Who knew that penalty kicks could teach us about Psalm 46:10? (And yes, that's the best of the three thumbnails that YouTube offered :-). ) … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Gratitude: FREE TOOLS to Refresh That Attitude of Gratitude
We can add one more thing to the growing list of Bible instructions that offer proven social and psychological benefit: gratitude. Like forgiveness and Sabbath rest, gratitude ranks high on the biblical “to do” list and also brings clinical benefit that is actually measurable. In a recent Wall Street Journal article … [Read more...]
State of The Bible in Youth Ministry
At recent National Youth Workers Conventions by Youth Specialties, InWord has posed a question about obstacles to good Bible study in youth ministry. As a Bible ministry we are obsessed with minimizing obstacles and creating helpful access points into God’s Word. It helps to hear from a variety of youth workers about the … [Read more...]
The Spiritual Discipline of Resolve
Resolutions. We make them. We break them. Then we trash the idea and come up with reasons why New Year’s resolutions are unbiblical. But before we go all sanctimonious, is there something in Scripture about the idea of resolutions that could be helpful? While you won’t find any info about “New Year’s Resolutions” in … [Read more...]
Bible Study According to Peanuts
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...]
Wasting Time with Jesus
You’ve probably heard of the word “Sabbath.”And you may have a good idea of what it means. But as much as that word shows up throughout the Bible, it actually gets very little play in Christian circles today. You’ve probably heard that God rested on the Seventh Day after six days of work on Creation. You probably know that … [Read more...]