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The Freedom of Letting Go: Trusting God with Your Teen’s Heart

Katie Polski | July 22, 2025

Parent, there is encouragement in the reality that while we have a responsibility to plant and water the spiritual life of our kids, only Jesus gives the growth.

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Easy Toke or Easy Yoke?: How Parents Can Train Teenagers to Think Ethically and Scripturally About Marijuana Usage 

Davis Lacey | August 13, 2024

we err when we become servants of a particular gift of creation, rather than servants of Jesus who are aided in his purposes through the gift.

How Gospel-Centrality Prioritizes Long-Term Fruit in Youth Ministry 

Michael Goldstein | July 1, 2024

God calls us to have a vision for ministry that considers the long-term over what gives the appearance of immediate results.

You are the Mortar, They are the Bricks: The Foundation of Relational Discipleship

Syler Thomas | May 24, 2023

Your leadership provides the structure necessary for your volunteers to develop the relationships with students necessary for relational discipleship to happen.

God Doesn’t Compare His Children; Why Do I Compare Mine?

Ben Beswick | September 15, 2022

How grateful I am that, even in the midst of my sin, I will never hear my God say, “Why can’t you just be a better parent?”

Who Do You Work For? Playing the Long Game in Youth Ministry

Steve Eatmon | August 11, 2022

Jesus lived his entire life on earth with one goal: to do his Father’s business, regardless of what people thought or how long it took. Let us have the same singular focus as well.

The Essential Nature of Love for Effective Youth Ministry

Joey Turner | January 10, 2022

It is not our great works that please the Lord, but Christ’s love that transforms our actions into glorious deeds.

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