13 Things You Should Never Do in Youth Ministry The list is HERE

An excellent article in the Washington Post on the church (broadly speaking) can be found HERE It starts… Here’s what Bono, Oprah, and the guru speakers on PBS won’t tell you: Jesus believed in organized religion and he founded an institution. Of course, Jesus had no patience for religious hacks and self-righteous wannabes, but he…

While in college I often listened to Chuck Swindoll preach. His style is warm, pastoral, and filled with humor while is approach is clearly expository preaching. His theology is not always mine, but his insights are excellent. Chuck Swindoll, accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at Catalyst 09, offered the following lessons he has learned: 1.…

This morning’s Explore Bible notes had me reading Isaiah 56:1-8. A word that lept off the page for me was ‘justice’. It is found in the opening verse “Thus says the Lord, keep justice and do righteousness for soon my salvation will come”. Justice is a popular word today. In fact it is very common…

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…