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On any short list of today’s hot-button cultural issues, sexual orientation and gender identity are certainly right at the top. Even within the Church, these topics often lead to concern,

When I was 15, I was eager to share my faith and wanted to reach all the teens in my city, but I knew that I—or even my youth group—couldn’t

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from Heaven and filled the whole

I hear it again and again: So many Christians think they can’t share the Gospel until they’ve built a strong friendship with someone over time and “earned the right to

I got my first job when I was 14. It was as a custom hay-hauler in Perryton, Texas, seven miles south of the Oklahoma border. I was an inner-city kid

For many, the story of Jesus’s crucifixion has become so familiar that it’s easy to brush over what He actually endured on the cross when He died in our place

As a youth leader, teacher, or parent it can be difficult to know how to help our children and teenagers process something as tragic as a mass shooting, such as

Effective youth pastors understand that leading a youth group well is not a solo endeavor. That means that finding adults willing to pour their lives into teenagers is vital. But

Over the past 30+ years of training Christians to share the Gospel. I’ve heard tons of excuses about why believers don’t share. Here are the 10 most common: 1. “I

I was blessed to see an early release of this amazing movie. To be honest, I wasn’t ready for it to be good—actually, really good. I tend to qualify my