Youth Ministry 101 (11)
In his newest blog, Youth Ministry 101, Adam Ericksen shares his experiences and insights from his work in Christian formation with middle school and high school students. His contemporary topics and engaging methods offer wisdom for all ages.
Adam reflects on the middle school and high school discussion about Rob Bell's Nooma video Noise.
Session 10: Sex Talk 3: Taio Cruz and King David
Written by Adam Ericksen
Adam discusses sex, music videos, and King David.
Here's the link to Break Your Heart on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SI2EDM6Lo&NR=1
Adam discusses Jacob and Esau, Jesus and the Holy Spirit of Forgiveness.
Adam discusses Satan the Accuser.
The Bible portrays hell as a place humans create on earth. Jesus invites us to live into the Kingdom of Heaven. Hell and Heaven are both a way of live. We can live into one or the other.
Session 6: Jesus and Nietzsche: Dionysus vs the Crucified
Written by Adam Ericksen
Nietzsche was the first person to set the options before us: Dionysus or the Crucified?
Session 5: God's "Perfection" and Cultural Nihilism
Written by Adam Ericksen
The Bible never claims that God is perfect, but it does claim that God is Love. God's telos, or purpose, is Love.
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Discussing sex and the Trinity with the youth group.
Our first discussion on faith and sex.
What does it mean to be a "good" Christian?
Is it a good idea to transform our competative desires to be the greates into a desire to serve others?
For the Christian, the point is not to be "good" but to be faithful to the love of God as revealed in Jesus. Much that our culture understands to be "good" is not necessarily faithful to the love of God.
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