Ben Beswick serves as an Associate Pastor in Cape Girardeau, MO. Prior to moving to Missouri, Ben served as a youth pastor in Colorado Springs, CO for seven years. He received his Masters of Divinity from Southern Seminary in 2010. He loves reading, watching movies, and listening to music alongside his wife Jaime and daughter Amelia and his son Sawyer.
What could Melchizedek, Moses, the Old Covenant, blood sacrifices, and a 13-chapter argument for the supremacy of Christ over all of these things possible have to do with the typical life of a young teenager? As it turns…
“Twitter is a waste of time and is sure to fade away quickly.” This bold (and clearly foolish) declaration made seven years ago is perhaps one of the worst mistaken assumptions I have ever made regarding cultural trends….
In this series, “Promises of Scripture,” we asked Youth Ministers one simple question: “What is a scriptural promise that you burn to communicate to your students?” Read the last article in the series here. In a culture that…
I love apologetics. I love reading essays on the historical reliability of Scripture, the resurrection, etc. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of piecing together a detailed defense of the Christian faith and seeing the look on a person’s…
For many believers in our culture today, “repentance” is a word that has fallen out of favor. Many are still more than willing to talk about their “weaknesses” or “struggles.” Some are even willing to admit them in…
This is the fourth piece in our ongoing series, “Confessions of a Struggling Youth Minister.” While student ministry is often extremely edifying and even a barrel of laughs, it can also be extremely isolating, discouraging, and totally exhausting….
