Is Modest Really Hottest?
At the wise old age of 16, my best friend, Brian, and I created a list of modesty rules for the girls in our youth group.
You can imagine how this went over.
While on a mission trip to Mexico, we formed a b...
The Unexpected Gift of Burnout
For more than a year, I told others I perceived I was headed toward burnout. I had used that word before—burnout—but only in a hypothetical sense. Burnout was a terrible experience that happened to othe...
5 Ways to Effectively Use Movies as Illustrations
I love movies and I love youth ministry. These worlds often overlap when I’m preparing a lesson and use a scene or a movie clip becomes to illustrate my point.
Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected but Alone Generation
Andrew Zirschky
Abingdon Press, 2015, 160 pp., $13.80We recognize how teenagers are using technology and social media—especially how much they use it!—but this may not be the most helpful premise. Why is t...
The Jesus Gap: What Teens Actually Believe About Jesus
Jen Bradbury The Youth Cartel, 2014, 235 pp., $17.99 Every youth worker wants the students he or she disciples to know Jesus better, but are they following the true Jesus? In Jen Bradbury's excellent youth ...
Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World
Carolyn Custis James Zondervan, 2015, 224 pp., $14.24 I've read numerous Christian books on the subject of gender roles and masculinity, but Carolyn James' Malestrom was a personally unique experience for t...
Teaching Teenagers in a Post-Christian World
Jake Kircher The Youth Cartel, 2014, 112 pp., $12.99 Jake Kircher's handbook Teaching Teenagers in a Post-Christian World serves as the practical follow-up to Brock Morgan's stellar book, Youth Ministry in ...
Frameworks: How to Navigate the New Testament
Eric Larsen IVP Books, 2013, 372 pp., $17.99 Eric Larsen's Frameworks is a simple, creative resource for understanding and navigating the Bible. This resource helps students of the Bible navigate its pages,...
The Case for Grace for Kids and Students
The Case for Grace Student Edition: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives Lee Strobel with Jane Vogel Zondervan, 2015, 144 pp., $9.99 The Case for Grace for Kids Lee Strobel with Jes...
Jesus Goes to the Movies: Helping Students Develop a Theological Framework for Watching Films
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