Seth Stewart is a husband and a dad, and after a decade in student ministry is now working as the Editor-in-Chief at Spoken Gospel. Spoken Gospel creates online resources that point to Jesus from every passage of Scripture. Seth spends his day writing, speaking, and being his family’s chef.
Somebody once said that “all Christian thoughts should be ultimately pride-shattering.” At the center of our faith we have Jesus, our modest Savior. He didn’t count equality with God as something to be grasped or clung to. He…
While there are hundreds of reasons to read The Chronicles of Narnia at least once, here are four reasons why you should read the series every year: They are fun. If you can help it, don’t read books you don’t…
“We exist to exalt Christ in the city, through gospel-centered worship, discipleship, community, and mission.” Strategy This mission statement isn’t our student ministry’s — it’s our church’s. I believe the mission of “big church” should find its…
This is the third post in a three-part series on the Word and Spirit in student ministry. See here and here for earlier posts. As we synthesize what it means to be a student ministry of both…
This is the second post in a three part series on the Word and Spirit in youth ministry. See the first post here. When I talk about “Word” I mean a commitment to the inerrancy, authority, and sufficiency of Scripture. …
There are a lot of unhelpful ways to talk about “balance” in youth ministry. Balance is helpful when it avoids destructive extremes. However, most attempts at balancing the Word and Spirit in youth ministry seem to be unbiblical. So before…
