David Platt on the Children’s Ministry Snack Debate
Ruslan also asked Platt about a 2011 Elephant Room sound byte about children’s ministry snacks. In a clip, MacDonald told Platt, “Someone said that you said, ‘We don’t serve the kids in our church Cheez-It [crackers] in the children’s ministry ’cause we want to send that money to missions. Tell me you never said that.”
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When Platt indicated that was pretty accurate, MacDonald replied, “Oh my gosh, that’s so sick. Your poor kids.”
The conversation needed context, Platt told Ruslan, explaining that his church had agreed to make a bunch of sacrifices. “We didn’t take away all the snacks. We weren’t starving our kids.”
As the two men spoke about money-themed verses from 1 Timothy, Platt said he loves the challenges and tensions in God’s Word because they transform minds.
Ruslan mentioned that Dallas Jenkins, creator of “The Chosen,” was involved with producing the Elephant Room. Platt said he hadn’t realized that and doesn’t remember meeting Jenkins then.
“I didn’t even know this was going to be produced,” Platt said about the Elephant Room dialogue. “I actually thought this was going to be a more private conversation. I’m telling you, it was not what I had envisioned.”
