Tough Questions

One of the young guys at church really got me thinking yesterday. We were about to come back over to the church from the hall when he asked "Why shouldn't you worship Satan? It's not a sin". I was visibly taken aback (yeah I know, I broke the golden rule of youth work) as I tried to explain that it was a sin according to the 10 commandments, but I'm not convinced I made any headway. I did say it was a good question though and he should keep asking questions.

I came home and mulled this over. I wonder how many others there are like Jim (not his real name). How can they follow Jesus (our topic yesterday) when they believe there's no material difference between God and Satan? When they believe it doesn't matter what or who you worship? There is no foundation to build on there might have been in times gone by and the scale of the task is huge. I think it was a glimpse of the lostness of this generation that shocked me. It's one thing to be aware intellectually of how our young people might think, and use terms like pluralistic, post-modern or whatever. But coming unexpectedly face to face was different. And I'm dealing with guys that are actually coming to church. How many more don't have any contact with christians at all?

If you've got a moment, will you join me in praying for for the lost teenagers of Scotland? Please pray that God in His mercy would find them.

I feel really priveleged to be part of the youth work. I'm challenged, I'm stirred to prayer and I'm thinking about my faith from perspectives I wouldn't have considered on my own. It's much more interesting talking to people that have questions rather than people that have answers.
What tough questions have you had to deal with and how have those questions affected you?

Blog Comments

I realised how long it was since I posted here when I found a couple of comments that had been left on posts back in April! One comment was a real encouragement, but the other I felt I had to delete because it contained profanity. The whole point of blogging is to discuss with people who have different viewpoints. I'm not into censoring comments I don't agree with which meant that taking the ultimate sanction today was done with a heavy heart. Unfortunately, David A didn't want a discussion, he just wanted to mouth off about christians. If you get a mo, perhaps you could pray for David, that God would find him.
How do other bloggers deal with difficult comments?