According to our research, teenagers today are the most unreached people for Christ in the nation. Less than 10 percent of America's youths have accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior. Our research team has interviewed hundreds of young people. In the course of these interviews we came to understand and appreciate them even more.

Among the many areas where we learned so much, perhaps the most revealing ...

Topics:	AIDS, Family, Fear, Generational differences, Generations, Sex, Youth ministry
Filters:	Parents ministry, Pastor, Sunday school, Youth ministry
Purpose:	Evangelism
References:	Proverbs 22:6, Luke 18:16, Ephesians 6:4
Date Added:	July 11, 2007

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world. Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear.1 John 4:16-18

When ...

Topics:	Character, Fear, Love, Love, divine, Pastoral care, Pastors
Filters:	Counseling, Elder, Pastor, Pastoral care, Worship leader
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	1 John 4:16-18
Date Added:	May 01, 2006

Five years ago, Christian singer/songwriter Sara Groves just wanted to be left alone by the big scary world. And by God.

She'd given birth to her first child, a son Sara and her husband, Troy, named Kirby. And while the adventure into motherhood brought the usual joys to this now 33-year-old woman, it also brought fear, as did a series of tragic events that followed this milestone. In the midst of ...