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• Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is about inculcating a moralistic approach to life. It teaches that central to living a good and happy life is being a good moral person. That means being nice, kind, pleasant, respectful, responsible, at work on self-improvement, taking care of one’s health, and doing one’s best to be
• One will be challenged to find a more direct antithesis and more powerful answer to this theological trend than the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel proclaims what God has done for sinners above the moral performance of sinners.
• We begin this book with what we consider to be the major foundations of effective youth ministry. These seven foundations include:   1.   Gospel centrality   2.   Discipleship   3.   Expository teaching   4.   Relationships   5.   Community   6.   Partnering with parents   7.   Generational integration Then we offer guidance on four practical eleme...
• We long to see God heal, redeem, and free young people as they trust Jesus personally, and we long to see God birth something beautiful and redemptive in this broken world through their lives as they bear witness to their Savior.
• Perhaps the most important thing a person ministering to youth can possess is an accurate appraisal of the fundamental problem in both people and the world and a clear understanding of the way God can restore them both.