Consuming Youth

Consuming YouthJohn Bernard, James Penner and Rick BartlettZondervan, 2010, 192 pp., $16.99 It is no secret that western culture's obsession with consuming is having a huge impact on teenagers and the messa...

Combo Review: Hell Is a Hot Topic

Erasing HellFrancis Chan and Preston SprinkleDavid C. Cook, 2011, 208 pp., $14.99Hell is Real (But I Hate to Admit It)Brian JonesDavid C. Cook, 2011, 272 pp., $14.99With Rob Bell's Love Wins bringing the t...

Love Wins (A Review)

Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever LivedRob BellHarper Collins, 2011, 224 pp., $22.99In the midst of a sea of sensationalist headlines and tweets, trying to figure out h...

Consuming Youth

Consuming YouthJohn Bernard, James Penner & Rick BartlettZondervan, December 2010, 192 pp., $16.99It is no secret that western culture's obsession with consuming is having a huge impact on teenagers and the...

Share, Send, Go

Recently, I was sitting in my office with Nich, one of my students, having a conversation about our high school youth group. This year has been a bit of a rebuilding year in our ministry after graduating 23 sen...

Consumer Detox

Consumer DetoxMark PowleyZondervan, 2011, 272 pp., $14.99If you have every bought anything in your life, and before you make another purchase, you need to get your hands on Consumer Detox. Be forewarned, though...

Getting (and Keeping) Their Attention

In my nine years of youth ministry, I have read and heard repeatedly about the limitations of students, specifically middle schoolers, when it comes to issues of attention spans and what they can understand. It...