A great interview with Sean on the whole worldview subject… worth reading here a clip… There’s a well-known joke for lawyers that says when the facts are on your side, argue the facts. However, when you don’t have the facts, use emotion and state your case with absolute certainty. This is precisely what is going…

Ed Stetzer writes his reasons as to why we need our people in scripture regularly…  a few snippets… There is much research that shows the correlation between spiritual maturity and reading the Bible. I regularly hear of people who would rather read devotional books than read the Bible. Evangelicals in our country are just not…

A link because we need to chuckle once in a while… Siblings?

Over the summer, we assigned a book for the new members of youth commission to read.  We spent some time discussing it at our training day in September and I was impressed to see how much they comprehended.  My thinking is that all teens need to read this book.  It is short, moves very quickly…

In light of all saints day… when many make much of the reformers to whom we are greatly indebted…  I thought this was an interesting blog post… 3 Ways to Make the Reformers Proud

Sitting at the AYME Conference (Association of Youth Ministry Educators), I was eager to reflect on the chosen theme of incarnation and wrestle with it a bit.  Wrestling is a good thing in my mind.  We have to get our heads engaged sometimes and challenge those ideas or viewpoints that don’t always make sense to…

When I posted the link to Greg Stier’s review of the film “Divided” my motivation was the characterization of Jesus as a youth minister.  His basis?  Evidence in scripture that most of the disciples were under 20 years old.  For 25 years (the ones I have been in full time youth ministry) I have been…

Greg Stier weighs in on the film that I posted reviews of previously.  Like anyone, he jumps on the whole D6 thing with both feet but then disagrees with the premises of the film with a very different perspective than others whose reviews I have read.  I’d love to think he is right in his…