JESUS CAMP

We watched a movie in Bible class called Jesus Camp.  At the first I thought all the people on it were crazy, all these kids were getting visions and speaking in tongues and all this stuff. But I realized these people were for real. I'm not gonna lie and say none of it touched me, because it did. Yes, they did some really weird stuff. But some of the children, just the fire they had for God was actually really amazing to see. And yes, I teared up while everyone else was laughing. haha:) But that's besides the point. I disagree when the girl said that there were "dead churches" and "alive churches" and if you weren't up with your hands raised yelling to God you weren't worshipping. I can see where she comes from, but you don't know a person's heart and there's many ways to worship God. The main, crazy lady I believe had it right on some things. I think the fact that she wanted to see children being radical about God is a pretty amazing thing to set out to do. Yes, I believe she took it too far. But the idea of it was good. Children are so willing to listen, to understand and to learn. Adults can be so stubborn, I believe children are easy to reach. I do not believe the whole Jesus Camp and the church behind it is wrong. But they do need to improve on certain things. Like one thing Mr. Mendenhall mentioned in class, how are the kids going to be able to back up their faith? It's fed to them through little goofy illustrations. In a way it's good because they can have a visual understanding of it, but if their faith is put to the test I believe they're gonna have trouble defending what they believe. I don't think that they were necessarily brainwashing the children, but I also don't think they were exactly giving them all the choice. I think the kids kinda just did what they were told. I don't know, I don't know the hearts of any of those people so it's hard to determine where they all come from and their intentions. So in conclusion, I do like the idea of raising up a generation that will make a difference for God. We all just need to be careful in the way we do that. I guess that's all I have to say :)