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2012 (6)

  • 01.29. – Your Schedule is Also Your Example…
  • 01.28. – Here’s a VERY BIG Bag of Seed…
  • 01.18. – Repost: Ideas for Your Walk with God
  • 01.07. – He’s Never Even Dropped a Pizza!
  • 01.03. – Introducing—Higher Call Student Summits
  • 01.01. – Become More Rooted in Christ This Year

2011 (69)

  • 12.25. – My Christmas Day Train Wreck
  • 12.25. – Repost: Christmas From a 4-Year-Old
  • 12.16. – Tebow On Mic During the Chicago Game
  • 12.05. – Thoughts On Blogging…
  • 12.01. – A Collection of Posts on New Year Planning
  • 11.28. – Whose Campaign is This?
  • 11.24. – Lord, Thank you…
  • 11.16. – Christmas is a Gift—Dr. Chappell’s New Book
  • 11.14. – When We’re Too Busy
  • 11.11. – Repost: Why Leaders Need Communication
  • 11.06. – If You Leave Your Family…
  • 10.30. – Done—Free for the Amazon Kindle!
  • 10.20. – New Podcast: Biblical Vision for Growth
  • 10.12. – 15 Ways to Affirm Your Kids
  • 10.09. – Spiritual Weapons for Wayward Kids
  • 10.05. – More Christian Books for Kindle
  • 10.03. – Repost: 3 Reasons to Get Good Advice
  • 10.01. – SL Podcast – Staying the Course
  • 09.30. – How to Pray for Your Pastor
  • 09.27. – Book Review: Diagnose Your Spiritual Health
  • 09.19. – United—Fighting for the Next Generation
  • 09.14. – Are You a Builder or a Destroyer?
  • 09.05. – On Becoming an Encourager…
  • 09.01. – The Difference a Day Can Make!
  • 08.30. – A Thief With Principles
  • 08.26. – Spiritual Leadership Downloads 2011!
  • 08.25. – An Effective Staff Member Grows
  • 08.19. – Repost: The Right View of Spiritual Leaders…
  • 08.18. – How We Keep Our Marriage Fresh
  • 08.03. – Stuff My Daughter Taught Me About Fatherhood
  • 07.28. – Praying for Your Wife
  • 07.22. – Repost: Spurgeon on Carnal Contention
  • 07.11. – New Resources from Striving Together
  • 07.07. – Off Script is Now Available
  • 06.27. – An Effective Staff Member Commits
  • 06.20. – Repost—How to Discern God’s Will
  • 06.14. – SL Podcast – Christlikeness in the Church
  • 06.08. – A New Book—Off Script
  • 06.07. – Escaping Email Overload
  • 05.26. – A Man, a Boy, and a Bible…
  • 05.21. – Boundaries in Student Ministry Part 3
  • 05.15. – Boundaries in Student Ministry Part 2
  • 05.14. – Boundaries in Student Ministry Part 1
  • 05.09. – Avoiding “Death by Meeting!”
  • 05.05. – A Leader Worth Following…
  • 04.30. – Life Quest Curriculum Available!
  • 04.29. – Hitting a Wall
  • 04.28. – New Book—In Desert Places!
  • 04.27. – Managing Behavior or Mentoring Hearts?
  • 04.10. – What Really Matters Most!
  • 04.05. – 12 Qualities of Unjust Criticism
  • 03.31. – Reflections from a McDonald’s Booth
  • 03.29. – My Favorite iPad Bible App
  • 03.22. – New Podcast—Part 2 of Striving Together
  • 03.20. – Ideas for Equipping the Family
  • 03.10. – A Wrap Up to the “Saddest Letter”
  • 03.09. – Response #3 to the Saddest Letter
  • 02.24. – Response #2 to The Saddest Letter
  • 02.23. – Response #1 to The Saddest Letter
  • 02.22. – Saddest Letter I’ve Ever Read
  • 02.17. – Podcast – Striving Together in Leadership
  • 02.03. – 20 Tips for Developing Your Walk with God
  • 02.03. – Texting and Driving—Powerful Video
  • 01.30. – Developing a LifeTouch Database
  • 01.25. – You’re Too Busy If…
  • 01.17. – Leader—Fleshly or Spiritual—Which Are You?
  • 01.12. – 10 Reasons to Consider the Alaska Cruise!
  • 01.09. – More Stuff Christians Should Stop Doing
  • 01.05. – Stuff Christians Need to Stop Doing

2010 (90)

  • 12.30. – Top 20 Posts of 2010
  • 12.29. – The Problem with Relevance
  • 12.28. – Podcast—Characteristics of Healthy Church
  • 12.22. – My Personal Portrait of Grace
  • 12.09. – A Collection of Posts About Annual Planning
  • 11.28. – Ignite Vision in Your Students
  • 11.25. – 40 Reasons I’m Thankful for Cancer
  • 11.23. – Oswald Chambers is “The Man!” (or was…)
  • 11.23. – Nov. Podcast—Balancing Pastoral Priorities
  • 11.22. – Oct. Podcast—Growing in Stewardship
  • 11.20. – Two New Books from Striving Together!
  • 11.19. – Things I’d Like to Say to Every Young Adult
  • 11.15. – Jonathan Edwards’ View On Life
  • 11.14. – ‘Twas the Night Before Chemo
  • 11.10. – A Word to Weary Bible College Students
  • 11.08. – Be of Good Cheer—New Blog
  • 11.06. – Gender Confusion and Other Health News
  • 10.31. – What Your Kids Want Most (and Need!)
  • 10.27. – Cinnamon Rolls and Bone Marrow
  • 10.26. – Free Resources for Ministry!
  • 10.16. – iPad, iPhone, Apps, and Ideas…
  • 10.14. – A Quick Health Update…
  • 10.10. – Overtime Rally with Michael Redd
  • 10.08. – Diagnosis and Moving Forward…
  • 10.03. – An Important Message to Family & Friends
  • 09.25. – Announcing the SM127 Podcast for Students
  • 09.22. – 7 Powerful Practices for Healthy Families (2)
  • 09.20. – 7 Powerful Practices for Healthy Families
  • 09.13. – New Podcast-The Disciple-Making Church
  • 09.09. – How to Survive a Rough Day
  • 09.02. – What Teens Ask About Their Parents
  • 08.28. – Discipline that Develops the Heart
  • 08.25. – Becoming an Insightful Parent #2
  • 08.23. – Becoming an Insightful Parent
  • 08.22. – Ministry Idea: 3 Questions
  • 08.05. – Vacation Highlights 2010
  • 07.30. – Who Is Increasing In Your Life?
  • 07.27. – Are Revolutionaries Starting to Recant?
  • 07.19. – Musings on Family Vacations
  • 07.15. – Spiritual Leadership Conference 2010
  • 07.08. – Strengthening Spiritual Decisions
  • 07.02. – Teen Camp 2010 Recap
  • 06.16. – The Road to Adulthood Gets Longer
  • 06.14. – Preaching that Pleases God
  • 06.12. – Communication on a Winning Team
  • 06.05. – Get a Bike…
  • 06.03. – Influence vs. Control
  • 06.03. – Costs of Pastoring a Growing Church
  • 05.19. – Skeptics, Spectators, and Servants
  • 05.14. – Why Ministry127.com?
  • 05.10. – New Podcast—Partnerships of Ministry
  • 05.10. – Three Lost Boys and a Local Church
  • 05.08. – Student Ministry Idea-Gift Planners
  • 05.06. – The Precious Pauses of Parenthood…
  • 05.01. – Why Use Sunday School Curriculum?
  • 04.30. – New Curriculum-Grace for the Pace
  • 04.30. – A Walk Through Divine Artistry
  • 04.29. – New Data on Church Drop-Outs
  • 04.19. – Why Young People Stay Faithful
  • 04.14. – The Hidden Values of Preparation
  • 04.12. – Do Big Events Really Count?
  • 04.07. – New Podcast-4 Attributes of a Spiritual Christian
  • 04.01. – Re-Igniting Apathetic Teens
  • 03.29. – Introducing Ministry127.com
  • 03.29. – To TV or Not To TV?
  • 03.23. – New SL Podcast—Scheduling Your Priorities
  • 03.23. – The Forgotten Side of Submission
  • 03.22. – Five Values of Successful Homeschooling
  • 03.15. – Before You Criticize Your Pastor…
  • 03.12. – Lucky Bus Drivers!
  • 03.08. – Great Books for Christian Parents
  • 03.06. – Andrew Murray on Trials
  • 03.04. – 10 Things Your Teen Won’t Tell You (Part 3)
  • 03.02. – 10 Things Your Teen Won’t Tell You (Part 2)
  • 02.25. – Great News about Striving Together!
  • 02.23. – Before You Discipline Your Child…
  • 02.19. – Thankful for Christian Education
  • 02.15. – Problems with Fun-Focused Youth Ministry
  • 02.08. – 10 Things Teens Won’t Tell You (Part 1)
  • 02.01. – New SL Podcast—Striving Together
  • 02.01. – 8 Reasons to Follow a Great Leader
  • 01.28. – New Curriculum—Salt and Light!
  • 01.26. – A New Report on Spanking
  • 01.24. – New Data about Kids and Media
  • 01.23. – Making Marriage a Priority
  • 01.19. – 7 Myths of Single Life
  • 01.15. – My Day With Haylee
  • 01.13. – New SL Podcast—By His Spirit
  • 01.13. – My Only Sanctuary
  • 01.04. – Survey for Reality-Parenting

2009 (88)

  • 12.31. – Top Ten Posts for 2009—Thank you!
  • 12.29. – You Are What You Listen To (Part 2)
  • 12.24. – Christmas from a 4 Year Old!
  • 12.21. – 7 Ideas for Your Personal Planner System
  • 12.19. – Implementing Your New Year Plan
  • 12.17. – More on Developing a New Year Planner
  • 12.11. – Christian Books for the Kindle
  • 12.10. – Contents of a New Year Planner
  • 12.08. – SL Podcast: Developing an Annual Plan
  • 12.08. – You Are What You Listen To (Part 1)
  • 12.02. – Transforming Teens—From Kurt Skelly
  • 12.01. – Making the Busiest Time of Year the Best!
  • 11.26. – A Funny Reminder to be Thankful!
  • 11.20. – Overworked or Under-Appreciated?
  • 11.19. – Thoughts on Effective Youth Ministry
  • 11.10. – 7 Big Parenting Mistakes
  • 11.08. – 14 Encouragers to Follow On Twitter
  • 11.04. – Struggling Teenagers? Don’t Give Up Early!
  • 10.26. – Reality Parenting—Making the Grade
  • 10.23. – SL Podcast: Opening the Front Door
  • 10.22. – Pitfalls of Passive Parents (Part 2)
  • 10.19. – Making God’s Will Less Confusing
  • 10.13. – Welcome, Guests—Meet Mystery Babylon
  • 10.11. – 10 Highlights of LBC Open House!
  • 10.08. – 10 Ways to Renew Your Spirit
  • 10.06. – How to Help a Wounded Person
  • 10.01. – One Brave Little Girl!
  • 09.30. – Daily in the Word Now on 450 Stations!
  • 09.28. – The Pitfalls of Passive Parenting (Part 1)
  • 09.24. – Do Social Networks Change Behavior?
  • 09.21. – Youth Ministry Idea: Developing Leaders
  • 09.18. – How to Write Readable Emails
  • 09.14. – Why Leaders Need More Communication
  • 09.10. – The Top Questions of Young Christian Singles
  • 09.08. – Defeating the Media Monster-Part 2
  • 09.04. – Defeating the Media Monster—Part 1
  • 09.01. – USATODAY Reports on the New NIV 2011
  • 08.31. – What’s a Podcast?
  • 08.28. – Three Reasons to Get Good Advice
  • 08.27. – A Great New Resource — www.thebaptistvoice.com
  • 08.24. – 10 Ways to Lose a Teen’s Attention
  • 08.22. – Suggested Family Cell Phone Guidelines
  • 08.19. – Done—Free eBook in Chinese, Spanish, Romanian
  • 08.19. – New Research on Social Networking
  • 08.14. – Living on God’s Economy—A Great Resource!
  • 08.13. – The Best and Worst Uses of Twitter
  • 08.08. – 10 Random Lessons from Vacation
  • 08.07. – A Must-Read Soulwinning Story
  • 07.23. – Lessons from a 17th Century Graveyard
  • 07.16. – Download Spiritual Leadership Conference—No Charge!
  • 07.14. – Top 15 Questions Christian Teens Ask
  • 07.11. – The Right Spirit Toward Spiritual Leaders
  • 07.09. – The Power of a Question
  • 07.08. – Living Hymns—A Personal Story
  • 07.01. – Getting Teens to Air Their Questions
  • 06.25. – Groundbreaking Time Management Starter Kit
  • 06.23. – New Website and Book—Church Still Works!
  • 06.22. – Honored to Work with a Winning Team
  • 06.20. – How George Mueller Discerned God’s Will
  • 06.17. – Spiritual Leadership Podcast Now Live!
  • 06.16. – Encouraging Words Goes Mobile
  • 06.16. – Helpful Tools for Personal Productivity
  • 06.13. – What Spurgeon Says About Internet Gossip
  • 06.12. – Beating Post HS Challenges (3)
  • 06.11. – Why I’m Thankful for a Godly Wife
  • 06.10. – Beating Post HS Challenges (2)
  • 06.09. – Walking Worthy
  • 06.06. – A New Design
  • 06.06. – Beating Post HS Challenges
  • 05.23. – LBS Graduation!
  • 05.16. – A Glimpse Back at Spring Banquet
  • 05.14. – My Favorite Moment of WCBC Commencement 09
  • 05.10. – Book Review—A Glorious Church
  • 05.07. – Helping Graduates Prepare for the Future
  • 04.22. – Three More Huge Principles for Personal Productivity
  • 04.09. – 10 Marks of a Mature Dating Relationship
  • 04.05. – Three Huge Principles for Personal Productivity
  • 04.04. – Life After the Youth Group
  • 03.22. – Life After the Youth Group
  • 03.19. – 18 and On Your Own—What Happens to Our Graduates?
  • 03.18. – The Best Investments We Can Make
  • 03.14. – Just Friends—A New Book with Mike Ray
  • 02.24. – Twitter—90 Days Later
  • 02.14. – The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 3)
  • 01.19. – Sweet Revenge on My 17 Year Old!
  • 01.11. – The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 2)
  • 01.07. – The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 1)
  • 01.01. – Book Review-What’s On Your Mind

2008 (17)

  • 12.29. – Embracing the Seasons of Life (2)
  • 12.29. – Embracing the Seasons of Life
  • 12.24. – The Greatest Student Ministry Strategy
  • 12.17. – Does God Care What We Wear? (Part 3)
  • 12.15. – Making Good Intentions Happen
  • 12.11. – Your Best December Ever!
  • 12.07. – The Best Time Management Books in the World!
  • 12.01. – Thoughts on Planning a New Year
  • 11.27. – Learning to Laugh With and At Each Other
  • 11.14. – Blogs and Twitters—Is There a Point?
  • 11.07. – Does God Care What We Wear? (Part 2)
  • 09.25. – Does God Care What We Wear?
  • 08.30. – Mutations, Confusions, and Transitions Part Four
  • 05.29. – Different By Design Book and Curriculum Now Available!
  • 05.15. – Mutations, Confusion, and Transitions Part Three
  • 04.08. – Mutations, Confusion, and Transitions Part Two
  • 04.08. – Mutations, Confusion, and Transitions Part One

2007 (10)

  • 12.16. – Dealing with Dating Part 2
  • 12.16. – Dealing with Dating Part 1
  • 07.04. – He Restoreth My Soul Volume 2
  • 07.04. – Music Matters
  • 07.04. – More Father-Time
  • 07.04. – Father-Time
  • 04.24. – Overcoming the Vacuum Effect
  • 04.04. – Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 4
  • 01.24. – Life Quest – Now Available in Hardback and MP3
  • 01.04. – Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 3

2006 (10)

  • 11.20. – Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 2
  • 11.10. – Hook Line and Sinker Curriculum Now Available
  • 11.07. – Best Friends
  • 11.03. – Lancaster Baptist Student Ministries Open House
  • 10.31. – Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 1
  • 10.29. – Somebody, Anybody—Say Something Nice to Me
  • 10.29. – Quit Telling Me I’m Normal!
  • 10.28. – Cyber Families Part 3
  • 10.28. – Cyber Families Part 2
  • 10.28. – Cyber Families Part 1
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