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In this week’s session, we looked at the story of Israel wanting a king like the surrounding nations. Despite God’s presence, guidance, and power among them for generations, they rejected Him in favor of a king like the Canaanites. Here are some of the main highlights of the story in 1 Samuel...
A few years ago I read an article for youth pastors entitled “9 Tips to Have Great Discussions with Teens.” This article gave me some things to think about, but it also made me think about making tips for parents on great discussions with their own teens. So here are 9 tips for you as a parent for talking to your teen. These will hopefully help......
In this week’s session, we looked at the story of Israel wanting a king like the surrounding nations. Despite God’s presence, guidance, and power among them for generations, they rejected Him in favor of a king like the Canaanites. Here are some of the main highlights of the story in 1 Samuel...
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In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Paul points out that Scripture is enough for us. It is our source for godliness and our final authority in matters pertaining to doctrine. The confessions of every Protestant denomination affirm the sufficiency of Scripture....
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In this week’s session, we looked at when Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock in Numbers 20. It was the low point of Moses’ life and ministry. He and Aaron’s disobedience had significant consequences for their futures. ...
Keep Reading In this week’s session, we looked at the story in which Moses sent twelve spies to scout out the promised land in Numbers 13-14. Ten of the twelve spies came back with a bad report and persuaded the people not to trust God and take the land....
Keep Reading In this week’s session, we studied how Moses consecrated the tabernacle in Exodus 40. It was set apart as the center of Hebrew worship....
Keep Reading In this week’s session, we studied how the Israelites made a golden calf as an idol to worship while Moses was on the mountain receiving God’s law. They failed to worship God the right way and deserved God’s judgment. Through Moses’ intercession, God was merciful. When Moses went back up the mountain, God reminded Moses of His character....
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Hey Parents, This week we had what we call the Lion’s Den. We give students a chance to ask any questions they would like. They even have the opportunity to ask them anonymously. We do that so that students can see that questions they may be scared to ask are really okay to ask. We want to take the stigma off topics and the fear of vulnerability away. This week t...
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We talked about sexual integrity this last week at youth group. We highlighted how God designed humanity as male and female and with that sex was something created and commanded to Adam and Eve. It's a good and wonderful thing. The fall though has led sex to be corrupted....
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For teenagers, the concept of dating usually produces fear, excitement, and frustration...
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We are on week two or our Love Life series. This week we addressed love verses lust. Our culture most often tells us that lust is love. But we are told in the Bible that lust always seek to get and is selfish, and love seeks the best for others. ...
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