Why the Next Revolution?

I find generational transfers fascinating. Nothing could be more important to a family, a parent, a child, a community or a people and yet nothing has been more troublesome throughout the history of mankind than the process of living a life as a follower of Jesus and then raising up a next generation who will follow Him even more deeply.

In the Bible as you get into I & II Samuel or I & II Kings, you find the repeated cycle of one good king handing the throne to a son who goes on to be a bad king. Instead of one generation setting up the next which sets up the next which sets up the next to know and follow Jesus with greater and greater depth, one generation's life of faith and obedience is washed away by a next generation which forgets Him.

The enemy wins in this situation because while there are so few examples of great men and women handing off their faith to greater sons and daughters who then pass on their faith to even greater sons and daughters, there are millions and millions of stories of the opposite.

The world's most common occurrence these days is faithless individuals rejecting Jesus and having babies outside of committed relationships who then grow up without the necessary ingredients of a healthy, loving family and a vibrant relationship with Jesus. These children grow up with a hole in their heart and even more desperate in their lack of faith and love. This lack of love and faith propels them into even more high-risk behaviors and into producing their own unloved children who receive even less and less selfless love and who, as a result, grow up emptier and in pain and increasingly likely to turn and use another human to fill the void.

This vicious cycle accomplishes the exact opposite of a successful faith transfer. Instead of one generation setting the other up for a deeper level of life in Him, one generations sets the other up for deeper and deeper levels of dysfunction and, as a result, communities are distorted.

It is time now to turn the tide.

The word "repent" is commonly defined these days as "to make a turn." Another word for turning is the word "revolution." A "turning" has begun in which this cycle of bad generational transfers outnumbering godly generational transfers will be broken. The impact across the earth will be dramatic.

Communities will be developed and changed. Families will flourish. The Kingdom of God will be displayed in beautiful clarity. Young people will be saved from death and will live lives that see not only their dreams come true but they will learn to turn and help others do the same.

This is the Next Revolution

Beginning With an Apology

I am beginning this blog just as I am beginning to realize some of the trappings of globally accessible media such as this. The ability to broadcast and transmit words to people across great and small distances has led to some very strange phenomenon. Jesus walked. He didn't fly. His ministry was contained in a relatively limited physical area. His words were heard by those within earshot of His voice. You couldn't receive His words without simultaneously having to relate to Him as a person.

These days things are different.

People across the world read books & magazines, listen to messages, devour web content and on and on and on and as they do they begin to live out and respond to messages spoken by people they will never be able to personally know.

The trend in churches is even towards large gatherings to listen and follow words from men who most of us will never eat lunch with.

This is damaging. Jesus modeled a method of equipping men and women that was not so. He spoke and lived at the same time. His words were backed by His life lived among them. They listened and then were expected to live what they heard. The same teacher who taught them with words then held them accountable for how they applied what He had said.

Blogs do not allow this process.

So with that said, I will not advertise this blog which is very much meant to be a platform for an important conversation.

Something is changing. Something is being said. He is leading us somewhere and we have to go.
I will be obedient to say what He is telling me to say, with God's grace. If you are called to be in on this conversation, I strongly encourage you to do the same.

I am looking forward to our good conversations.