Category Archives: Evangelism

Topography of Faith

The subject of evangelism has been on my mind a lot this week and I’ve been playing with a lot of fun resources… you’ll like this one. It’s an interactive map. You see, I’m always curious when I see studies … Continue reading

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Can The World Deal With Tebow’s Zeal?

It’s not often that we hear positive words about Christians on national TV. But Tim Tebow is making a more than a few people scratch their heads and wonder, “Is this whole Christianity thing actually working for this guy?” Those … Continue reading

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Face to Face Time

Shoulder-to-shoulder opens doors to face-to-face. YouthSpecialties.com just posted a new article of mine titled, You Mean I’m Actually Supposed to Play Dodgeball? Yes… that’s kind of a loaded title. There’s been a lot of criticism in the youth ministry world … Continue reading

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Using Tebow to Provoke Discussion

My buddy Lane Palmer just wrote a great new free discussion for our website using an interview from Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Denver Broncos. Lane contends, “Like Tim Tebow, we have all been given a platform by God to … Continue reading

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Teenagers Looking for Ministry?

A few weeks ago I was sitting in the front row of a church waiting to speak, and after hearing a few announcements about the numerous ministries the church was actively doing in the community I turned to the pastor … Continue reading

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When Sports Becomes God

“… and then we have a tournament Thanksgiving weekend. We expect everyone to be there.” I turned to my wife. “Did he really just say ‘Thanksgiving Weekend’?” My daughter Ashley played ‘select soccer’ for a few years. We had heard … Continue reading

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Shooting “Real Conversations”

Wednesday I flew to Grand Rapids to film my new DVD sharing-your-faith curriculum with Zondervan, the one that I’ve been telling you about now titled, “Real Conversations.” We shot all day yesterday and all day today… just finished. I’m wiped … Continue reading

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Sharing Your Faith Without Being Pushy

My daughters announced to me last week that they were going to downtown Sacramento on Saturday morning with some of their friends to give homeless people coffee and donuts. This wasn’t an official youth group activity; this was just a … Continue reading

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Video Interview About Student Leadership

A month or so ago I was interviewed by a pretty tech-savy young youth worker named Robbie Mackenzie– a fun conversation. Robbie had read my book, Ministry by Teenagers, and had some questions about developing teenagers who want to grow and serve. … Continue reading

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Which Title Do You Like?

I want your opinion! (Okay… I know this is a Saturday, but I figure that some of you can chime in on Monday when you get around to it.) I’m working on the script for a DVD curriculum for YS/Zondervan. … Continue reading

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