Sin is like silly string?
January 7th, 2008Larry wants to know if he overreacted to a halftime devotional at a recent Upwards basketball game for 1st-3rd graders.
However, leaving aside the theological issues around ‘Jesus loves everyone in the world’, my feeling is it is never OK to trivialize sin in this way. Even very young children are capable of understanding the holiness of God and the seriousness of sin. They must in fact understand that in my opinion before they can repent and be saved. Which brings me to another point, there was no mention at all of repentance - just Jesus loves you no matter what.
Go tell Larry what you think.
Yeah, I wish the teacher had just doused Elmo with lighter fluid and lit a match to him while saying,”This is what will happen to YOU kids if you don’t repent!”
yeah, i think you’re right Joel.
Seriously, this is for kids in grades 1-3, not ages 1-3, and they bring out ELMO!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet the kids thought it was very lame. Many are probably thinking why can’t I play in a regular league rather than this Corny “Christian League”
A message without repentance gives a skewed idea of who God is. Most people who claim to be “saved” have no idea of righteousness because they never were told how to repent–just “God loves you”