Archive for Missional
Teen Idols
Have you ever been star struck? I have, not very many times, and I don’t think there are too many people that would cause me to feel that way anymore, but it has happened. Honestly I am too embarrassed to tell you who has caused me to feel that way. Suffice it to say it [...]
Do Apologetics Help?
Remember when you were a kid and your parents said utterly ridiculous things like, “eat your vegetables and you’ll grow up big and strong.” My parents used all kinds of methods to get me to eat vegetables. They new how important it was that I learn to eat in a healthy manner. Some of those [...]
Identity & Evangelism
Who am I? “Who am I?” This is the question virtually every teen asks themselves. Identity is important in more ways than most could imagine. It isn’t just about a sense of self worth, it is much more. Students gather into groups based on ethnicity, dress, activities, and all kinds of other things in an [...]
Called: Conversion
“In order further to prove a man’s call, after a little exercise of his gifts, such as I have already spoken of, he must see a measure of conversion-work going on under his efforts, or he may conclude that he has made a mistake…” Charles Spurgeon in Lectures To My Students Perhaps you read the [...]
What is Theological Ministry?
“Youth ministers have been on a long and frustrating quest of their own over the past two decades or so. Believing that a message wrapped in pop-culture packaging was the way to attract teens to their flocks, pastors watered down the religious content and boosted the entertainment. But in recent years churches have begun offering [...]
Using Social Networking for God’s Glory
A few months ago i received a message on Facebook. It was a message from Susie (the name has been changed). She had recently broken up with her boyfriend and things were not that great. Susie was a former student of mine. She was out of High School by a few years. The message was [...]
Missions is Here and Now
I guess I can understand how we ended up in a place where missions is understood as something you do when you go to another country. Missions is perhaps the most important thing a church participates in, but it is too often misunderstood. Fortunately things are changing. Now we talk about being missional. Of course [...]
