Youth Leader is a Harry Potter Fan

August 3, 2007

Lane Palmer, a youth ministry specialist with Dare2Share, appears to be a fan of Harry Potter.

From The Christian Post we read these words from Palmer:

Are you just a little bit sad? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out, and it really is the end of an era. If you’re one of the 325 million people who has purchased at least one of the books in this series, like me you’re sensing the finality of a famous fantasy that magically whisked people into a previously unknown world of muggles, mythical creatures, and missing noses.

Palmer goes on to share:

did you notice that many of the key plot points in the Harry Potter series begin with the letter “H?” Hogwarts, Harry, Hermione, Hagrid, Half-Blood Prince, Hallows, Halloween, Horcruxes, etc. And so it is with our story as well, because when the last chapter of our life takes place and the back cover of our lives is shut, there are only two destinations possible for us:

And they both begin with “H”…

Palmer goes on to talk about Hell and Heaven. That is all well and good I suppose, but what about the danger of watching or reading material with witchcraft as a major theme.

It’s obvious we can not expect this kind of advice from Lane Palmer since he seems to be a fan of Harry Potter himself. Obviously, Palmer is of the opinion that Harry Potter is harmless entertainment for all.

I suppose it is in the name of being relevant that Dare2Share uses movies like Harry Potter, The Simpson, The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers, Evan Almighty, and Ocean’s Thirteen as ‘ministry tools’. At the Dare2Share web site you can find articles on ‘How to Share Your Faith Using _____’ place a movie from above in the blank. Does this not actually help our kids justify going to watch many of these movies?

Let me end it by saying we don’t need to use movies to share our faith. We need to teach our kids the sufficiency of scripture and the power is has when it is proclaimed.

1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. — 1 Corinthians 2:1-2

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. – Romans 1:16

I would encourage anyone who has a heart for our younger generation to send a strong rebuke to Dare2Share for some of the methods they are using. You can contact Dare2Share via email using this address information@dare2share.org

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17

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