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From DesiringGod.org:

Recently, Tyler Kenney and I were able to get a quick interview with Paul Tripp. We'll be blogging it over the next few days.
Our first question was, "What differences do you see between ministering to youth and ministering to adults?"
For his full answer, you can listen to the audio. (Please forgive how rough it is.)

or read on for the rest of the post...

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.

 As I do most weeks, I was preparing this week's Children's Worship lesson which consists (when wer'e not doing our liturgy curric.) of a Bible story and then some type of craft or game to follow it up. I try to vary the activity, and I'm not very crafty. So, this can be a challenge on my best days.

This week, I thought a game would go particularly well with our lesson on Jesus the Good Shepherd from John 10:11-18. Some type of tag or chasing game seemed to fit perfectly. The hired hand doesn't stay to defend the sheep when the wolf comes; he runs away. But Jesus is the Good Shepherd who rescues the sheep. You see my point...right? read more »

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.

From the Life2getherblog:

“Are we done yet, dad?” “Can I get up?” “Is this it?” “I am thirsty, can I get a drink?” “Can I use the bathroom?”

These are some of the questions and responses that I get from my children as we have our family devotion time. This experience is quite humbling and at times very humorous, but we believe it to be an important part in our family life. I would encourage all us to carve out time at least weekly where we sit down as a family and read the Bible, make age-appropriate application, pray and sing together as an intricate part of family life. No, this is not the method above all methods to get our children to turn out right. Our hope is NOT in a method (and I need to be reminded of this often), but it is in God! Family devotions is one of the means that God has given us to know and love Him, but it is not the end. We want our children to get God, NOT just turn out right!

See what this family does with Dinner Time, Bed Time and Family Night... read more »

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.

From Desiring God: Here's a messy way to draw your youngsters into the meaning of this coming weekend. Make a mountain out of playdough to tell the story of Jesus' death and then turn it around and you have the tomb he arises from. Find out how... read more »

This week's Get Into the Story is now available.