I really appreciate the preaching of Alistair Begg and this clip is both hilarious and true in many ways. Sadly, some might mistake his passion for anger and miss the general point that he is making. If you have not heard him preach before, this could be misunderstood as the rant of an angry man.…

An excellent post over on The Gospel Coalition blog where my friend Cameron Cole shares some great thoughts on sustainable faith. (Note also at the bottom of the post, the bit about the Rooted Conference coming up in October.) As I listen to and observe the faith journeys of former students and young adults, I…

I love what this girl is getting at!  Another case for dropping “youth talks” and really digging into scripture.  Do we want another generation of moralistic therapeutic deists?  Let’s instead create a generation of biblically faithful students.

We need to start teaching our students rhetoric and not rhetoric. Confused?  It used to be that rhetoric was the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. To study that, one used to learn techniques and develop skills that made for more effective debate.  Being skilled in this way allowed a person to show…

I’ve long had a fascination with St Columba, an Irish Abbot who is credited with spreading Christianity across Scotland. I first learned about him on a trip to Scotland with my college where we visited Iona, the small island on the west coast that Columba used as his base for his missionary journeys. The place…

Last week I had the opportunity to do some seminars at Camp St. Christopher.  It was Sr Session (high school) and my favorite age group to speak to.  I led two seminars.  One on surviving after camp… along the lines of how do we keep growing.  The other was on persecution and suffering for the…

My article in Modern Reformation Magazine is online but only accessible without a subscription for a few more days (until June 22). The stage is set. The sound check is done. Leaders huddle for one last prayer. Cue the music. Dim the lights. Open the doors. A swarm of excited students pour into the venue.…

In a YS email, a link to this was offered but the version YS was putting out was really watered down and offered enough to satisfy the curious without the need to seek to know more.  It stated that millenials are not leaving the church because they crave: Jesus, the Bible, community, service, and purpose.…

It’s that time of year when youth camps, mission trips, bike trips, conferences, etc are in focus. We put a lot of effort into such adventures and rightly so because they have the potential to impact life change.  Yet that life change might not be exactly what we want or expect.  I am referring to…