
Preventing Spiritual Poison
If you’ve got kids in the house, you know that there are certain things that you put behind a closed door and out of reach. We take precautions by putting cleaners, solvents, and other poisonous chemicals in places where our…
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Episode 37 – Scope and Sequence of a Youth Ministry Teaching Calendar
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) Linda Oliver…
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Episode 157: “Youth Ministry Mulligans and Do-Overs”
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Episode 156: “Ministry to Parents” A Youth Worker Round Table Discussion
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How God Uses Problems to Perfect Our Kids
All this week we’ve been looking at five lessons from the persecuted church regarding how God uses problems and persecutions for our good and His glory. These are lessons that we must teach our kids as they grow up in…
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Episode 155: “Exploring Faith’s Big Questions” with Mary Jo Sharp
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Mary Jo Sharp (website) Darkroom Episode 7/Suffering – Max Wants to…
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How God Uses Problems To Protect Our Kids
All this week we’re looking at five lessons from the persecuted church regarding how God uses problems and persecutions for our good and His glory. These are lessons that we must teach our kids as they grow up in a…
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How Problems Can Protect Our Kids
All this week we’re looking at five lessons from the persecuted church regarding how God uses problems and persecutions for our good and His glory. These are lessons that we must teach our kids as they grow up in a…
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How Suffering Impacts Kids
All this week we’re looking at five lessons from the persecuted church regarding how God uses problems and persecutions for our good and His glory. These are lessons that we must teach our kids as they grow up in a…
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How Suffering Directs Kids
One of the most important lessons we can teach our children and teens as they grow up in today’s post-Christian culture is a theology of what it means to suffer well. I’ve been reading insights on suffering from the Open…
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