Four Thoughts on Small Group Sharing
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] My favorite part of small group is hearing what God is doing in my friends’ lives. I grew up in the church, and I’m now in ministry; suffice to say, I have participated in a few small groups. Teen groups, college groups, young adult groups, multi-generational groups, coed groups, guys’ […]
Thank You
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Dear college ministry leader, Thank you. You work is not in vain. When you invest, when you sow seed, you will reap a harvest! College ministry is work, but it’s important. Thank you. [su_quote cite=”Galatians 6:7″]Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he […]
Why Do You Believe?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] Why? How? Idk… Does God exist? How can you believe Jesus rose from the dead? If God exists, why do bad things happen? Faith and Reason Humans are emotional beings, but we are also rational beings. And as ambassadors of Christ, we hope to be all things to all people. Christian apologetics (the […]
Don’t Do It All Yourself
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] This world needs Jesus. (To state the obvious.) Seriously, so much need in this world. Just on the college campus a huge percentage of students I come across don’t know the Gospel. They are broken. Some are jaded. Some are searching. Some know it all. Some are hopelessly depressed. Such a need for […]
Is Praying for the Lost to Be Saved Biblical?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] Short answer: yes. But what is the biblical basis? The truth is that I couldn’t answer this question quickly when I asked myself. Praying for those who are not yet born again is most certainly biblical, and we as followers of Jesus and ministry leaders should be able to answer this question for […]
The Principle of Self-Investment
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] This idea isn’t original to me, nor am I the best practitioner, but I have found that self-investment is important for every leader because we impart who we are. So an important question might be, who am I? And more important than how I measure up for a given healthy/unhealthy metric is this: […]
3 Joykillers in Ministry
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] Recently I’ve been studying joy, and I realized how much more joy God has for me. It’s so easy to lose the joy God has for us. These are a few joykillers I’ve identified for myself. 1. Considering ourselves ultimate Who would ever do this? The statement sounds amazingly haughty and beyond us, […]
God Is God
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] God is awesome. (As in, awe inspiring.) Old hat, you might say, but, seriously, sometimes we forget this simple and profound truth. I know…crazy, but it happens. In fact, I’ve grown into the habit of often beginning my prayers with this simple phrase, “God, you are God.” Again, deep, right? But sometimes I […]
Personal Counsel
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] As a college ministry leader, multiple times each week I’ll meet up with a student (and if often includes coffee). Sometimes students come to me with questions about the age of the earth or the sanctity of life or Jesus being the only way to the Father. These kinds of questions might fall […]
First Things First: Pray
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output] I love new beginnings. When Monday morning comes around, I like to sit down and scratch out to-do lists and errands to run, people to meet, things to write. And here we are, at the beginning of a new calendar year! (I have yet to accidentally write 2014 yet, how about you? […]