Have you heard the Coldplay song We Pray? The song came out a few weeks ago and I thought it was worth sharing with you a few ways to use the song in your youth group as a way to teach on prayer. Here are a few things you need to know before I share…
I’ve been a fan of Manafest’s work back to Glory. Manafest has evolved over the years and TFK’s Trevor McNevon has been a big part of the that evolution. Manafest’s latest offering, “No Stranger to the Pain,” delivers a powerful blend of hip-hop beats, introspective lyrics, and unwavering faith. The EP delves into personal struggles,…
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…
This is part three of a three part bible study on helping those who walk away from the faith and how to strengthen your own faith in the process. Click here to go to part one. Why isn’t God afraid of our hard questions? What does this say about God? What does Jackie mean when…
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”…
Hi and welcome. If it’s your first time here, I’m Paul and I am the Overlord…no, Emperor?….no, President?…., ok titles don’t matter. What matters is you’ve landed on a page where I feature all my Pay What You Want and Free Stuff to help out all you budget stifled youth pastors. Some of these lessons…
My dad was a bartender, among other things, and when I was kid my father tended bar at the American Legion about a mile from our house. Next to the American Legion was a bakery and right around the time my father was getting off work, around 4 a.m., the baker was finishing their first…
Everyone has an excuse, “I don’t believe in Jesus.” “I’m too busy.” “Can I wait until I’m an adult.” And on and on. The thing is, Jesus experienced rejection first hand. Can you imagine, knowing what you know now, turning down the opportunity to follow Jesus? Students (and adults), like the people of the first…
I have a new series out called Live.Breathe.Be and it based on the Apostle Paul’s conversation with the philosophers at Athen’s Aeropagus, where Paul said, For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Acts 17:28 If you want this first…
This is my third post, of a three part series, on resolving conflict in the church. You can check out the first post here and the second here. If I can offer you a custom video lesson on this topic for your youth, you can click here. In this post I want to talk about…
