I really don’t understand how people will pick a verse for their theme verse and have no clue what it means. Does no one tell them? What about their own pastors?
Youth being reached for the Lord at ‘The Furnace’
They came up with the name ‘The Furnace’ from a verse of scripture in the Bible.
“Hebrews 12:29 [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Youth Groups'
Consuming Fire
April 25, 2009
Input Equals Output – AKA Garbage In, Garbage Out
April 24, 2009
A certain young boy grew up in the church. When he was a baby, they gave him juice and crackers in the nursery. When he got older, they gave him cookies and punch in the children’s program. Then, he finally got to the youth group and graduated to pizza and cokes (or I guess Kystal [...]
Can You Believe This? Youth Pastor
April 23, 2009
Last night after church we stopped at a Krystal’s for some of their square burgers. Krystal’s has had a “Hall of Fame” going on for quite a while. In it they portray the story of a person who loves to eat Krystal burgers.
Guess what one of the Krystal boxes actually said!
Inductee #62
John Hires
Jacksonville, FL
I’m a [...]
“Christian” Clubs Are On The Rise
March 30, 2009
There is another “Christian” Club for youth in Alabama. Modeled along the lines of The Basement, The Ramp, and The Generation, Outcry is another club like atmosphere where youth gather to listen to “worship” bands, dance and have a “relevant Bible study” thrown in for good measure .
‘Outcry’ of faith
A new Bible study is sweeping [...]
Give ‘em The Meat
February 19, 2009
My Daughter is in a Youth Orchestra that is formed from students from North East Alabama who have auditioned for the seats. These students really desire to advance in their music beyond what the schools and private lessons allow. Essentially, you would have to say they have a heart for music.
Two weeks ago, they were [...]
More On Family Force 5
February 5, 2009
I am glad that more and more people are starting to notice the detrimental effects of much of the CCM music our youth are listening to. I appreciate Ken Silva exposing the problem for a wider audience.
APPRISING MINISTRIES WITH MORE ON FAMILY FORCE 5
Looks like Apprising Ministries hit some kind of nerve here with Christian [...]
TobyMac – Winter Jam 2009
February 3, 2009
Toby Kevin Michael McKeehan is a founding member of the group DC Talk. DC Talk wrote the song Jesus Freak in 1995. In 2001, DC Talk broke up and each went their own way.
TobyMac begin his solo career performing a version of rock, hip-hop “Christian” music. He is also president of Gotee Records.
Toby Mac is [...]
Family Force 5 at Winter Jam 2009
February 2, 2009
Family Force 5 is one of the bands that are scheduled to play at Winter Jam 2009.
Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries posted the following response to a teen’s question about “How does one become a Christian?” below is the response from Chap Stique one of the band members.
CHRISTIAN BAND FAMILY FORCE 5 ON HOW TO [...]
Winter Jam 2009
February 2, 2009
It is hard to believe that Winter Jam 2009 is back again!
Just one year ago, I heard that the youth at my church were going to Winter Jam 2008. After hearing the group name Skillet and that one of their songs was Rebirthing, I did a little research. That little research turned into a 370 [...]
Twilight – Praised by Christian Groups?
December 16, 2008
Lighthouse Trails has a lengthy post about the book series Twilight and the subsequent movie. I have noticed that several “Christian” sites have recommended the series for teens due to the supposed good qualities of the books.
SPECIAL REPORT: Occultic Twilight Movie Praised by Christian Groups
The church and Christians are being deceived by many new-age [...]
The Centrality of the Home – Voddie Baucham
December 9, 2008
The Centrality of the Home – audio of sermon by Voddie Baucham
Eph 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke [...]
Youth-Leader-as-Savior
December 5, 2008
Mike Yaconelli as quoted by Voddie Baucham in the his book Family Driven Faith.
The youth-leader-as-savior approach, extrapolated from parachurch ministries like Young Life and Youth For Christ has generally been destructive for all concerned. Alone and segregated from the church community, youth ministers are soon exhausted. … teenagers often accept the youth minister as their [...]
Youth Pastors
December 5, 2008
Defending. Contending.’s The Pilgrim has a post about youth pastors.
Who’s pastoring the youth pastors?
Besides the idea and concept of a “youth pastor” being completely absent from the Scriptures, and besides the fact that too often the “youth pastor” has never raised kids of his own, knows too little about theology and too much about MTV, [...]
Do You Know What Your Teens are Reading?
November 19, 2008
Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Guarding the Hearts of Our Daughters
Sisters in Christ, I call upon you to help me guard the hearts and minds of our daughters. I know they will be entering the world soon enough, faced with such dangers on their own. Help me equip them to avoid these temptations rather than give in [...]
Judgment Houses
October 31, 2008
Here is one thought about why Judgment houses do not work. Maybe it will get you thinking about the question “Do Halloween “judgment houses” win many people to Christ?”
‘Judgment house’ evangelism
Do Halloween “judgment houses” win many people to Christ? I’d like to offer seven reasons why I think they don’t.
1) “Judgment houses” aren’t scary [...]
Discussion on Rick Pino
October 14, 2008
For the past couple of weeks I have been discussing with two young people The Ramp and Rick Pino. Since this was originally posted in early August, I figured very few have been to that post lately and so have missed the comments.
Rick Pino – “Christian Worship Leader”??
Family Force 5 – Another En Fuego Band
August 17, 2008
When Christianity Today has a critical review of a group you really must pay attention, because truthfully they are the recipient of critical reviews for being too liberal.
Christianity Today Music Review
At a glance … the fresh sounding debut by this Atlanta quintet is infectious and novel on the surface, but some may ultimately deem [...]
En Fuego & The Basement
August 4, 2008
En Fuego is an event that the youth in Alabama and even surrounding states will be attending on August 23rd.
You can see my previous post about En Fuego here.
In researching the groups planning to be at En Fuego, I found several of the local groups are connected by a common venue, The Basement. Below is [...]
Summary of My CCM Research
July 19, 2008
This got too long for a comment box, sorry. My husband would complain and say just “cut to the chase.”
Gina from Chats With “An Old Lady” left a comment on the post “Katie Perry aka Katie Hudson“.
I appreciate her thoughts and I totally agree with her conclusion:
We need to be careful not to follow anyone [...]
Is Contemporary “Christian” Music Christian?
June 27, 2008
Sometimes you never know where God will lead you in your daily journey to obey him and the Holy Spirit’s prompting. Never in my wildest nightmares would I have envisioned that a simple conversation with a youth at our church one Wednesday evening would cause so much pain, stress, and months of work. Two simple [...]