Testimonies Pt. I

This past summer at Youth Camp, after a testimony service I had a thought: “Is there any time when someone gets too ‘graphic’ in sharing their testimony?” I was staggered at the number of teens who had made multiple suicide attempts, that night there were at least five. (Reminds me of the old teen movie Heathers… “teenage suicide… Don’t do it!”) One began to wonder who should have been getting the attention, who were the testimonies pointing to?

It got to the point where it seemed to be a competition of who had the most catastrophic life before their conversion.

So, let me ask you…

When does someone cross the line in giving a testimony? How graphic and descriptive can someone be before they have taken the focus off of themselves etc…Furthermore, how much of our past should we discuss when talking about what God has done for us?

Rev.

PS:
If you are ever up for a high context story about the value of a father's love, rent a movie called "The Winslow Boy". It is very, very good. On the other hand, you could go your whole life without ever seeing Hallmark's bastardization of George Orwell's Animal Farm.