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Maybe one of the reasons we in youth ministry don’t attribute more value to systematic theology is that we aren’t systematic theologians, and we don’t know much about it. We’re like monkeys in the cockpit throwing out dials and knobs because they aren’t edible. The problem is those gauges and switches of systematic theology come in handy when trying to set the course or land the plane. In the current youth ministry culture—the books we read, the conventions we attend, the realm in which we do our professional work—we rarely hear the voice of trained, studied theologians. Even though it won’t help us with this week’s retreat, next week’s outreach event and…oh yeah…it’s not very “edgy,” that voice might help us to better stay on course.
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