I was fascinated and intrigued by the fact that in 2006, Time magazine’s invention of the year was YouTube. As I read more about the “magic” of YouTube, there were three significant things that peaked my attention. One was that YouTube allowed ordinary people to voice/broadcast their opinion in the midst of a culture where the “experts” dominate.…
What are words really? They are meant to love, hate, lift up, bring down, express emotion, communicate, give meaning to something, give life to something or to kill something like dreams and character! A word can make you happy or sad.…
Discipleship to me, is an older, more mature Christian, taking a younger, and less matured Christian under his or wing. The older more mature Christian (or the ‘discipler’) spends a very large amount of time with his or her disciple (due to my laziness (and not male shogunism) in the future I will refer to the discipler as a he).…
For the past couple of weeks, the Lord has been showing me and speaking to me about repentance in our generation. So I begin studying this thing we call repentance and came to 4 underlying fact…. That in order for there to be authentic forgiveness, there must first be sincere repentance/lamenting.…
I hate to assume that there is a problem but… Here’s the problem: Youth groups sometimes look like well oiled machines that use up a lot of time and energy, create some flashy bangs and then each year have to quickly flush out the old and bring in the new.…
The Basics of Inductive Bible Study Remember Jesus calls us first to make disciples! There is perhaps nothing more important in Real Effective and Effectual Youth Ministry than teaching Youth how to study the Bible. If you want your youth to grow in the faith and remain committed Christians past college and beyond, this is a must!…
It’s about that time of year now–right around Thanksgiving and Christmas–when your students who recently graduated from youth group come back to visit and check-in. After all the small talk, you’ll probably ask the question that’s been in the back of your mind ever since the conversation started.…
I remember one time when we held a discipleship retreat for our students — but only about one-fifth of our regular students attended. For many youth workers, a turnout this low might arouse feelings of anguish and failure. I wasn’t surprised by the turnout, though, because the retreat called for a very big commitment from students.…
From wardrobe coordination to time management few junior highers know the day-to-day skills that’ll help them succeed. Two-income families single-parent families and blended families are all busy and few junior highers today learn basic life skills at home anymore. Eric comes to our junior high meetings in the strangest combination of clothes.…
Challenge kids to believe the unbelievable by taking them on this biblical journey that will challenge their thinking from this strange but true department! MIRACLE PIG RETURNS FROM THE DEAD LONDON, Ky.-Dr. Campbell Mercer figures there’s something that happens at least once in every doctor’s career that he can’t explain.…
