The Holy Spirit and Parental Influence
Now that all of my children have moved out of adolescence, I’m realizing they didn’t come equipped with a switch or button that could be tripped or pushed to make them accept, embrace, and believe everything we told them about…
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Spiritual Nurture: The Value of the Local Church
By: Katie Schneider, CPYU Research Fellow and the Director of Youth Ministry and Administration at Highview Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Dousman, WI Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here. As I’ve worked in youth ministry for almost a decade now,…
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Your Kids Hunger for God
Blaise Pascal described a universal hole in the soul as a Godshaped vacuum. Alister McGrath describes Pascal’s model as “a God-shaped emptiness within us, which only God can fill. We may try to fill it in other ways and with…
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Episode 103: “Knowing the Word and Making Disciples” with Peter Krol
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old North Church (Kyle’s church)Peter KrolKnowable Word: Helping Ordinary People Learn…
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Sermons – Teaching Kids to Listen, Learn, and Apply
One of the most effective ways to get our kids to look critically and Christianly through eyes of faith at their rapidly changing culture is to help them understand and apply the truths of God’s Word. In fact, this ranks…
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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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Parent Prompt: More Than Youth Group – Why Your Teen Needs the Whole Church
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:Kyle Fulks, CPYU Research Fellow and Assistant Pastor at Hope Community…
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Episode 102: “Using The Apostles’ Creed with Students” with Andrew Slay
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old North Church (Kyle’s church)Andrew Slay (Westwood Baptist Church)How I’m Teaching…
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Teaching Kids to Walk with God
It is not enough to see our kids come to Jesus. Rather, our goal should be to lead them into walking with Jesus, both now and for the rest of their lives. Some three hundred and seventy five years ago,…
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The Influence of Bible Reading
Recent research from Lifeway tells us that “the single greatest influence over spiritual health is regular Bible reading while growing up. Plainly put, the parents of young adults indicate that regular Bible reading as children yields the greatest influence over…
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