family-driven faith

Posted on Apr 28, 2008

On Sunday night, I preached a sermon about God’s purpose for the family and explained the work that God has been doing in me to redefine my calling and refocus me on my purpose in ministry.  I am grateful for the influences that He has been exposing me to, so I thought that I would share one of the most significant messages that I have listened to as God has shaped me in this area.  It is by a man named Voddie Baucham, a phenomenal preacher and teacher, who has developed a ministry called “Family Driven Faith”.  He has a distinct way of communicating truth and is a wonderful man of God, father, and husband.

To go to Voddie’s website and listen or download the message, click here.

mAdditionally, here are a few short videos that Voddie has recorded on YouTube, talking about this redefinition of youth ministry and the blessing and purpose of “Family-Driven Faith”. The following YouTube playlist has nine videos for your enjoyment and understanding of this vision for youth ministry.  I highly recommend starting with the video entitled “The Value of the Family.”  Stick around and watch all of them.  They are each only a minute or two long, so enjoy!

ten ways you know your teenage relationship is going to fail

Posted on Apr 25, 2008

Here is a little video that we made to accompany my recent message about Finding God’s Best in which we talked about the modern conception of dating and how it is in conflict with God’s idea for relationships.  

 When you are watching the video, you may notice that the countdown stops at Number Three.  The last two ways were too serious to do a video about.  So, here are the last two: #2, “You feel like you have to be dating somebody in order to fit it” and #1, “You would not consider marrying the person that you are dating.”