In the often-chaotic cloud that is everyday youth ministry, one goal always rises to the surface—growing disciples who follow Jesus with an all-in commitment. You’re after life-changing, inside-out transformation—driven by a passion for Jesus that spills out onto the lives of others.
What You’ll Find
The Discipleship section offers practical ideas and insights about effective discipleship in youth ministry. We explore the method and models and strategies your ministry can use to help “seed” a generation of teenagers who are all-in for Jesus.
As a member of today’s culture, you’ve inherited practices, beliefs, values, and purposes that shape what your everyday life looks like. Over time, this bundle of influences creates what’s normal and comfortable for you. But how does your normal compare to what’s normal in the kingdom of God?…
Supplies for this Youth Bible Study. You’ll need Bibles for each student, a place to sit outside (if possible, and if not, meet near an outside window). [Optional: Print copies of the following online articles: Mt. Everest (climbing.about.com/od/mountainclimbing/a/EverestFacts.htm); Platypus (animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/platypus/); and Oceans (abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/06/04/4018335.htm).…
Safety and security. Together, they’re quickly becoming an obsession in our culture. Especially considering recent events, questions currently abound regarding who we can trust and where we can feel safe, even when it comes to churches. Join Rick and special guest Craig Cable, an active member of an armed church security team and tactical trainer with years of security experience, as they continue our month-long focus on the Kingdom by zooming in on our growing concern about security and how it contrasts with a kingdom Jesus never described as “safe.”…
Knighthood. Kingdoms. Castles, kings, and queens. They’re all very noble—very The Crown. After binge-watching that show on Netflix, I spent some serious time on Google to discover what it actually means to be knighted by a royal. Because if the Kingdom of God is, well, a kingdom, then surely some parallels must exist.…
When it comes to our modern-day ideas about kings and kingdoms, experiences vary. For those of us born and raised as Americans, kings are something from our Revolutionary history lessons, or from popular fictional TV programs and tabloids featuring William, Harry, and Kate.…
Supplies for this Youth Bible Study You’ll need copies of Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV) on sheets of paper and a pen for each student. You’ll also need a video display and Internet connection. Preview the following YouTube clips: • Pre-Blessed Food: http://youtu.be/j9JUqS4Q2A0…
How do we build and nurture a relationship with a person we can’t see, touch, hear, smell, or (!) taste? We’re told the goal of the Christian life is a close relationship with Jesus, but how do we do that without the benefit of our senses?…
Season 2, Episode 42: What the Book of Revelation Has to Do With You Revelation is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. Many people are attracted by its tantalizing reputation for offering signs that predict the future. But others are skeptical, and even alarmed, by the images it depicts.…
I love the 2002 movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, where a Greek woman named Toula Portokalos falls in love with a non-Greek man. Gus, Toula’s proud father, struggles to give away his daughter to someone from another culture. The romantic comedy also emphasizes Gus’ love for the Greek language.…
Most of us love superhero stories, even though they force us to suspend our disbelief. Why hasn’t anyone figured out that Superman is Clark Kent or that Bruce Wayne is Batman? Do a pair of glasses and a mask really confound us?…
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