{"id":865636,"date":"2026-03-05T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/?p=865636"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:10:36","slug":"what-three-godly-heroes-are-teaching-my-seminary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-three-godly-heroes-are-teaching-my-seminary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"What Three Godly Heroes Are Teaching My Seminary Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have five Christian \u201cheroes\u201d in my life\u2014two who are now with the Lord, and the others who are 95, 82, and 77, respectively. Over the past several years, I\u2019ve asked my three living heroes to speak to one of my graduate-level classes at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebts.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southeastern Seminary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where I teach. They join us via Zoom or Teams (sometimes with help from others on their end), but they spend significant time with my students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know these men well, and I know how much they mean to me. But I\u2019m always surprised by just how much my young students devour everything they say. I usually give my heroes a general topic (e.g., \u201cTalk to us about finishing well\u201d), but my students often want to know about even more. They ask about, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you know God\u2019s call on your life?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you balance raising a family with doing ministry?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you know when it was time to make a change in ministry?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would you say to your young self if you were beginning ministry again?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s been your \u201csecret\u201d to finishing well?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s caught my attention more than anything as my students converse with these godly men is this reality: my young students desperately want to hang out with and learn from older men of God who are willing to give them time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some general thoughts on my mind today:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Most of my young students\u2014all of whom are preparing for some kind of ministry\u2014don\u2019t have many genuine role models.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I wish I could say they all find their spiritual heroes in their pastors, but that\u2019s seldom the case. In fact, many of their heroes are Internet heroes rather than life-on-life heroes. They do not have heroes to whom they can direct questions. I suspect that\u2019s the case for many young adult believers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2. They long for older heroes who are pushing toward the end.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I\u2019m convinced that\u2019s because they\u2019ve seen so many others fall that they desperately want to see someone endure to the end. They want granddads in the faith who are filled with humility and wisdom\u2014and who have run the race and fought the good fight. Young leaders need the assurance that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">somebody<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will stay faithful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>3. Sometimes our role is simply to introduce younger leaders to others we admire and respect. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When God has blessed us with our own heroes older than we are, we have the opportunity to introduce them to younger people in our ministry and our lives. In fact, I would go so far as to say we have some obligation to make this kind of introduction. Our role as liaisons\u2014even if we connect generations only through the Internet\u2014can be transformational in the discipleship of younger believers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4. It\u2019s amazing what a single conversation, even an Internet-based one, with the right person can mean to a young leader.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some years ago, I had Robert Coleman (author of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rPXA7J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Master Plan of Evangelism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) join an online class. When we ended the call, the students were almost silent, knowing they had spent time with a man of God. Some remember that call to this day, particularly the way Dr. Coleman finished by singing a hymn he had sung with mentees for many years. The song of his heart simply quieted our own souls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5. All of us need to ask this question: when we\u2019re long retired, will young leaders then want to hear from us because we\u2019ve walked with God to the end?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If that\u2019s our goal, the decisions we make each day between now and then will be important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, we\u2019ll reach that goal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because we want to be so famous that others will want to hang around us; rather, it will happen because God so causes us to walk in humility that others want to be like us. My heroes I write about in this post were\/are exactly that kind of man. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have five Christian \u201cheroes\u201d in my life\u2014two who are now with the Lord, and the others who are 95, 82, and 77, respectively. 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