Has an interesting conversation with Josh Reif today on Facebook. I asked him how he developed an interest in doctrine at such a young age – his answer surprised me. It wasn’t catechisms, or direct teaching from a youth pastor or the pulpit.......it was church history. He said that his church regularly discussed the reformation and different reformers and as he learned about Luther, Huss, Wycliffe and others, the stories and what caused the drama intrigued him. Then he wanted to learn what was being taught and how their views differed. This led him into being interested in different perspectives on doctrine within the modern church. A VERY interesting approach, and one that I think we could incorporate into our youth discipleship very easily. What better way than to excite the imagination and have them draw sides based on their limited understanding? Hopefully, differing opinions can lead to their playing “devil’s advocate” with each other and learning a great deal.
Frankly, I need to learn some about this – this gives me a reason to buy a new book!
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