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Attempting to Bridge the Gap

By David Lambert | Youth minister at First Baptist Church in Thomson, GA | July 2010

From Youth Ministry Matters:

You can't blame people for behaving in ways you've taught them to behave. And you can't get mad when people fail if you've set them up to fail. I'm beginning to realize that we've set-up a lot of church people to fail (especially teenagers and their families). And I'm finding myself getting frustrated for how people behave, when they're only doing what I-as a youth minister-have taught them to do. Let me give you the most recent example ...

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