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How To Be Like Christ

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A few years after Jesus’ ministry on earth, the apostle Paul helped a handful of people plant a church in a city called Philippi. Ten years later, Paul wrote a letter to strengthen this growing church. This letter became the book of Philippians in our Bibles. Tucked inside this encouraging book is one of the greatest challenges … [Read more...]

Bible Study According to Peanuts

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Maybe you saw this Peanuts comic strip last week. Or, if you’re a seasoned youth ministry vet, maybe you saw this Peanuts comic strip when it originally ran in 1969. I was around, but I wasn’t yet reading Peanuts. Peanuts’ creator, Charles Schulz, passed away in 2000. Had he still been with us, he might have revised the strip … [Read more...]

Bible Study Sweet Spot

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Consider this: Is there overlap between how Scripture wants to be taught and how teens want to learn? Good question. Let’s explore.   First, how does Scripture want to be taught? The words used throughout Scripture to describe how to engage God’s Word drip with radical intentionality—earnestly seek, heed, meditate, … [Read more...]

Finding Courage in Acts 4

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Every time I’m in the first few chapters of the book of Acts I find myself saying: “I want what they had.” Believers were living in an atmosphere of awe and encouragement, even with the social and political tide flowing against them. In Acts 4 we’re given as close as you can get to a “formula” for experiencing what they … [Read more...]

Finding Courage

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In Acts 1 Jesus told the apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to show up. In Acts 2, the Holy Spirit showed up. In Acts 3, the apostles began to do things that Jesus did, chiefly, they healed a man crippled since birth. Because they healed the man “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” they stoked the ire of the … [Read more...]