“Two of my friends and I, all in I Am Second, play varsity soccer and will be seniors next year. We decided to hand out Life Books to all the younger girls in the soccer program, which is about 30 girls. We wrote personal notes to each one inside of them and got them together [...]

“My name is Mariah and I’m 14 years old. I was raised in a christian household and went to church with my grandma and grandpa every Sunday and participated in Sunday school and when I moved churches I went to youth group every Wednesday. I knew all about Jesus and stories about him and what [...]

“I believe this “passive” approach is simply an excuse not the share the Gospel”

Recently I was very disappointed while listening to a national Christian radio show. The host was sharing some stories of high school students boldly proclaiming their faith in their high school, to which I was cheering. However, as the host recounted the stories, he also chose to criticize the students’ outspoken approach of sharing the Gospel.

It seems that much student ministry today is focused on creating a cool factor as a big draw. I’ll be the first to admit I’ve designed entire student ministries around creating a cool buzz way too many times. “Jesus is cool; it’s cool to follow Him; and you can look cool doing it.” In fact, we sometimes flip the cool-fool equation to “it’s cool to follow Jesus and you’d be a fool not to.”