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When it comes to outreach in many youth groups and churches the “e” word is getting edged out by social justice issues (doing service projects, building orphanages, feeding the poor, etc.) Missions trips are less and less about sharing the gospel and more and more about just taking care of the physical needs of the […]

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Just a few days ago I was dropping off my little girl at the babysitters when I noticed a wasp swirling around our feet. I quickly picked up Kailey and whisked her inside the door. The last thing I want to see is my sweet little girl get stung by an angry wasp.
When I […]

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We are getting a huge response from adults across the nation to this particular toolkit! Already two hundred people have responded! This particular tool is designed to give to a teenager you know so he/she can discern the difference between Jesus and the other world religious leaders who have claimed that their way is the […]

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Are you following a MAP? If not I challenge you to take this challenge with me. What is a MAP? It is a Mobilization Action Plan. The goal of it is to revolutionize our lives so that we can revolutionize the lives of the teens in our world (our kids, our kids’ friends, our friends’ […]

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Brian Ford, a friend of mine and a fellow Deep and Wide youth ministry advocate, is having a great discussion on his blog about whether or not high school sports are interfering with teenagers growing deeper spiritually. Check it out here and join the conversation!

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On a plane ride back to Denver this week John Musil, one of our Dare 2 Share staff members, had a huge opportunity and he took it. He was sitting next to one of Barack Obama’s staff members (I’m not going to tell you who) and got into a spiritual conversation. For those of you […]

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I think I just saw Neil Diamond in line at Starbucks here in Columbus, Ohio. He was Coming to America with a Grande Vanilla latte. I didn’t know for sure whether or not it was him but as I glanced down at the local paper,The Columbus Dispatch, sure enought his mug was right there on […]

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I love the gospel of grace. Actually to say “gospel of grace” is kind of redundant. The gospel is grace and grace is the gospel. But there are so many adulterated versions of the “gospel” out there that you kind of have to qualify which gospel you are talking about. I’ll never forget having an […]

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Too many times, too many Christians talk, talk, talk about transforming the next generation but there are few who actually do it. Just last week I was doing a fundraising meeting with about thirty people and asked the question, “How are teenagers viewed by the average church in America?”
One girl (who couldn’t have been more […]

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This weekend I’ll be preaching at my “new” home church Northern Hills Christian Church. Debbie and I have been going here since February or so and we love it. Although Grace Church will always be close to my heart we felt it was time to have a fresh start somewhere else. After ten years as […]

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