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There is a bigger mission,
One great thing left undone.
It is THE Cause of causes,
Given by the Son.
It is the quest to save the lost,
To rescue them from sin,
By sharing Jesus with those we know
So new life can begin.
Every second one person dies,
And most end up in the flames,
Forever suffering for their sins,
Racked with guilt and […]

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The latest edition of the Youth Specialties Podcast features Marko (President of Youth Specialties and author of one of the few blogs I visit daily) sharing a devotional from Proverbs 30 and me sharing about the power of “Soul Apologetics.” Adam McLane does a great job putting these babies together.

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This video from my friends at liveabove.com does a great job at explaining the need for graduating high school seniors to be financially, socially, spiritiually and emotionally prepared for college life. You’ve heard the “great graduation statistics” of how many teenagers abandon their faith after high school right? Well we need to do what it […]

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Tim Schmoyer, myself and a bunch of our youth ministry friends did a live talk on timschmoyer.com about how to answer teen’s tough questions. If you are a teen or work with teens you should listen to it. I think that the conclusions that we landed on are pretty important for youth leaders as they […]

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Discipleship on a youth group level is much more than helping teenagers to understand God’s Word and live godly lives. It is the process of inspiring and equipping teenagers to embrace the cause of Christ as their very own.
Until they embrace His personal cause they miss the point of all their theological training and […]

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How the first week of college can completely destroy a freshman’s faith
Imagine yourself as an incoming college freshman. You are filled with excitement and anxiety as you register for your first classes as an official college student. The apartment you are staying in is just off campus. Rent split four ways is not too […]

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My fellow worker and good friend Jason Lamb is taking a simple little survey on his blog and could really use your input. It is on the subject of teen-to-teen evangelism in the context of your youth group. Click here and go there right now. It will only take you a few minutes to answer […]

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Some youth leaders are on a search for UFOs. They spend night and day on a quest for ET, Everything Tangential. Their “Unidentified Flying Objects” are the various bright shiny objects that look cool, travel fast and are probably just reflections of something more significant on the other side of the ministry stratosphere. Their goal? […]

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The Source 4 Youth Ministry is a website run by my friend Jonathan Mckee. It is packed with valuable resources (lessons, crowd breakers, movie clip ideas, etc) for youth leaders to use to minister to their teenagers. Recently I did a little 4 minute segment with him about starting spiritual conversations with teenagers. I talk […]

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Tim Schmoyer (youth pastor, friend and web guru of timschmoyer.com and onlinemissionstrip.com) and Jason Lamb (co-worker, friend and guru of all things white boy urban hip) will be doing a live chat on YM Live this Friday at 2 pm eastern time. If you were ever interested in investigating the Deep and Wide philosophy of […]

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