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Engaging the Teenage Culture A Model Approach
Dr. William Brown President
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The Worst Analogies Ever Written
The little boat drifted across the pond exactly
the way a bowling ball wouldnt.
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big
black dots at the center.
Her vocabulary, was as bad as, like, whatever.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
John and Mary had never met. They were like
two hummingbirds who had also never met.
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The Worst Analogies Ever Written
The politician was gone, but unnoticed, like the
period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the
sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken
backstage during the storm scene in a play.
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed
lovers raced across the grassy field toward each
other like freight trains, one having left
Cleveland at 636 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the
other from Topeka at 419 p.m. at a speed of 35
mph.
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• Q What is the greatest competition for the
  hearts and minds of todays Christian youth?
• A Popular Culture Entertainment Choices

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• Q What is the greatest frustration in what you
  do as a youth leader/teacher?
• A Helping students learn discernment in their
  entertainment choices

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What keeps you from mentoring your students in
discernment?

• I dont know how to discern
• Its so hard to keep up with popular culture
• I dont have the time to research
• I dont want to be cheesy in front of the youth

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What would you like to see accomplished in the
lives of your students?

• To be informed about whats popular.
• To mentor the youth in making good choices.
• To engage the youth so they talk about whats
  influencing them.

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What would you like to see accomplished?

• Give the students the knowledge and skills to
  discern.
• To present an image as being culturally relevant.

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Elements of Worldview Thinking
Explanation
Focus Biblical Instruction Goal Think
Biblically
Interpretation
Focus Personal and Cultural
Evaluation Goal Discernment
Application
Focus Personal Decision-
making Goal Christlikeness
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Examples of Worldview Teaching
1. Explore the distinctives of the Biblical
worldview. Ask, What if . . . 2. Explore the
distinctives of other worldviews. Ask, How
would a ____ explain or interpret this? 3.
Ask Why? about everything. 4. Collect
worldview current events
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Examples of Worldview Teaching
5. Enslave yourself to everyone. Ask What
are your favorite . . . songs/groups?
Why? movies/celebrities? Why? 6. So
What? Ask What do these songs/movies/etc.
tell us about ourselves? What is the
underlying worldview? What values, actions,
beliefs do they promote? How do these line
up with a biblical view of life?
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Engaging the Teenage Culture A Model Approach
Dr. William Brown President
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