Your Kids and Work
On this Labor Day, I want to pose a question to you: Where will your kids land in terms of the vocations they choose when they enter adulthood? How has God uniquely gifted them? What are their interests and abilities?…
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Spiritual Nurture: The Bible’s Most Dangerous Word: Why “Tomorrow” is Deadly for Gen Alpha’s Faith
By: Josh Good, CPYU Research Fellow and Ministry Director, Christian Endeavor USA, Gilbertsville, PA Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here. The plague of frogs had done its work. Pharaoh’s palace reeked with the stench of amphibian invasion, his servants…
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Spiritual Nurture: How Do I Discern God’s Will?
When I was in high school, I can remember being asked the question over and over again: “What are you going to do with your life?” It may have been in the form of “what’s your plan for after high…
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All Teen Work Matters to God
While on a recent speaking trip down south, I got up early on a Saturday morning and walked to the only restaurant open for breakfast at that time in the morning. I was greeted by the teenage clerk with a…
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Is College for Everyone?
Today I want to talk to you about how my beliefs have changed over the years regarding high school graduates and higher education. When I graduated from high school, I lived in a culture where it was assumed that the…
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Cultivating Life Long Faith 4
All this week we’re looking at David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock’s book Faith for Exiles, and the five ministry practices churches and families must pursue to lead kids into life-long faith. The research done by Kinnaman and Matlock indicates that…
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You Want To Be What When You Grow Up?
I was recently thinking back over what I had planned to do when I grew up. Why? I was reading about what one survey calls one of the most desirable career options kids are thinking about in today’s world. Are…
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