This past week in my Foundations of Student Ministry Class (which is huge by the way and really encourages me for the future) I talked about the rise of adolescence and its damaging impact on student ministry and on men. I wrote about this in Raising the Bar, a book challenging the status quo of student ministry.  I have often felt like a lone voice in the wilderness other than my colleague and Greek scholar David Alan Black, whose book … →

“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.” I Corithians 3:2 “A decade ago teens were coming to church youth group to play, coming for the entertainment, coming for the pizza. They’re not even coming for the pizza anymore. They say, ‘We don’t see the church as relevant, as meeting our needs or where we need to be today.’ ” Thom Rainer in USA Today A few … →

I love students. Good thing since I spend so much time with them.  Yesterday some colleagues and I (I call them the mighty men of the faculty) helped a lot of new students move in. Okay I mostly hugged necks and welcomed people and let the young guys haul the stuff, but I was there! After that I went to lunch with two of our finest at SEBTS. They will be married in just over a month. They met here, … →