Becoming a world changer is not complicated or really anything new. It’s simply doing what Jesus said in Mark 12:30-31: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.”
This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.
Amazing, isn’t it? You would think that everyone would be doing it already. However, WorldChangers take this command literally. In fact, world changers have had a complete transplant of their hearts. They have a different kind of heart beating in them from the one they had when they were born.
World changers feel a passion to pursue God more than they pursue eating. They have a vibrant, living relationship with Him and refuse to get in a rut with it. They can feel the pulse of God inside their hearts as they yearn to reach the rest of the world.
They have surrendered every part of their hearts to God, and they refuse to allow the world back in. God is the center of their hearts, and they have rearranged all of their priorities. They see the world through different eyes now. They have different goals.
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Ron Luce was the co-founder and president of Teen Mania Ministries from 1986-2015. Ron and his wife Katie dreamed to raise young people who would change the world.
Ron received his bachelor's degree in Psychology and Theology from Oral Roberts University and his master's in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tulsa, along with an honorary doctorate from Jerry Falwell of Liberty University. He is a sought-after speaker who has traveled to more than 60 countries and has made numerous media appearances, such as Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family radio broadcast, CNN, The O'Reilly Factor, ABC Nightline, The 700 Club, Trinity Broadcasting Network, and the Sean Hannity Show. Ron has also written 35 books for teens, youth pastors, and parents and continues to speak at leaders' conferences helping parents and pastors understand the plight of today's youth and showing them how all of us can be part of the solution.
Ron and Katie currently live in Garden Valley, Texas, with their son Cameron. They have two daughters, Hannah and Charity.