What's gone wrong with Wild at Heart?
The short answer is, nothing. But if that's true why have some of the Heart of a Warrior and Wild at Heart Groups developed wacky theology and selfish practices?
The answer to that is found in spiritual development and spiritual formation. If I were to take a 5 year old and teach him how to build a fire and then expect him to be responsible, when he burns down the house it's not his fault. It's my fault. When you don't teach a spiritual five-year-old the main things first and you try to usher him into an understanding of a man's heart it's not his fault when he comes up with kookie theology.
Why are you trying to teach someone how to be a mature man when you haven't taught him how to be an obedient boy? Now here's the developmental principle. We learn more mature truths in the context of the elementary truths. We build the school house before we build the furniture. Don't talk about the color of the walls until you've laid a good foundation.
They can't learn to be Noble at Heart until they've learned: Who is God?, Who am I?, What is the gospel?, What is the kingdom of God?.
In our church's, let's be wiser parents. Teach them the foundational truths first. Encourage our younger brothers to not attend events that will confuse them, until we have invested key truths in them.
If we don't do this, we are being unloving. Honestly, we don't value them very highly if we don't encourage them to "Hold off, you will get there.".
The answer to that is found in spiritual development and spiritual formation. If I were to take a 5 year old and teach him how to build a fire and then expect him to be responsible, when he burns down the house it's not his fault. It's my fault. When you don't teach a spiritual five-year-old the main things first and you try to usher him into an understanding of a man's heart it's not his fault when he comes up with kookie theology.
Why are you trying to teach someone how to be a mature man when you haven't taught him how to be an obedient boy? Now here's the developmental principle. We learn more mature truths in the context of the elementary truths. We build the school house before we build the furniture. Don't talk about the color of the walls until you've laid a good foundation.
They can't learn to be Noble at Heart until they've learned: Who is God?, Who am I?, What is the gospel?, What is the kingdom of God?.
In our church's, let's be wiser parents. Teach them the foundational truths first. Encourage our younger brothers to not attend events that will confuse them, until we have invested key truths in them.
If we don't do this, we are being unloving. Honestly, we don't value them very highly if we don't encourage them to "Hold off, you will get there.".
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