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Snark, Crackle, Pop Culture: Fall 2010 Movies

Posted by Julianna Shults | Aug 31, 2010 | Snark, Crackle, Pop Culture, Youth & Culture

School is starting and it’s fall again. One of my favorite parts of fall is that it is the time when all of the best movies of the year come out. (Is that very nerdy of me?) Production companies time movie releases very specifically, and fall is the time of year when all the movies that hope to be contenders during the award season take over the big screen to much discussion and acclaim. While the movies I might be excited to see may be nothing like the movies my teens are hoping to see, I still take time...

Apologia: Get Disciplined–Fasting

Posted by Gabe Kasper | Aug 27, 2010 | 2010 Resources, Apologetics, Apologia Talks, Free Resources

The average American teenager spends $150 a week. Over half of the world lives on less than two American dollars a day. The amount of consumption in our culture is alarming. How does a Christian respond to it? What do youth workers teach their students about how Christians live in a consumer society? These are important questions for Christians to wrestle with. This short study cannot fully answer these questions, but it will offer two spiritual disciplines that can help you reevaluate your consumption, in light of the generous Gospel of Jesus Christ. Download a PDF of Apologia: Get...

Devotion: Overcoming the World

Posted by Brian Weaver | Aug 20, 2010 | Devotions, Free Resources

The emotions associated with “mountaintop moments” can have a lasting affect for weeks or months. And then comes the all too familiar valley experience.