Rejoice in the Wife of Your Youth: The Cross and the Jukebox by Russell Moore

In his blog, The Cross and the Jukebok, Dr. Russell Moore tackles Conway Twitty's hit song from many moons ago, Lay You Down. I remember hearing this song when I was a kid and like Dr. Moore, I did not know what it meant. Dr. Moore uses this song to address something that is sadly missing in our culture and in the church, a positive view of fidelity marriage and sexuality in a married couple's old age. Proverbs calls husbands are to rejoice in the wives of their youth so that when they are old they will still rejoice in the wives of their old age. Dr. Moore does a great job of addressing an awkward topic for couples.

“Lay You Down” by Conway Twitty

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This an excellent article about youth ministry and the gospel. Having been a youth minister for 12 years I certainly identify with what this article says. The big event and hoopla stuff that happened in youth ministry always bothered me. I am not opposed to having fun, anyone who knows me knows that to be true. However, to build youth ministries around big events and not on discipleship is a sin. I am glad to hear there are youth ministers trying to turn the tide back to a word-driven ministry. I am grateful for our youth minister and his wife at Grand because discipling students in the word is the most important thing to them. Keep up the good work Tim and Sam Young! I thank our Lord Jesus for you and your ministry.

The Red Bull Gospel | LeadershipJournal.net