Al Robertson

I write to you, dear children.

Because you have known the Father.

I write to you fathers because you have known him who is from the beginning.

I write to you young men because you are strong and the word of God lives in you and you have overcome the evil one.

And then it's that little section about this battle.

Don't love the world or anything in the world.

You're going to give allegiance to something.

You just can't coast through life.

And you have the evil one presenting this world on a daily basis, and you do seem overwhelmed, especially our kids.

I mean, it's just so tough.

It seems like every generation is worse.

Because I'm thinking, man, I didn't have a cell phone when I was a teenager, which I'm thankful for.

But even that...

And those phones are just designed to disciple you now through algorithms and all that, which is in contrast to what Jesus said, go make disciples of all nations.

And so you just think, oh, I'm just sitting here hanging out with my phone.

Yeah, you're being discipled by a phone.

Because it's just catering to your desires.

And so I really think we're at a point here where you got to roll up your sleeves, look at the next generation and say, I need to have these conversations with them, you know, in the consistency of it all.

So it seems like all our worlds are

And it's a process, you know.