At 10:57 3/21/2000 -0600, LCDR Shane A. Reidelberger wrote:
>Fellow Commanders,
>
>I hate to be a bother, but I feel that I need to speak up. This debate
>about the teaching methods and conduct of staff at NTC has gone on long enough.
With all due respect for your sentiment, it seems to me that it would be
easier to restrain the wind. I suppose I could disable RangerNet, but if I
did, the debate would just surface again on alt.org.royal-rangers or
another mailing list. That isn't the answer. Indeed, I'm committed to
keeping this list running so that we can keep the conversation going,
because man sharpens man as iron sharpens iron.
If you would like to steer the conversation to something more to your
liking, may I suggest throwing in an edifying conversation-starter?
Sometimes a simple question (like the one I asked a while back about
people's best experiences in Royal Rangers) can result in some very
interesting and edifying posts. People tend to respond to what they read on
this list. Give them something positive to respond to.
> I have read all the posts and prayed over all the facts. I've heard
> enough. Do we have tunnel vision so bad that we are losing the bigger
> picture? It's not about how the NTC is taught. It's not about who is
> right who is wrong. And it is not about who told what secrets.
>
>It's about reaching these boys for Jesus. Thats it! PERIOD!!!
Yes, but how NTC is taught affects how the boys are taught, and how
effective we are in following Jesus Christ. When we follow Jesus Christ,
and the boys follow us, things work well, because they end up following
Jesus Christ.
>I'm not interested in the NTC or who thinks what about it. My mission is
>to win boys for Christ. Why should we bog ourselves down in argument and
>debate over something that won't mean a hill of beans in the end anyway?
Your point is well taken that we must not get distracted from our main
mission, which is the Great Commission.
> My point is that the NTC, no matter how you look at it, won't win souls
> for God.
In that case, why bother with it? We need to discard it or replace it with
something that WILL win souls for God! Parts of NTC are good. Parts should
be changed or discarded. The idea of a national training camp to train
commanders to reach, teach, and keep boys (and girls) for Jesus Christ is a
good one that can help us win souls for God.
>The only way to win these boys is to reach out in love taking them in one
>hand, and the LORD in the other.
Amen. That is what should be taught at NTC, using Jesus' teaching methods.
Michael Paul Johnson
aka Soaring Golden Eagle
PO Box 1151, Longmont CO 80502-1151, USA
Rocky Mountain outpost 207, New Creation Church
Jesus Christ is Lord!
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