There is one specific New Year’s resolution that I have had for many years. It can be summed up by the words of encouragement to Mary Jo and I from a person who was deeply impacted by the creation message. She wrote, “Keep on keeping on!”
Since that note almost 25 years ago, that encouragement has been on our lips and now is also on the lips of other staff at AOI. The battle for the hearts and minds of our young people is huge and it is not going away any time soon. So we will “keep on keeping on!”
Seven years ago, I wrote, “Yes, the battle is big, and we need your help. I am not talking only financial (although that would be great!) but I am stepping into a recruiter role: ‘Uncle Dave needs you!’ We need you to help carry the message to your own families and churches. AOI staff will keep dropping those depth charges on the evolutionary strongholds and continue to train others to do the same in their own communities. Will you take an active role in this battle for hearts and minds? If so, let us know so we can come along side of you.”
Keep in mind the passage from Hebrews 12:1, about running the good race: “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” (NKJV)
This verse is especially descriptive as stated in The Message: “Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.”
We at AOI purpose to do exactly that this year as we start a charter class for the 1-year Discover Creation Training Institute in August. We also hope that YOU, too, will resolve to “keep on keeping on” and reach out to many around YOU as you run this race in the battle for the heart and minds of this next generation.
Dave Nutting
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