Archive for Theology of Youth Ministry
When Creativity Trumps Content
I love movies with great special effects!! The flashier the better, to an extent. Some movies are all about flash and care nothing about substance. These are the movies I can do without. The same is true when it comes to music, art, and even food (there is nothing worse then food that looks like [...]
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 [...]
Debate
John talks about his upcoming debate on September 12th with Marvin Straus the co-founder of Boulder Atheist and answers the question why do a debate?
The Power of Prayer
Everyone says it. Sometimes I get weary of hearing it. Prayer is that one thing we should all do a lot of and most of us, maybe all of us, don’t do enough. There have probably been millions of blogs and articles written about prayer, so why write another one? Because I think, I hope, [...]
BIG CHURCH is for Little People Too
It was a great day today. We had to wake our kids up early because my wife was singing in the choir today. We really aren’t a “choir” kind of church, but some times we have specials that are really good; today (Palm Sunday) was one of them. The kids were crabby, and I wasn’t [...]
Responding to Evil & School Shootings
Today at Deer Creek middle school here in Littleton, CO another school shooting took place. We have several students in our ministry who attend that school including the daughter of our Junior High director. What should we do now? How do we deal with this? The truth is, I don’t really know. There is a [...]
Youth Ministry Models
John Byrne talks about youth ministry models, what they are, and how we use them.
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 [...]
Is Youth Ministry Biblical Video
Is youth ministry Biblical? If so, how does the Bible speak about it?
Theology-Philosophy-Praxis
John Byrne explains why it is important to develop a good theology of ministry before you figure all that other stuff out.
