What. If. It is amazing how two words can seem so bland and powerless when read without the other. Then put them together and they become some of the most debilitating words ever spoken. These two simple words have…
List all of the “ism’s” (individualism, relativism, existentialism, etc…) and you will have the Appetizer section of our culture’s Worldview Menu. Students live in a trying time when self-centered, self-saving, and godless worldviews are thrown at them via…
Recently, I made a presentation to parents in our youth ministry, entitled, “Why Kids Abandon the Church.” Two years earlier, when I made a similar presentation, called “Grace-Driven to Postmodern Teens,” the class drew five people. Not surprisingly,…
Avoidance. We’re all pretty good at it, and we’ve got plenty of excuses in our toolbox which allow us to live in our own realities for a while. But the God of Scripture is merciful; He breaks in…
“In every contest, there must be a loser. La-hoo-sa-her.” –Ace Ventura, Pet Detective Rejection. We’ve all faced it. As a matter of fact, we’re all probably facing it in one way or another right now. Rejection has to…
