As we discussed last time, Teen Mania heavily promotes an us vs. them mentality. Instead of fostering love, grace and compassion, followers of this message wrongfully believe that being obnoxious = being a good Christian. Case in point, this story held up by Ron Luce as a model of Christian living at last weekend’s Battlecry: […]
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For as long as I can remember, creating a fear of a future America where Christians are persecuted has been a part of certain streams of Christianity and youth ministry. Having grown up under that kind of teaching, I can honestly say that it is completely irrelevant to the life of the American teenager and
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Earlier this week, I blogged about Acquire the Fire for the very first time. It generated several reader reactions, most notably this extended comment from “Little Gray Girl” which resonated with a lot of readers: I went to ATF every year as a teenager and I thought it was AMAZING. The smoke machines, colored lights,
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I have been following your blog with much excitement since my wife (HA alumni-99) told me about it several months ago. Although I never attended the Honor Academy, I religiously attended ATF’s through out high school and also went on two TM mission trips. In fact, I talked my wife into going to the Honor
Robbie, an active member over at our forums, recently shared his story on his own blog. While he was never an intern, his experiences at Acquire the Fire and on a Global Expeditions mission trip will ring true with a lot of us. Click here to read his story on his blog. but the story
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The Beginning I was hopeful, as I drove in Garden Valley on the first day of my Internship. I’d just finished another summer in India, my senior high school year, and a long drive to Texas so things seemed to be on a good note. For the past 6 summers, I’d been involved with Teen
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