8/19/2023 0 Comments Gen z bible verses![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jesus was the greatest teacher who ever lived. It is the most abiding truth of all time and is sufficient to draw all people to Christ. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation ( Romans 1:16), and does not need to be wrapped up in shiny packaging. What they desperately need is the Gospel of Jesus clearly and boldly proclaimed. Gen Z does not need self-help guidance, does not need behavior modification, does not need to be cajoled away from culture through worldly reasoning or told why evil things are evil. The best response to this is to simply speak the Gospel. They have plenty of entertainment, plenty of information, and plenty of things to distract them from the truth of the Gospel. In this way, Gen Z is no different from any other generation. I didn’t try to make these dead poets “cool” I just presented the humanity and relatability of what they had to say. I discovered that if I was going to be successful in making young people relate to anything about Shakespeare or Chaucer, it was always beneficial to clearly explain why such old writings were indeed still relatable and important. I found that the best way to engage students is to always be thinking ahead – to understand not just what I wanted to say but how it would be heard by the listener. In learning to teach English to high schoolers, I also learned a lot about how to preach the Gospel and make disciples. Years after my youth group days, I grew up to be a teacher. “He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation’” ( Mark 16:15). It was truth, community, and more than anything, a purpose and call to God’s Kingdom. The often hokey attempts at entertaining the kids they were trying to keep around was not what kept me here. It was learning that Christianity is an ancient faith with deep roots and learning what that meant for me. The thing that ultimately kept me around was the truth of Jesus proclaimed clearly and boldly. ![]()
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