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The Weekend Pulpit: And This I Pray

Help for Parents and Youth Workers

March 26, 2022
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...
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This Is Our Generation

April 23, 2016
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...
Arched Milky Way over the mountain dirt road in summer. Beautiful night landscape with starry sky, milky way arch, trail in mountain village, hills, green grass and purple flowers. Space and galaxy

What I Learned from a Child About Singing Hymns

September 22, 2015
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...
Young People Ask Hard Questions

What to Do When You Have Questions

January 29, 2014
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...
A Message Christian Young People Desperately Need: Deep beneath the complacency is a generation asking, "Is there not a cause?" Indeed there is!

A Message Christian Young People Desperately Need

January 7, 2014
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...
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Why I Believe in Local Church Youth Ministry

November 5, 2013
Why I Believe in Local Church Youth Ministry For the last twenty years I have had the joy to be involved in youth ministry in some way.  It is the...
A Word for Young People About Parents: God says, “Honour thy father and thy mother,” He is saying that parents are to be valued, prized as God’s gift.

A Word for Young People About Parents

September 30, 2013
Like most children, when I was very young, I memorized the Ten Commandments. The fifth commandment says, “Honour thy father and thy mother.” It is repeated eight times in the...
There is too much haste in the home today. Hurry steals the heart away. Busyness is an action. Hurry is an attitude. Those who work hard and desire the best are going to be busy. But in our busyness we must not hurry past the Lord and those we love. Urgency is not living at a faster pace; it is living with properly placed priorities.   It is significant that twice in the New Testament the Holy Spirit reminds us to "redeem the time" (Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5). In both instances the command is given in context of the family. The word "redeem" reminds us that someone owns our time. We have to buy it back. Who controls your schedule? What possesses your time? Our God is the God of eternity and the only One who never wastes time. Article talking about being too busy.

Just Too Busy!

June 9, 2012
Just Too Busy! Years ago, I was asked to speak to a group of parents on the subject of pitfalls in the home. I read. I thought. I asked questions....