God is……a dude?
January 21, 2004
Last night we were sitting around the room at high school youth group, talking about the “essentials of the faith” - what does one really have to believe to be a follower of Christ? We talked about baptism, Jesus’ crucifixion and then got to…”God.” We talked a bit about the language we use for God, whether God is male/female/neither/both. Tried to bring up some gender inclusive stuff, and then…Tank (although, I forgot his real name…it might be Jamal) brought us the most profound theological statement of the evening:
“God just sounds like a dude’s name!”
And there you have it.
Tags: Gender, God, Male-Language, Masculine-Language
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
January 21st, 2004 at 3:40 pm
“what does one really have to believe to be a follower of Christ?”
Have you ever wondered by we tend to be so minilialistic in our theology and faith?
January 21st, 2004 at 11:23 pm
THats it! That Simple Honesty Is why I LOVE being a youth pastor instead of a GROWN UP pastor. Hope you dont mind I linked to this post on my blog. . thanx for sharing it!
January 21st, 2004 at 11:26 pm
OOPS messed the link up
January 24th, 2004 at 5:47 pm
In the last year I have become more convinced that if we are to make anything central it should be seeking. God has promised us a number of times in His Word that those who seek will find. If we really want to discover reality, we will eventually find God, for He is reality (or truth).
January 26th, 2004 at 12:34 am
Of course God is a DUDE…He created man in His own image!