When people ask me why a focus on Gospel-centeredness is so critical in youth ministry, my response comes to me in faces: Robbie and Kevin, adopted brothers struggling to integrate into their family. Charlie, for whom I stumbled…
One of my favorite aspects of being a middle school youth director is the opportunity to disciple girls in their walks with the Lord. However, I believe that parents are the primary tools that the Lord uses to…
God’s Word has a way of continually moving us beyond religious platitudes and fake-it-til-you-make-it sentimentality.
You have seven minutes . . . maybe. Trust God with the time you have and let Him redeem it. As a Biblical Studies teacher of high school students, a coach, and a father of four, I am…
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 This famous verse offers a great Gospel comfort, but I wonder if it hasn’t sounded a little naïve to…
Here are the top ten articles from the past month that can be of benefit to youth workers and parents in their ministry to teenagers. Some of these give explicit instruction on gospel-centered ministry, while others are…
“I can’t eat that, there’s too much sugar.” “I wish I could eat whatever I want like you do and still be your size!” “Ugh, I can’t believe I just ate that many M&M’s. I am the worst!” …
The movie 10 Cloverfield Lane follows a young woman named Michelle who is hit by a truck and knocked unconscious. She wakes to find herself on a bed locked in a room in an underground bunker. The man…
Jesus, from the beginning to end, is all over scripture. In Luke 24, Jesus has resurrected from the dead and is walking with some disciples along the Emmaus Road. Luke says that Jesus “beginning with Moses and all…
