If you think about it, Christians are everywhere. We live in cities all over the world, hold various jobs, and participate in manifold hobbies.
I think we can also agree that Christians are the salt of the earth. We should be bringing the love of Christ wherever we go, and whatever we do. If this means sharing Jesus at work, then so be it. If it means inviting your ball team over for a barbecue on Saturday, okay.
What I’m getting at is that God has made us and placed us into society to make a difference.
Our students need to be taught why and how to be Christians in everything they do. I know way too many Wednesday and Sunday Christians who are perfectly content to put on the Christian hat on those days and take it off the rest of the week. Needless to say, they have no witness.
During a recent trip, I met a young man who is writing articles for a website that caters to Christian gamers. This is a site where video gamers who also happen to be Christian can go and find groups of people to play with online, or can find the newest game review. The young man I met is writing about the spiritual lessons that some of the games teach (albeit unwittingly sometimes).
This young man is taking his hobby and weaving the biblical narrative into it. I love it. In fact, I love the idea of the site. Christianity and the “secular” can exist because God created both. God is seeking to redeem the “secular,” and He’s put us into the culture as His redemptive agents.
This young man is being that agent.
How are you teaching your students to be redemptive agents in society? How are you being a redemptive agent in society?
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders Today,
Matt
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