If you wonder what I mean by expository teaching as I describe our Epic retreat each year, and want to hear (or read) a good message on the power of expository preaching, click here. This sort of teaching has been transformational in my life. I first got a taste of it from the radio while…

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J.I. Packer is one of the brightest Anglican theologians living today. Being no longer young, here is a comment he made recently about the most important work he has done for the kingdom… I was privileged to act as General Editor of the English Standard Version, and now that I look back on what we…

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“Sending young people out into the world without a biblical worldview is like sending an athlete onto the field without a playbook”, says Voddie Baucham. An interesting site

It starts off… Christian parents and churches need to face up to a problem long hidden in the dark: Evangelical teenagers are just as sexually active as their non-Christian friends. this statement caught my eye… Today the typical evangelical church, in its example and practice, cultivates “letting go,” emotionalism, self-fulfillment, and an odd religious sensuality.…

Again a conference that I want to attend falls in conflict with something I have to do. Last spring it was a major theology conference that took place when Epic was on. This one landson the day that we are training Youth Commission. However, I would recommend it for anyone interested in a short drive…

Give this a listen. It may put a smile on your face! http://www.videofantastica.com/view_video/15136/

Games champion Jonathan McKee is challenging youth pastors to rethink how we get kids to show up to youth events… Could be some good stuff but one hopes that we can move away from attracting kids to fluff and start touching their hearts. How_to_Get_Youth_to_Show_Up_at_Church_Outreaches

It is a sad fact that youth ministry in many parts of the work is in a state of crisis. Youth leaders long to see young people come to their youth groups and hear about Jesus. However, most of our groups are not growing… read the whole article at: http://www.kickstartme.org/crisis.html See if you agree with…