Chris gave some good thoughts to supplement some apologetic content. But I need some easy content geared towards jr/sr highers.

Anyone know of some youth-friendly resources?

If they/we can’t accept Genesis as literally true, then we open the door to accepting/rejecting other parts of the bible and picking/choosing parts they/we want to accept. It also crumbles the foundation of Christianity because it removes the truth of original sin, Adam and Eve, the Genesis genealogies, etc…

As youth progress through higher grade levels they get more and more professors who bombard them with information – like the big bang, Abiogenesis, evolution, etc – that imply, and sometimes outright state, that Genesis isn’t true.

Besides professors, there are subtle items in the media our youth consume – and they are exposed to these things daily. When “the world” bombards them with so many counter-biblical items daily, it seems that as a church we should have a better plan to counter the lies of the world and help our youth understand that there are many intelligent reasons to be Christians, and that the field of Apologetics has wonderful information for the “thinking mind” to back up biblical truths.

(Sorry for the run-on sentence there :>)

~Brad

A challenge today is that kids are bombarded daily with false information. They are told, sometimes literally and sometimes with hidden messages, that if they believe the Genesis 1 events literally, they aren’t smart. (Dawkins is agressive in these comments lately.)

I don’t know about everyone else, but I don’t want to be thought of as stupid. I believe few do – especially our youth. If we do not provide them with small tidbits of fact/data over time to counter balance popular media, I believe they are left vulnerable to dismissing Genesis; and then it is a short step to dismissing Christianity in whole.

The big question, IMO, is what level of fact/data and what form it should take. If a child wants to “go deep” on a topic they should be able to discuss items with a leader later.

I don’t think “going deep” with large groups always helps the cause – too many kids glaze over rather than listening. But certainly we need to be crystal clear that there are great scientific theories, facts, and other data available that line up perfectly with biblical accounts – and they should be presented fairly consistently to balance the almost daily counter-message prevelant today.

That said, I’m looking for good resources to use with our youth. Ones that are clear and make sense, and perhaps create desire to dig deeper, but not so deep initially as to bore them. Any suggestions?

~bk

chris