We must understand the humble position God has placed us in as we open the Word of God with the souls of the greatest among us.

Mentorship isn’t temporary, and it isn’t some lesser investment before getting to “real discipleship”. It is discipleship.

The goal for student ministry shouldn’t be random, spin-the-bottle, haphazard teaching. It should be intentional. We are training teens to be adults and raising them in their faith in the Word.

There is nothing of greater eternal value than the precious investment of the word of God into the souls of men. If youth ministry is meeting any other end than this, I would argue it is straying from legitimate biblical ministry.