The youth group just completed the book of Daniel, having diligently studied for the past few months at Friday Night Bible Study. There are many well known chapters, like when Daniel and his friends abstained from eating food from the king’s table, and his three friends were thrown in the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to the golden statue. When Daniel’s enemies convinced the king to outlaw prayer for 30 days, Daniel continued to pray to God and was thrown into the lion’s den. In each...

“How can we be more faithful? Which topics should we focus on? What can we do to be spiritually mature?” These were the questions that stirred in my mind, as we were deciding a theme for the youth winter retreat. Yes, these were good questions with noble intentions, but they fail to address the heart of the matter. For many of our youth who grew up in church, Christianity can feel like any other subject in their academic studies or just a weekend extracurricular activity. And so their...

This month has been a great reminder of the partnerships we have with missionaries internationally and locally. While it is encouraging to hear the testimonies of God’s faithfulness, would the Holy Spirit spur us into action. As followers of Christ, we are all called to be missionaries of God’s kingdom. Yet I find that there is hesitation when it comes to sharing the Gospel. Often I hear people say that they don’t feel like they know enough. While the importance of the Bible can not be...