Do your teens groan when you say, "Turn to Genesis 1-3"?
Do they think they know everything there is to know about the biblical account of Creation and the Fall? Do they feel like they've heard the story of Adam and Eve a million times?
Tag: Youth Ministries
The Body of Christ: The Next Generations
In Making Kingdom Disciples: A New Framework, we point out that Calvin's emphasis regarding making disciples begins at the earliest stages of a covenant person's life. The sooner we begin to self-consciously disciple our covenant children, the easier it will be for them to see themselves as c...
The teens in your church are total Bible experts, right?
The latest survey data says that 85% of American homes have a Bible in them-and, on average, each home has 4.5 Bibles. Let's do the math: 85% of 311 million American homes is about 264 million ... times 4.5 Bibles per home .... That is 1,189,575,000 Bibles in America. And that doesn't even count ...
Should the Church Separate, Identify, Transform, or Effectively be Salt and Light in the World?
I have had people ask why it is so important to think from a kingdom world and life view perspective. Why is it important to have a right kingdom paradigm?
The Task of Christian Education
God has given us a promise in Isaiah and in Habakkuk that the knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth as the water covers the sea. The hymn writer picks up that thought. He changes the venue a bit. He says, "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does his successive journeys run." We believe th...
The Kingdom Misunderstood, Part 1
I begin by introducing you to Bill and Mary Wright. Bill is a 34 year old husband and father of two children, Terry 10 and Susan 7. Mary is a stay at home mom and has home schooled her children for a couple years, though they are presently attending a Christian school that meets in their church. ...