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Between gods and God
Choosing God, and not gods Over the past few weeks at our youth ministry, we’ve been preaching through a series called Smashing Idols. Our aim was to help our teens identify and dethrone those idols that so easily gain preeminence: romantic relationships, entertainment, self, money, etc. This past week, we looked at Psalm 16:11, in […]
Theology, Learned and Lived
After a significant hiatus, I’ve re-entered the world of academia and am taking a course this summer at Reformed Theological Seminary. As a side note, if you’re considering seminary, I heartily recommend RTS. One thing I’ve been thinking about off and on over the past year is the fact that it is entirely possible for […]
Biblical Theology in Youth Ministry
In our youth ministry, we’ve begun a series called, “God’s Timeline,” borrowing from Facebook’s feature of presenting a user’s content on a timeline. The thought behind the series was to present a redemptive-historical view of the Bible. The goal is for our youth to walk away realizing that their “timeline” is not primary, but is […]
1 John and Youth Ministry
In our youth ministry, we are going through a series on the book of 1 John. God Is Both Outside and Intimately Involved With Creation As we have looked at 1 John, one of the first things that comes across is this: Jesus exists outside and within creation. Jesus existed from the beginning (1 Jn […]