Suicide, Depression, and the Gospel
The latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding our kids and suicides are quite alarming. With mental health issues like anxiety and depression on the rise among our kids, it should come as no surprise that…
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Trend Alert: Language is Important – Problems with the Term “Gay Christian”
This CPYU Trend Alert, written by Dr. C. Scott Shidemantle, Professor of Biblical Studies at Geneva College, in Beaver Falls, PA, tackles the issues of language, the problem of “gay Christian” terminology, a challenge to use more biblical language, and…
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Episode 56: “Why We Need To Teach Students About Sin” with Mitchell Chase
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES CONTEST! Crossway Publishing Thanks to Crossway Publishing for offering copies of guest Mitchell Chase’s book Short of Glory: A Biblical…
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Following the Bible or Culture
In today’s world, our kids are encouraged by the cultural narrative to live their lives at the level of their experiences and feelings. If a decision needs to be made or a belief is embraced, those decisions and beliefs should…
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Episode 173: “Lies about Sex and Gender” with Rosaria Butterfield
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, books, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Rosaria Butterfield Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria…
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Episode 55: “Teaching the Bible to the Next Generation” with Chad Groff
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. Join The Word in Youth Ministry Podcast – Facebook Forum FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old…
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300 Year Old Parenting Wisdom
The great eighteenth century preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon way back in August of 1740 that included some words to parents, educators, and the church which ring just as true today as when he spoke them almost…
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Episode 54: Knowing Where We’re At In The Story of Scripture
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. Join The Word in Youth Ministry Podcast – Facebook Forum FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old…
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Parent Prompt: Foundations for Biblical Friendships
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. We know friendship to be fundamental to our lives, but one of the biggest problems for…
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Episode 53: Bible Teaching in a New School Year
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. Join The Word in Youth Ministry Podcast – Facebook Forum FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old…
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Teaching Truth
It is a bad thing when we get swept up in the current of what the Apostle Paul calls “the course of this world”, leaving our minds and the ability to discern between truth and lies at the door. Rather…
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