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He Had Never Heard The Gospel Presented Before
I meet new teenagers regularly in my weekly High Impact Teen Bible study in the juvenile center in Normal, IL. There are a few guys I've been seeing for months, and the spiritual growth I see in them is encouraging! A couple of weeks ago, I met two new...
Fight By Being Still – 2 Chronicles 20:17
This Week's Theme: Be Still - by Ken Turner "You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you." II Chronicles 20:17 Thought For Today Sometimes God may tell you the best strategy to win...
6 Things That Will Bring People Back to Your Church
Caring about and acknowledging others impacts joy, health, and even the effective spreading of the gospel. John said in III John 1:14 to salute and greet Christian friends by name. The Greek word used for salute and greet was originally described this way. When you...
3 Reasons You Aren’t Choosing Jesus
You've walked with Jesus. You've even said you loved Jesus and He was central in your life. That's what you claimed anyway. Friends from your past have listened as you, in spiritual moments, in safe places where others talked of Jesus, you spoke up too. You talked...
Easter Project: Rise Up For Youth
Easter is coming soon, and I'd like to share a special project you can be a part of if you feel led to do so. We are calling our Easter outreach project "Rise Up, for Youth." We will be delivering an Easter gift bag to youth in juvenile centers in Tennessee,...
“I Need This… We All Need This.” Said a teen in Peoria. New Ministry Outreach in IL
We moved to Central IL, in October, and Jennifer and I probably underestimated how much work it takes to move 600 miles north! A close friend called to "check on me" after we were here a couple of months. I was telling him how I felt "very out of sync" with...
Giving Tuesday!
Your gift will help bring the gospel to fatherless youth! Early one morning in November of 2007, I was reading the Bible. I had studied the book of Psalms for several months, and this morning, I read a few verses about the hurting and fatherless among us. It was as if...
Happy New Year – We are so close to our goal!
Happy New Year to you and your family! There's never been a more urgent time to reach a generation of youth than now. God has given us a fruitful year of ministry in 2021, and we are excited to see the miraculous, life-changing impact of the gospel in the lives...
3 Ways the Bible Can Change Your Life – Psalm 119:11
Some people struggle their entire life dominated by a specific sin and never experience relief. They even memorize Bible verses about it. They quote the verse when temptation comes. That’s supposed to work, right? Like taking a pill for a headache and expecting it to...
How Reading 5-15 Bible Verses Can Be a Game-Changer
If you struggle to read the Bible you are not alone. When I was a youth pastor in Indianapolis, IN I surveyed our youth group of almost 100 teens about their relationship with the Bible. Most of them were living in strong Christian homes and were attending church and...
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He Had Never Heard The Gospel Presented Before
I meet new teenagers regularly in my weekly High Impact Teen Bible study in the juvenile center in Normal, IL. There are a few guys I've been seeing for months, and the spiritual growth I see in them is encouraging! A couple of weeks ago, I met two new...
Easter Project: Rise Up For Youth
Easter is coming soon, and I'd like to share a special project you can be a part of if you feel led to do so. We are calling our Easter outreach project "Rise Up, for Youth." We will be delivering an Easter gift bag to youth in juvenile centers in Tennessee,...
“I Need This… We All Need This.” Said a teen in Peoria. New Ministry Outreach in IL
We moved to Central IL, in October, and Jennifer and I probably underestimated how much work it takes to move 600 miles north! A close friend called to "check on me" after we were here a couple of months. I was telling him how I felt "very out of sync" with...
