It’s Tuesday or Wednesday and most youth pastors are preparing (or finish preparing) the messages for this week’s youth service. This last weekend I’m reminded that we so often plan our youth program with today’s issues and point teens in the right direction biblically. My question is,  I wonder if we’re doing them wrong by not teaching students the fundamentals of the bible on a weekly basis.  We talk about purity, prayer, choices, outreach, service, and more.  But too often we neglect some biblical basics.  I asked some of my students a couple questions and their responses were so out in left field that it reminded me the vitality of teaching students, basic biblical truths.

As soon as we assume our students know the Bible like we do, all of our conversations, messages, and interactions will be misaligned. You’ll start speaking ahead of what really needs to be explained.   Let’s not assume the teens in our ministry know the very simple things of Christianity. 

 I wanted to do something a little different this summer so I asked the students to e-mail me, facebook me, text me, and ask me questions they had about faith, morals, and the bible.  We’re calling this series, “Jesus Questions”.

It’s  important to understand that a good communicator will take the fundamentals of the Christian faith and communicate them in a way that coincides with the issues they face today. 

Here are some questions to ask to get a “temperature” of your group.
1) What are the four gospels?
2) What does the New Testament start with?
3) Was the story of Moses in the New Testament or the old?
4) Name at least half of the 12 disciples?
5) Was Jesus white, black, or ????

What are your thoughts?