Obnoxious Parents and Youth Sports
It doesn’t take a degree in rocket science to see that there’s been a decline in parental sideline behavior over the course of the last few years. I recently watched a viral video where a referee had to stop a…
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The Idol of a Perfect Family
From the time that our first parents chose to follow their own desires rather than God’s guidelines in Genesis three , our world and everything in it has been marred by sin. Consequently, our families are populated by broken people…
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Parent Prompt: The Doctrine of Justification
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. Download the Parent Prompt here. By: Tim McAlpine, CPYU Research Fellow and Director of Faith Formation…
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Parent Prompt: Gaming – The Entertainment of Our Hearts
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. Download the Parent Prompt here. By: Josiah Rios, CPYU Research Fellow and Associate Pastor of Middle…
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Will Your Kids Go Pro?
According to the Aspen Institute, the youth sports industry here in the United States is a forty billion dollar a year business. About sixty million kids are playing youth sports, with the average family spending just over a thousand dollars…
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Episode 207: Spitting, Stealing, and Showboating – Redeeming Sports for our Kids
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Jay Montgomery (Carrollton First Baptist Church)Jason Engle (Westwood Baptist Church)Tim McAlpine (Trinity Christian School)Fellowship of Christian AthletesParents…
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Youth Pastors and Self Promotion
Today, I want to mention a youth culture trend that is not only shaping the lives of children and teens, but adults as well. Specifically, I’ve seen this trend take root and grow among many who lead and guide kids,…
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Building Our Own Little Worlds
The Genesis eleven story of the tower of Babel is one we need to pay attention to in our social media saturated world. In his book, This World is Not My Home, Mark Johnston writes that man’s motive behind the…
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The Power of Marketing 5
Today, we’re concluding our look at marketing’s influence on our kids. One result of the marketing push is that we’ve got a culture of kids locked into consumer debt. The message they get from advertising is that life is about…
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Building Our Own Little Worlds
The Genesis eleven story of the tower of Babel is one we need to pay attention to in our social media saturated world. In his book, This World is Not My Home, Mark Johnston writes that man’s motive behind the…
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