Lecrae CC4 is now out and it is the fourth, and last installment, of his church clothes mix tapes. Church Cothes was Lecrae’s way of dishing out hard truth’s to the church and he, again, pulls no punches when addressing those who call themselves follower of Jesus. This youth ministry lesson covers the first, and…
“How honest should I be with my students?”. This is the question I asked myself in my inner debate over whether I should share my disappointment with them concerning their lack of motivation in bringing guests to our youth meeting. My concern was that my words would deflate them and make me look weak; like…
I just watched the new video/song from 90’s band Disturbed. They’re not a Christian band or even a religious one but they are spiritual. The lead singer David Draiman grew up an Orthodox Jew but pushed back against its strict methodology. The new song is called Hey You and is meant as a “wake up”…
When I was a younger youth pastor, I believed sports was the enemy of youth ministry. Sports took athletic students away from my youth meetings, outreaches, retreats, etc. Didn’t those coaches know I needed the numbers!? It’s easy to blame our youth ministry’s sagging momentum and low numbers on sports. Judgement usually followed, “If these…
I’ve seen The Batman twice, now. The first time I saw it, I had an idea of what to expect, but it was still a lot to take in so to be fair, another review was in order. This is a non-spoiler review. So, I give this movie a B+. Why not an A? Simple,…
Before you set your hair on fire, here me out. I was scrolling through some Facebook posts and saw “We used Dungeons and Dragons as a way to share the gospel”, or something like that and I was immediately intrigued. You see, I grew up in the 80’s during what was labeled The Satanic Panic.…
I grew up Catholic, and I didn’t know it at the time, but I was becoming a disciple of the Catholic church. Being a disciple of the Catholic church, or any church, is not the same as being a disciple of Jesus. Churches have philosophies, ideologies and strategies for growth but I would contend that…
In a few weeks the latest Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be coming out I started to think about these RINGS and why followers of Jesus would benefit from such RINGS. Now, I’m not talking about physical rings you put on your fingers or, in the case of the…
NF is back and his new video to his new song Lost is, in my opinion, his best yet. I’ve watched dozens of Reaction Videos to NF’s music videos and many cannot figure out what NF is saying in these videos. Knowing that NF (Nathan John Feuerstein) believer and Christ Follower is helpful in interpreting…
