Comments on: Are you Having a Super Bowl® party? https://youthministry.com/are-you-having-a-super-bowl-party/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Brandon Early https://youthministry.com/are-you-having-a-super-bowl-party/#comment-292245 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 02:08:03 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=38747#comment-292245 In reply to Cole Regitz.

Thanks for your thoughts Cole. I would not limit this event for evangelism, I love hanging out with our students and I want to do it legally. However, it does tend to be a great environment for our students to bring friends. I think “is if lawful” is a very appropriate Q, we want to be above reproach. Here’s a thought…Is it beneficial for our students to listen to Christ centered music? Yes! But not at the expense of stealing it via illegal download of bittorrent. I think “is it lawful” and “is it beneficial” are two solid questions to keep in mind when doing ministry.

]]> By: Cole Regitz https://youthministry.com/are-you-having-a-super-bowl-party/#comment-292244 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:20:51 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=38747#comment-292244 That’s an interesting post. Another thought worth considering…does it reflect new testament evangelism to elevate an event like the Super Bowl to lead someone to Christ? If your answer is a quick “Yes!” than I have a follow up question that’s not popular (at least among the men in your congregations)… Why didn’t the early church leaders (Paul, Timothy, John etc.) promote Roman contests and gladiator games to reach the lost. It’s interesting because time and time again we relate our games to the gladiator events and contests of old (“Gridiron Gladiators”). To bring the thought a few centuries closer and to build off of that logic: why would both Augustine and Martin Luther King Jr. label gladiator contests as detrimental to spiritual growth. To be honest, I think the question we should really be asking ourselves as leaders is not “is it lawful”, but rather, “is it beneficial”? (1 Corinthians 10:23)

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