I dare you to move

In the past I have written a couple things discussing the intentions and motives behind what we do, and this is going to somewhat play off of that. We have begun a Bible study for college guys that go to Summit and we have named it Recovering Biblical Manhood. We are doing this study in hopes that we, boys, will grow closer to God and become the men and the leaders that he has made us to be, because let's face it, men today have been sitting around playing video games, watching ESPN, or just sleeping while the women are off doing what God has called. That's my little rant about that. Anyways, the heading on each one of our handouts, which has become our motto/theme, is :We don't just study how to be a man God uses just to say we're Godly men, rather we must apply it in our lives. Basically we are not just waking up at 7am on a Monday morning to boast to people and say hey look at me I'm being a godly man, rather we are making a sacrifice so that we can better understand what it means to be a godly man and be able to provide for our future wives! What this brings me to is the warning that I was given and in turn gave to the other guys that thought about coming: do not come if this is just going to be another thing on your 'checklist.' By this we simply mean don't bother showing up if you are just doing this to mark it off of your list of things to do because what this will lead to is a false understanding of salvation. If you are going to a Bible study, church service, BCM service, or what have you, just to 'mark it off your list' then you have the understanding that one these things are really not important to your life and that by doing all of these things you can mark them off your list and God will "love you more." Reality check: these things are provided so that you are able to grow together with a community that can hold you accountable, they are not present so that they can spoon feed you the Word and provide you with salvation. Salvation is from grace through faith and that alone! Therefore, do not let these other activities, that can be very beneficial, become just another thing to do. You must devote yourself to your own study of the Word and spend time with God so that you can gain an understanding of salvation and what living a Christ-like life truly means, and dedicate yourself to a community that can and will hold you accountable to those things and help you to grow even more! Could you imagine what would happen if we all did these things, especially on a college campus? One word: revival. If guys actually got some guts, confessed and repented of being a bunch of wimps and became the leaders of the church that we are supposed to be then our campus would be revolutionized! Imagine if we were actually training each other and building each other up in the word so that we could go out into our community (dorm, apartment, class, etc.) and gather those around us, being unashamed of the Gospel and actually living out the faith that we have. I am ready to see thousands of young people finally devote themselves to the God they say they believe in and get off their butts and make an impact for His kingdom! Are you ready? I dare you to move...