Category: Youth Ministry

An interesting blog post about Rob Bell that is worth reading… I want to think Rob’s theology is better than what comes across in print. But the fact is that I never hear him in an interview (nor elsewhere for that matter) give an explanation of the gospel or a summary of the heart of…

I ran across this post on Kevin DeYoung’s blog and found it very interesting… Last week I preached on Mark 1:14-15 where Jesus delivers his first sermon: “The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” In this one sentence we find four of the most important words in the New…

One of the many things on my mind of late regards our vision and how we get there. We have seen lots of progress… shifted the emphasis in our events to align to the vision, seen camp switch to a Bible centered approach (that is huge!) and know that many youth groups are having much…

In my recent email, I mentioned the book “The Prodigal God” by Tim Keller. Jonathan then sent me this link to hear the sermons the book is based on (free). Enjoy! http://sermons.redeemer.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=32

An excellent time together… I hope to be able to post the messages Iain gave which I attempted to record on my computer. They were titled: Rightly Handling the Word of TruthFeasting Your Soul at the Banquet of God’s WordDigging for Priceless Pearls

Found the source of this… HERE (credited at the bottom of the list) 35 Reasons Not To Sin Because a little sin leads to more sin.Because my sin invites the discipline of God.Because the time spent in sin is forever wasted.Because my sin never pleases but always grieves God who loves me.Because my sin places…

Steve Wood posted this on his blog Treading Grain Alyssa, one of the young women in our high school youth group, sent me this list she’d compiled of “reasons not to sin.” I was quite impressed by her list and by her thoughtfulness – I know most certianly that my mind was not on this…

The Essential 100 for youth ministry… http://www.ministryplanet.net/sites/e100/youthministry

Hat tip to Todd Simonis for pointing this one out…

“Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or tract, or friend above the Word. Cursed be that book, or tract, or human counsel, which creeps in between us and the Bible, and hides the Bible from our eyes!” ~ J.C. Ryle Practical Religion, p. 137