This weekend a student I mentor and serve with in our local church named Nathan and I drove to Cleveland, Tennessee to be at camp with 800 high school students from Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN. I spoke to the campers Sunday morning, but the thrill for me came Saturday night as I spoke to 110 students who sense a call to ministry. This is the group God has called me to serve, and this is why I teach at a seminary currently.
But it was meeting with the adult leaders that reminded me of one reason I remain hopeful about this generation. She talked to the other leaders about how her students knew Jesus, love Him, but want to go so much deeper. They hunger for more Scripture, more theology, a greater challenge. In particular they want more than a five minute a day devotional life. If you have students like that let me mention a couple of resources I have for you.
First, free on my website under ebooks I have a free ebook students can download called Pursuing God. It offers a 40 day plan to study the Scripture to understand the gospel more and to draw closer to Christ. Second, I also have a print book called Join the Movement: God Is Calling You to Change the World you can purchase via amazon. It shows students how God has used young people in history to make a great impact while young.
Another recent book I would encourage you to get for students is Ten Who Changed the World by my president Danny Akin. This examines scriptural themes, illustrated by the lives of great missionaries.
Most students are underchallenged. Let’s change that, one life at a time.
