CRU Update

A crucial part of the Christian life is sharing the gospel with others. This week, following the three-action game to open, we were challenged by Nigel Vaux from CRU, who asked why we may not share our faith, as we had a closer look at the ‘I Am’ statement where Jesus says he is the gate (John 10:7). We began by discussing a few reasons we may be afraid to share our faith, such as fear of judgement and different people already believing in a different religion. Nigel challenged us by mentioning how magician and outspoken atheist Penn Jillette said, “How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?” He went on to link this to the fact that Jesus is the gate we enter through and the only way to be made right with God, and denying our friends of this amazing news leaves them under God’s wrath. Nigel shared the story of how his friend John shared the gospel with him when he was at school. While it may be scary, we were reminded that because of the truth that Jesus died for our sins providing the gate to eternal life, this news is certainly worth telling everyone about. 

Nigel also briefly spoke about the CRU camps coming up this summer, which I would encourage boys to explore at www.crucamps.com.au.

On Friday afternoon, Shore hosted MegaCRU, which involved gathering with the CRU groups of schools from all over Sydney. This provided a great opportunity to gather with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to praise God through music, hear how God has been at work in other schools, pray for other schools’ CRU groups and hear from the Bible. 

Daniel B
Year 10 TY4