Society is growing ever-more aware of the grave harm bullying can cause children. Studies show that victims and bullies are more likely to suffer from mental issues for years, perhaps decades later. For a few y...

Among the 40 days of Lent, Sundays are not included in the penitential and somber overtones. Sundays, rather, are reserved as little Easters—days of respite and resurrection, reminding us that even when w...

Though this study isn't designed as a youth ministry resource, it works very well with students in a small group setting. Each week features a short video where Furtick teaches on one central theme of Jesus' cr...

What does youth ministry have to do with theology?It has been remarked in some corners of practical theology academia that youth ministry is taking a theological turn. Whether that happens at a popular lev...

This is a fun word game that can create an enticing beginning to a more serious discussion. Pass around index cards and pencils and ask each teenager to write an open-ended sentence that others in the group can...

Equipping Christian Teens to Think Critically and Make Wise Choices About Entertainment and the MediaWe are mostly passive in our choices of media. This is because we too often choose media for the sake of ente...

More than one thousand people celebrated the release of Only God by Dwight Mason earlier this month at the Only God book launch party.The Only God launch party was held on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Ne...

The Way of the Master Youth Evangelism Curriculum DVD SeriesLiving Waters, 6-Week StudyThe highly popular and greatly effective The Way of the Master Series has dominated and empowered Christian witnessing sinc...

Edited by Mark OestreicherTyndale House Publishers, 2012, 1,616 pp., $44.99The Way (NIV) is geared toward youth and includes a wide variety of tools from a long list of thoughtful contributors. Most of the...

Matt Mikalatos A Capella Books, 2012, 111 pp., $8.99In The Sword of Six Worlds, Validus Smith (a.k.a. Val) is an ordinary middle school girl with an ordinary middle school life, that is until a crazy monst...