‘Are You Saved?’ Might Not Be the Right Question
I recently heard a theologian say that he has stopped trying to discern whether people he meets and knows are believers by asking them, “Are you saved?” Instead, he asks them this question: “Is Christ living in you?” He explained…
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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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Teaching Teens to Spend Time Wisely
A recent survey conducted in England asked parents to report on how many hours a week their fifteen to seventeen year old boys were playing video games. The survey found that on average, the boys were gaming for almost thirty-four…
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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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Trend Alert: K-Pop Demon Hunters & Inner Battles
By: Julie Lowe Download the full trend alert here. INTRO The world of K-Pop is often dazzling with choreographed precision, catchy beats, and polished images. Yet beneath the polished exterior, themes go deeper—exploring refrains of darkness, inner battles, and…
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Cultivating Life Long Faith 5
All this week we’ve been 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…
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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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Cultivating Life Long Faith 3
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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Cultivating Life Long Faith 2
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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Cultivating Life Long Faith 1
With so many of our young adults graduating from high school and walking away from the faith, what can we do to lead them to embrace a lasting faith? All this week we’re going to look at David Kinnaman and…
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Praying that our Kids Come to Themselves
Here’s an interesting strategy to consider as you think about how to lead the teenagers you know away from a culturally-influenced self-centered lifestyle, to a God-centered lifestyle: pray for crisis to enter their lives. Self-centeredness with no room for God…
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