How I’m Teaching the Psalms
The Psalms cover the entire range of human emotion, and they can model how to express our feelings, while learning to trust God even when navigating difficult circumstances. Here’s how I’m teaching them to youth.
Teaching Theologically in an AI World
Using AI to prepare your message can increase efficiency, but what does it cost you? It might help us write better messages, but we’ll become worse theologians. Is that worth it?
Hermeneutics in the Age of AI: How Youth Pastors Can Utilize AI and Online Resources Without Losing the Text
Online resources have been available for youth workers for years, but how is AI different, and how should we think carefully about the way we use AI and online resources?
How to Build a Message
Now that you have done your biblical exegesis, collected illustrations and quotations, and know what you want to say… how do you begin to actually build the message you’ll deliver to students?
When & How to Use Curriculum Well
Every ministry uses a curriculum. The question is whether you build it all from scratch yourself or buy and adapt it from a trusted source. How do you do that well?
How to Understand a Biblical Passage: Hermeneutics 101
Every youth worker already practices hermeneutics whenever they open the Bible and ask, “What does this verse mean?” The question is not whether we use hermeneutics, but rather how to use hermeneutics well.
ep.125: Apologetics & Favorite Teaching Series
What role does apologetics have in youth discipleship, and what are some of our favorite teaching series we’ve taught?
How to Teach the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Theologically
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a beloved story in Scripture, but are we teaching it as a moralism (don’t be like the older brother) or as a message about the Father’s grace?
How to Teach Ruth, Theologically
Here are four major theological themes of Ruth, centered on God’s promise of hope. These themes will help you teach Ruth as more than a love story, but about our sovereign God.
ep.118: How Mike Prepares a Sermon
Mike is all alone in this episode… so he brings you behind the scenes by sharing his sermon preparation process for a recent message on Romans 8.