:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bowling alley or a concert or whatever
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to entertain them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.77,0:01:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a very challenging \Nposition to be in, Mackie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.86,0:01:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you get a mom and a dad saved
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.29,0:01:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they come to church,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.56,0:01:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all their kids are not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.24,0:01:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet regenerate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.10,0:01:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how you hold their attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.19,0:01:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you just have to,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.20,0:01:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the grace of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.40,0:01:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time you are with them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.27,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you minister to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.82,0:01:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, I don't think there's any secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.79,0:01:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you just have \Nto have such a reality
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.48,0:01:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the living Christ in your own life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.49,0:01:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your teaching and in your preaching
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.34,0:01:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your love and \Nyour outreach to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.78,0:01:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pray that God in His sovereignty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.46,0:01:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will lay hold of them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arrest their attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.92,0:01:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just refuse to turn this into
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.55,0:02:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a glorified club.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.37,0:02:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I totally understand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.11,0:02:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a neo-Puritanical - \NI'm interested in that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.19,0:02:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're not interested in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.24,0:02:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understand that. I wasn't either
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.16,0:02:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was that age.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.84,0:02:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I remember when I was in high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.53,0:02:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a liberal Methodist church.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.74,0:02:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never even heard a Bible message.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.68,0:02:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents led me to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.50,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had enough there that I was saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I remember in high school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to certain ministries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.98,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of my church,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when I saw and heard
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.08,0:02:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and felt the reality of what was going on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.72,0:02:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those circles,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.83,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my heart was just drawn to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just meeting \Nin living rooms like this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.82,0:02:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and little parachurch ministry things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.77,0:03:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was so simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.39,0:03:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone stood up and led us in singing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.62,0:03:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a Bible message.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.92,0:03:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were snacks \Nafterwards in the kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.36,0:03:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was simple, but it was authentic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.75,0:03:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.37,0:03:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that somewhere in that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.23,0:03:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the reality of first \Ncentury Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.79,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it may not succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll have to accept that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.75,0:03:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't adjust the course for this ship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.87,0:03:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if people are not hopping on board,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.31,0:03:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't have a martyr's complex.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.39,0:03:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not trying to shrink this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.94,0:03:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm wanting to enlarge this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.75,0:03:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a positive approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.62,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's just who we are and what we are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like there is \Nno other play to call.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.28,0:03:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, either God's going \Nto get them on board,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.06,0:03:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they're just not going to be on board,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.16,0:04:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're not going to \Nbecome a different ship
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.40,0:04:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cater to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.73,0:04:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would try to get the parents involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.02,0:04:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm coming right back to you -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.72,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd try to get the parents involved
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.69,0:04:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have their emotional support -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.23,0:04:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just be dropping them here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.37,0:04:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to reinforce what we're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.62,0:04:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as best we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.89,0:04:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, what works in big church
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.98,0:04:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what works in little church
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.49,0:04:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just with some adapting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.86,0:04:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's a tough question.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.28,0:04:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody I think around the country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.82,0:04:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is wrestling with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.51,0:04:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, there is this \Nkind of new movement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.71,0:04:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within reformed circles -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.98,0:04:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the young, restless, and reformed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.86,0:04:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanting to be salty \Nand edgy and crass.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.54,0:04:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going down that path.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.38,0:04:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is a standard of holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.56,0:04:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and purity and integrity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.50,0:04:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've got to maintain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.62,0:05:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not trying to be
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.28,0:05:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shock jock with young people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.03,0:05:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I've got to shock them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.71,0:05:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my edginess to get them interested.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.25,0:05:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power is in the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.61,0:05:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in the message, not in the messenger.