I wrote my first book on student ministry back in 2004, a book called Raising the Bar (Kregel). In that book I argued that Scripture and history characterize youth as young men and women moving into adulthood, but in recent days youth ministry tends to treat them like children finishing up their childhood. The response [...]

Yesterday I recorded a podcast with Georgia Baptist Convention related to my new book about to hit the shelves AS YOU GO: Creating a Missional Culture of Gospel-Centered Students. I will be at the state office for Georgia Baptists on Monday, April 22 (10 AM to 1 PM) with my friend Doug Couch for a [...]

In 24 days my new book As You Go: Creating a Missional Culture of Gospel-Centered Students will hit the shelves (though you can preorder print copies here and a kindle book here). From my discussions with leaders it appears this will be the first intentionally gospel-centered student ministry book. In it I simply argue that [...]

On September 10, 1741, Jonathan Edwards delivered a commencement address to Yale University.  Later that year he took the substance of this address and expanded to write a treatise called “The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, Applied to that Uncommon Operation that has lately Appeared on the Minds of Many [...]

In July 1886 famed evangelist DL Moody assembled the Northfield Conference at Mount Herman School in which 251 studentsa from 89 colleges and universities attended, all of whom had committed their lives to foreign missions. Following this in 1888 the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was officially adopted as the name of a now-obvious [...]