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1. wrote:

"Jesus can change your life, Jesus can save your friends and family, Jesus can change CVHS, Jesus can change La Crescenta"...hyperthetically.

If our energy went into actually putting Pastor Dave, Pastor Darrin, and my sermons into action we could turn all these hypotheticals into real life change. Stop being afraid of what you've done. Be passionate and excited about what is to come.

hi eric, i hope u don't mind but i was challenged to respond to this blog spot. i am not a high schooler, but a adult and parent. my oldest child graduated cvhs just last year and is now considered a young adult. so from that perspective i guess i might qualify having experience in observing a teenager and his culture.

i want to make it clear that i respond here not in hopelessness, but hopefulness. why, because God is on the throne.

but, i can only imagine the struggles that our young people have today with the pressures of the culture, peers-wanting to belong, relationships, clothes, the internet, video gaming, media/movies, music, grades, drugs/drinking, pornography, fornication etc. these all sound familiar to me and i'm sure most will admit that my generation's culture experienced the same thing.

but the topic i wish to point out with our youth is that they simply know (have knowledge) about God yet they have no experience with Him. They just don't have a healthy "fear" of God. most simply do not act any different then the the "wordly" kids. when i asked my son what he thought sin was, his response was "being bad...not being nice to people...not doing what your told...cheating on a test.

i figured that there must have been something in his heart to convey that but i just did'nt think he really understood God's standard of sin.

before Jesus can change anyone life, save your friends and family, change CVHS, and La Crescenta the kids have to look at themselves and their sin...the Ten Cannons (Commandments) that are pointing right at them.

lying, stealing, blasphemy, coveting-desiring what other people have, dishonoring father/mother, murder-Jesus said that hating your brother is like committing murder in your heart, adultery-Jesus said whoever looks with lust has committed adultery already with them in their heart and that includes fornication outside of marriage.

their needs to be a true conviction that they have violated God's law and if they were to die there on the spot...well, the Bible says that they will end up in Hell.

once their is conviction of the heart about their sin then the "Good News" will be good news. John the Baptist said..., Jesus said...."repent for the kingdom of God is at hand." Jesus did something incredable and stepped into the courtroom, as the Judge passes sentence over the sinner, and literally pays his fine. Justice has been served and the guilty sinner can go free. But he must repent and trust in the Savior.

sorry about rattling on but i would like to see, just like u, a radical change amoung our youth. The moral law, the Ten Commandandments were given to us as a "mirror" to see our true state before a RIGHT and HOLY God. and when the conscience is "pricked" with conviction then with the help of the Holy Spirt, these kids will see their need for a savior, not want to sin, and will rise above the culture to please Jesus and bring others to Him.

March 10, 2008 @ 7:58 PM

2. wrote:

sorry, i didn't use a spell checker for the above thread of misspelled words...especially H-Y-P-O-thetically.

March 10, 2008 @ 10:32 PM

3. Eric McClenahan wrote:

Thanks so much for your comments. We definitely live in a broken world that makes it really hard for teenagers to live moral lives.

Along with praying for the hurt and broken, I would encourage you to pray for the gets who "get it" as well. There are a group of kids who understand their sin, and the good news of their salvation. Its scary to think of how small a minority they are when they step on campus everyday. I pray for them the way Gideon must have been praying when God started shrinking down his army. We have kids who are being amazing disciples for the kingdom, and I would encourage everyone reading this to be in constant prayer for them!!

I love my job, and I will continue to love and support all of you to the best of my abilities!!

March 11, 2008 @ 4:21 PM

4. Cyndi Roberts wrote:

Hi Eric,

I just read your post and couldn't agree with you more about praying for all the students who don't believe, those who are searching, as well as those who are doing their best to follow God. And thanks for being a guy who connects, relates and accepts kids where they are in order to help them take the next step.

March 13, 2008 @ 5:43 PM

5. wrote:

eric said...
There are a group of kids who understand their sin, and the good news of their salvation.

i would like to challenge u and ur youth with this question?

i (an unbeliever) have a knife in my back and had only 10 minutes to live how could you tell me how i can get to heaven?

(and they can't use the the classic statement..."just ask Jesus into your heart")

March 15, 2008 @ 11:32 AM

6. Eric McClenahan wrote:

Im not sure I understand the anonymity or the cynical nature of your posts. All of our kids are in process, and my answer to your post is the same as the one I posted before. Yes, there are kids at our church who would have a tough time answering that. But are they not allowed to be in process? Are they all supposed to get it right away? Did you? And there are a group of kids who I would love to have by my side in my last 10 minutes. Those are the kids I challenged you to pray for. Im not sure Im understanding the cynicism.

March 27, 2008 @ 1:45 AM

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