Seven Principles for Young Believers Seeking Direction
Seven Principles for Young Believers Seeking Direction The Urgency of Youth Youth is hard to define. When does it end? Suddenly, without warning it is gone and...where did it go?...
10 Recommendations for Local Church Youth Ministries
10 Recommendations for Local Church Youth Ministries In many seasons of my life, I have had the joy of being involved in youth ministry in some way. It is the...
What Does It Mean to “Train Up A Child…”?
How can we "train up a child in the way he should go"? “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will...
Help for Parents and Youth Workers
Each Saturday on "The Weekend Pulpit" we share a full-length Bible message from a recent meeting. Currently we are posting messages that I gave at the Wilds youth camp last...
A Word to 3rd Generation Christians
There is nothing quite like the excitement of being with first generation Christians! They do not use all of the cliches or know the church culture. But neither do they...
“Truth for Youth” Available on the Bible App!
Last month we made available for the first time a devotional plan on the YouVersion Bible App. “Which Way Do We Go?” is a fifteen day study on discerning the...
How to Make This the Greatest School Year Yet – Part 2
How to Make This the Greatest School Year Yet - Part 2 (Click HERE for part 1 of this list) When I was in high school my dad came into...
How to Make This the Greatest School Year Yet – Part 1
How to Make This the Greatest School Year Yet - Part 1 Students are starting back to schools and colleges across the nation. Parents and educators alike are hopeful that...
3 Ways You Can Touch This Generation for God
God works in every generation. His truth transcends time, and His power supersedes spiritual opposition. My hope for revival in our day is not rooted in men - it is...
Life’s Training Wheels
Life's Training Wheels Summer is a wonderful season to invest in young people. Over the last few days I have had the opportunity to spend substantial time with several hundred...
7 Keys to a Great Summer Camp
7 Keys to a Great Summer Camp For many years summer camp was an institution for young people across the country. In recent years the proliferation of so many other...
3 Days for Young People and Those Who Love Them
The key to a nation is a generation. I believe if we lose the next generation we lose the nation. Truth endures to every generation but every generation must hear...
5 Ideas For Teens @ This Time
If you are a teenager I am quite sure that your social life has been disrupted and your school year has been less than you imagined. (Or perhaps, better than...
How NOT To Choose A Mate
When I was a young man someone told me, “Choose only a date who would make a good mate.” That was good advice. A casual relationship can quickly turn into...
Reaching A Generation
We are all concerned about the direction of our communities and our country. It is easy to spend all of our time listening to the commentators and talking about how...
Thank God For Christian Education
The last two days I have been speaking in Michigan at a wonderful Christian Educator's Convention. It has been a privilege to spend time with men and women who are...
Finish Strong by Kurt Copeland
Kurt Copeland has been a faithful youth pastor at the Franklin Road Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee for many years. God has used he and his wife to make a...
10 Ways To Help A High School Senior
10 Ways to Help a High School Senior Over the last ten years, I have been privileged to spend time with a number of high school seniors. Some of them...
My Advice To A Young Preacher
My Advice To A Young Preacher Recently a teenage boy wrote to tell me that God had called him to be a preacher. What a joy to see another generation...
The Most Important Lessons I Learned in My College Years
A few days ago I had the joy of addressing a group of college students in a local church. There were freshmen and upperclassmen, full of hope and excitement as...
How To Keep the Next Generation
How To Keep the Next Generation A fellow preacher and personal friend asked me recently how I believed we could do a better job of retaining young people in our...
A Post By My 17 Year Old Daughter
Tammy and I thank the Lord for our children. Like every parent we pray that they will desire to follow Christ. More and more I understand the words of John,...
This Is Our Generation
Last night I finished preaching in another youth conference. These are special meetings and more needed than ever. It was a privilege to have our daughter Morgan with me on...
What I Learned from a Child About Singing Hymns
You can learn a lot from a child. Sometimes those we are teaching become our teachers. This happened to me again recently. As I walked through a certain place I...
Conducting An Effective Youth Rally
The youth rally is not the entire youth ministry, but it is a component part. Like summer camp or Vacation Bible School it serves as an emphasis on the things...
What to Do When You Have Questions
What to Do When You Have Questions Questions are opportunities to teach. God gave explicit instructions to Israel about what to say when your children ask (Deuteronomy 6:20-25). And ask...
The Power of Parents
As I sit in my study at home there are two pictures of my parents on the desk in front of me. One is a photograph taken on the night...
A Message Christian Young People Desperately Need
A Message Christian Young People Desperately Need It is my privilege to speak to young people on a regular basis. I have to admit that they are my favorite group...
For Christian Young People: You ARE Missing Out!
"A prudent wife is from the Lord." This verse means more to me the longer I am married. Tammy and I were driving along in the car recently. The kids...
The Secret of Enthusiasm
Frequently I have said to youth workers that the key to connecting with young people is simple: BE ENTHUSIASTIC! Not the fake, plastic "put on" that often passes as a...
Resources Just for Youth Workers
Today we had the privilege to host a number of youth directors on our campus at Crown College. In the luncheon we discussed plans to begin a new youth fellowship...
Advice for High School Seniors
Advice for High School Seniors The senior year of high school can be both frightening and exciting. I love talking and praying with young people at this stage in life....
Discipline Makes the Difference
Through the years that I have been privileged to work in a Bible college I have met so many extremely talented, capable young people. And yet, it has always puzzled...
Teens for Christ
One of the greatest privileges of my life has been the opportunity to work with young people. Youth ministry is not a stepping stone to another ministry. It is the...
Social Media and the Great Commission
Social Media and the Great Commission Social media is here to stay. Over 5.35 billion people actively use the internet and just over 5 billion use some social networking site...
Just for Men
Just for Men “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13 In a day of effeminate men, I am more grateful than...
The Tale of Two Brothers
The True Account of Cain and Abel This is the tale of two brothers. It is a true story. I know that it is true because God told it in...
