Let’s say you were Jesus, come to earth as the Messiah. The Redeemer. Born at the appointed time and place, as prophesied, to a virgin prepared by angelic visitation, and confirmed at the Temple by Simeon and Anna on your eighth day, your life is the focal point of scriptural anticipation. Not to mention all […]

Think about organizing your students into the “soil” types of Mark 4:3-20. • Dead, deaf, and blind to the gospel • Easy come, easy go • Sincere but tempted away • Committed That’s a starting point. A place to begin shepherding. There are buried treasures in Scripture  — passages to pray for each category of […]

Trivia question: When the United States entered World War Two in Europe, who was the enemy? (Hint: They didn’t speak German. Or Italian.) Those first few battles were against . . . the French. Looking back, this makes no sense. Even then it made no sense. The Germans invaded France and subordinated the French to […]

We all have students who seem “the least likely to . . .” You start a group and they come twice in eight weeks. You call them, text them, Facebook them, drop by their school. Nothing. Maybe an occasional connection, but mostly you pray. Don’t stop praying. Or pursuing. We know a youthworker with just […]