I was listening to ESPN Get Up this morning and they were talking about Russel Wilson asking for more money to stay the QB in Seattle. I think it was Louis Riddick who said, and I paraphrase, “Front offices are victims of their own arrogance. If they feel like they have enough cap space to…
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” John 6:60 Growing up is hard. When we are babies we hear the word no many times, No! Don’t touch that No! Get that out of your mouth No! Get off there. These no’s we here are often…
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. John 1:40-42 What was the first thing…
Failed Job Desciptions Schools teach Math, History, etc. The military teaches discipline, leadership, and job skills Sports teams teach sportsmanship and how to pay the game Churches run programs to keep people busy and not sin as much These are organization with a list of activities with no clear goals. What if they said, School’s…
I was driving my 17 year old son to school the other day. There are two roads to his school. One involves a traffic light and the other involves a stop sign. I usually take him the way of the stop light. My route involves going straight and then making a left. The other…
What does this sign say? More importantly, what does it NOT say and do we put out things about our youth ministry just like it? Clearly, the grocery store is going for price point sale. We have cheap stakes, they are not the best steaks, but they are the cheapest. Do we “sell” our…
Hey LFYC Campers! Forst let me say I love you guys! You were a great group this year and God did some amazing things in our midst and in our hearts. I hope the week was a powerful for you as it was for me. As I promised here is a bunch of…
Before launching anything, you have to have a certain level of buy in. Whether it is a small group, discipleship group, evangelistic event, or a leadership group you need kids to buy in. You have to have kids who are interested, that have some want to. How do we get that? How do we do that?…
