‘Father Forgive Them’: Teaching Jesus’ Words from the Cross to Teenagers
We can counsel teenagers to remember that those who do not have Christ do not know what they are doing.
We can counsel teenagers to remember that those who do not have Christ do not know what they are doing.
We must encourage students to trust in God’s work, which cannot be manipulated, while also challenging them to measure what they see by God’s own Word. This practice will equip them as they think of God’s work in their own lives.
Whereas our students feel dissatisfied with the fleeting promises of life “under the sun,” Jesus has revealed to us in the Beatitudes the wisdom of God that is far “above the sun,“ in which we can know true blessedness.
By your Spirit, please help me to embody the grace and truth of the gospel, of your beloved Son who is Grace and Truth in a Person.
The choice that ultimately matters—the only one with eternal consequences—is where a teenager puts his or her trust.
Each month we find ten articles, and sometimes videos or podcasts, from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to teenagers and their families.
The Good News for the teenager struggling with pornography use is that Jesus lived the perfect life that he could never hope to live, died in his place for every wrong thing he has done, and rose again to give him a brand new life with God.
If the gospel really is the good news that Jesus came to save people from their sin, we should help students understand how the entire Bible points to this truth.
Cheers to the tough kids, and to the opportunity we have as ministers of the gospel to show them the ways of Jesus, giving them a place to belong.