The teens before us (in the 80s) had broken through a lot of the legalism regarding playing cards, pool halls, going to movies and best of all, listening to rock music! By the 90s, Christian rock options were coming out of every major city faster than we could memorize lyrics. Christian artists were coming out of the woodwork, creating sounds that drove teen culture; yet carried positive or at least neutral messages with every note.
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Church planting is something that has always interested me. I have never been a church planter, and God’s calling on my life has always leaned toward church revitalization. However, I’ve visited church plants and I’ve been involved in assisting or supporting a few of them. And they’ve always interested me.
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I’ve been reminiscing about my youth pastor days, back in Alaska. I remember one particular night that was a bitter-sweet event for the students in our youth group. We travelled into Anchorage for a farewell show for a band, called “Saturday Sleeper”.
Read MoreBack when I was a youth pastor, I remember one youth night when we had a bonfire. We were sitting around, talking about music. Specifically, we were discussing the fact that no matter what genre of music receives current popularity, there always seems to be a vein of pop rock that drifts through and remains in culture.
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