1. Make it bible centered (less of your own stories) 2. Make it passionate (be excited) 3. Make it real (stop faking) 4. Make it practical 5. Be honest, period. (Be more concerned about being honest then being liked) Loved all of these!!! Thank you for sharing!!
First and foremost, I just wanna say thank you. This is my first year as youth leader at my church and the youth that I work with, although they are a few, it’s difficult to get their attention. There are days where I give the message God‘s given me and they’ll listen for about five minutes then completely get distracted, there are days where they don’t listen at all and to be completely honest it’s very discouraging sometimes. However, I don’t let that hold me back from telling the truth like you said. There are some days where I don’t know what to teach because I’m too focused on them getting distracted and of course I don’t want that to happen, but like you said the important point here is to get the truth across to them. I know that the word says that the word of God doesn’t come back empty once it’s been given, and I trust God with my life that he’s doing the work in the youth. Thank you for this video because it’s really helped me regain my ground again because I didn’t know what to study for today’s Bible study and a lot of the time it really bothers me when I don’t know what to teach. Thankfully, the Lord gave me clarity and I’m gonna start studying now. Once again, thank you so much this really helped. May God bless you greatly. God bless your ministry, your family and your church and everyone in it. ❤️
Not going to lie, I instantly felt convicted when you stated to keep it Bible centered, not “you” centered. I’ve never done so to puff myself up or boast, but to share what the Lord has helped me through. Your right! Jesus doesn’t ask you to tell them about what He’s done for “you”, but to tell them what Jesus can do for them and the cost He paid to get us here. Amen brother. Amen. ⚔️💞
I agree… I also believe in giving your testimony at the right place is good as it gives others hope. It has helped me hearing how God has changed hearts and lives. Not boasting but sharing and being humble.. but I get it w/ teens. Blessings
I love the ideas, advice! One thing I did when I taught confirmation at the end of our lesson and after discussing and talking about the lesson. I had them do word search of words that had to do with our lesson. The enthusiasm in their faces made it all worth it. After they were done I would have them pick one word they circled and tell me how does this affect you in your life of a Christian!
Thank you. I needed to hear this. Have been feeling a little discouraged because of parental push back. I know I need to be true to myself and honor my faith.
That last point hit hard. I realized all the strategies I had were centered on being liked and fun rather than building a foundation based on truth. It's hard cause teens don't really hide their expressions so it's tempting to do things that make you "cool" in their eyes. Definitely going back to the drawing board. Thank you for this. God bless you. Love from Kenya
Thanks for reaching out! It definitely is hard, But it is so much better and the teens respect you so much more for it. I'll be praying for you as you seek God's wisdom on this 🙏
Im passing my teen years very soon and ive always just wanted the truth and i believe my peers did as well thank you for making being honest a highlight
Hi. Thank so much I'm doing my first Bible teaching tomorrow. In a high school with teenagers. I was not sure how to approach this wonderful opportunity, but your short video just enlighten me. I'm ready now. Thankyou Brother 🙏
You're absolutely right brother thanks for the tools and encouragement, all points are great and that last point is very powerful because is the Truth of who Jesus is, when you see them return after a hard message, you earn their trust, they start trusting the Lord, and most important get saved. Priceless but very rewarding because they see someone cared about their soul. Praise be to the Lord alone! God bless
I've been a youth pastor for about 5 months now, so still very new in how to preach to teenagers. These steps really helped me. Thank you so much Bro. Smith!
I believe, the Lord brought me here.. im a new youth and young adults ministry head in our church. This is well noted.. thank you.. this very big help to me. God bless you🙏🏻
Man, this was some super helpful advice, God bless you and your family, needed this man, about few weeks ago I briefly gave my daughters bibles and mention that I would like to shared time with them in the Bible. I haven't started yet, but I plan to do so soon, so I've been praying about it.
Thanks for this! I’m doing my first ever sermon at the end of this month for my church youth program. I’m not trying to bash on the other youth preachers at my church but sometimes it feels like they are just reading something to the audience and even though they put out a great lesson, a lot of the youth seem to daze off and not listen. I really want to hook people into this sermon and give them a message they can think of when they leave.
Great to hear from you! One thing I always warn people about is that we often fall into the same traps we see others fall into. So be sure to give much grace. Sometimes I will critique someone else only to find out later I’ve been doing it the same way but am blind to my own short comings 😊 with that being said, I’m excited you get the opportunity to preach! Remember that much prayer and the attempt to put into practice what you will preach is very important if you will preach authentically. And lastly, if you want the teens to listen, make sure your goal is helping them know God and not them being impressed with your skills or passion 😊 I pray God uses you to bring teens closer to Him!! And I can’t wait to see all that God does through you 😊😊 keep me posted on how your sermon goes!
Looking to volunteer for my local Youth For Christ center and found this video while searching for advice to learn to minister to our youth, who sorely need to hear the Word of Christ. Thank you for some solid advice
Love how practical this is. Thanks for sharing brutha! Youth is definitely a tough cookie to crack at times. Something I've found pretty valuable is to not get stuck focused on programming (events, etc) and see where young people are at in life and then tailoring a message or even a series around that. Anyway, good stuff man :)
Had started a youth small group last week and actually I'm not a good speaker and don't know how to do this, but after this video I am given so many useful ideas for me to introduce the word of God to them.... so thankful that I had watched your video. Thank you so much ❤
Thank you so much servant of God ,it has really blessed me alot and i intend to put this in action as i start my sunday ministry again especially to teens.
Great and important advice that also applies to anyone who interacts and gently guides young people in their Christian walk. I’m no longer a youth leader but I have children and grandchildren. This was a great reminder of how to approach everyday life lessons and/or devotions. Thanks for sharing ❤️
This has really blessed me tonight. I am a new tween teacher and now I have the 5 tools that I need to bless the kids. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️
The thing is I don't know how to explain things and I have a class to hold tomorrow, Could you show us an example of someone teaching the class, I want to take note of important phrases, or teachings to use
Awesome Tips! Thanks Bro! All Glory to YHWH!!! 🙌🏾 I tried to subscribe to receive your eBook, but a pop up message appeared saying that the account was cancelled and can no longer receive new subscribers. The devil is a liar!
Hello my name is Benjamin...im a youth pastor assistant or in training one of tho to...I live in Aberdeen Washington.. and I go to Faith House Ministries...My youth kids are from preteens to 16....The pastor that im studying under is good ..but he teaches like there kindergarteners and 4th graders....he reads two paragraphs out of the Bible... talks about nothing to do with what we studied and it almost puts me to sleep...and then he plays games with them for the rest of the hour.... he has them making crafts.... I feel in my heart that they're not getting the studies that they need for being in Bible study and Sunday School.... I have talked to my senior pastors about it to see what they can come up with and to help me and they have no idea on what to do.... I don't know how to approach my youth pastor maybe letting me teacher class to see how I do because it's just reading a few phrases I get really nervous and I steam to stumble over my own words and stutter... But I know the kids aren't getting filled the way you're supposed to be getting filled in Bible studies is there something that you can help me with to tell him which would be great
This is very common and frustrating,when your senior in church is not delivering and you know that you know, but have no way of communicating . More so when you report to his seniors and they cannot help. I don't know why christians have become so afraid of one another😢.I guess that cos our love has grown cold cos scripture says "perfect love casts out fear".opposite is also correct l"ack of love brings in fear". Why should seniors fear correcting juniors ?I guess,cos they are more concerned with how the senior kids pastor will think about them than how he is wasting the young kids opportunity to grow in the word . I thought this problem is only found in the 3rd world -thot in America there is greater freedom of expression . I would advise Benjamin to pray for courage and wisdom to approach his senior or that God opens a door for him to to minister to the kids and the senior pastor,by God's grace, accepts to learn something new from you(Benjamin). I sincerely pray that God makes a way for the poor kids whose time is being wasted
He’s entertaining & baby sitting g them INSTEAD of truly teaching them age level appropriate scripture. He’s offering them ‘cotton candy’ quality instead of proportioned appropriately ‘ protein’ . Cotton candy Is sweet BuT sugar Highs make the pancreas ( insulin producing body organ) work harder than it needs to AND DOESNt sustain the long term energy levels. { YOU Become the DIFFERENCE for THEM as a “ L I T” leader in Training } And Likewise, offer them the age appropriate ‘Protein’ their spiritual systems require for their ‘ growth spurts’ which will translate into spiritual maturity as they grow in their faith walk according to WhAT they learn & according wHAT they APPLY from their learning.
While these are valid approaches it doesn't necessarily make you convincing especially to skeptical kids like me. My parents made me go to church youth group to make me a Christian like them. I listened, even took notes but I also asked lots of questions which were welcome at first... but as time went on it annoyed the leaders and caused the some of the other kids to have doubts as well.
Hey there! I’m so glad you reached out. As a former agnostic I too was a skeptic. Now, The weight of responsibility when it comes to convincing you isn’t on your youth pastor. Jesus puts the weight of responsibility on the hearer. This video is simply to help the pastor communicate to those who want to listen 😊 would you consider yourself someone who wants to know God? If so, then a youth pastor who follows these steps will be engaging. But if you wish to be a skeptic, no one can force you to change no matter how dynamic they are. Have you read the parable of the sower?
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church You were a former agnostic but I could quote many former Christians who rejected their faith and each of them has a testimony too. It comes down to ability to discern fact from falsehood. On that count skeptics have a much better track record than Christians. Adding layer upon layer of extraordinary Christian claims only make it more unbelievable.
@@socksumi Friend, you avoided answering my question and simply gave more of your unvalidated opinion. Which is totally understandable. It is easy to arbitrarily claim that "skeptics have better track records than Christians" without furnishing any proof (and friend, you cannot give any proof without having an ontic referent (aka an objective reference point), you would merely be stating that skeptics tend to agree with your subjective view point (or opinion of how reality works), which is very circular and flooded with confirmation bias.) Notwithstanding, I truly do understand what you are struggling with, but as I read your comments, it doesn't seem as though you are searching for truth, it seems as though you are searching for what sounds smart and is easy to comprehend. So for you it will come down to how you answer these questions. 1. Who was Jesus? 2. Did He actually rise from the dead 3. If He did, what does that mean for us... Now, because it doesn't appear to me like you actually want answers to your questions, but simply desire to argue I will not continue this conversation on this platform. There is a difference between someone who is sincerely asking questions (even if we disagree) and someone who is an infinite skeptic. Those who are infinite skeptics doubt everything except their doubts. I truly do hope you come to the place where you actually want to see whether Christianity is true or not, but until then I wish you the best! Here is a video I made for skeptics though th-cam.com/video/-ssC6TJ2OPo/w-d-xo.html
Invite an atheist to speak. Someone like Penn Gillette. Well spoken atheists can be incredibly engaging. Of course you might lose some of your flock... but at least they'll be listening.
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1. Make it bible centered (less of your own stories)
2. Make it passionate (be excited)
3. Make it real (stop faking)
4. Make it practical
5. Be honest, period. (Be more concerned about being honest then being liked)
Loved all of these!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Praise the Lord!
nice
First and foremost, I just wanna say thank you. This is my first year as youth leader at my church and the youth that I work with, although they are a few, it’s difficult to get their attention. There are days where I give the message God‘s given me and they’ll listen for about five minutes then completely get distracted, there are days where they don’t listen at all and to be completely honest it’s very discouraging sometimes. However, I don’t let that hold me back from telling the truth like you said. There are some days where I don’t know what to teach because I’m too focused on them getting distracted and of course I don’t want that to happen, but like you said the important point here is to get the truth across to them. I know that the word says that the word of God doesn’t come back empty once it’s been given, and I trust God with my life that he’s doing the work in the youth. Thank you for this video because it’s really helped me regain my ground again because I didn’t know what to study for today’s Bible study and a lot of the time it really bothers me when I don’t know what to teach. Thankfully, the Lord gave me clarity and I’m gonna start studying now. Once again, thank you so much this really helped. May God bless you greatly. God bless your ministry, your family and your church and everyone in it. ❤️
Not going to lie, I instantly felt convicted when you stated to keep it Bible centered, not “you” centered. I’ve never done so to puff myself up or boast, but to share what the Lord has helped me through. Your right! Jesus doesn’t ask you to tell them about what He’s done for “you”, but to tell them what Jesus can do for them and the cost He paid to get us here. Amen brother. Amen. ⚔️💞
I agree… I also believe in giving your testimony at the right place is good as it gives others hope. It has helped me hearing how God has changed hearts and lives. Not boasting but sharing and being humble.. but I get it w/ teens. Blessings
The fact you can do an honest self-inventory is a reflection that you have a pure heart and are on the right track. God bless and good luck.
I've made it my quest as a Youth Pastor to always tell the truth no matter the results. In love of course. Let those who have ears hear.
Thank you Pst Addison!
I just got appointed as a Teens Church Leader, I'm trusting God to lead well.
Thank you sir.
I love the ideas, advice! One thing I did when I taught confirmation at the end of our lesson and after discussing and talking about the lesson. I had them do word search of words that had to do with our lesson. The enthusiasm in their faces made it all worth it. After they were done I would have them pick one word they circled and tell me how does this affect you in your life of a Christian!
Thank you!..it will help me stay on track coz i was reconsider to be youth's teacher onwards. GOD SHALL BE MY MENTOR AND HIS WORD IS MY STAFF AND ROD!
Thank you. I needed to hear this. Have been feeling a little discouraged because of parental push back. I know I need to be true to myself and honor my faith.
That last point hit hard. I realized all the strategies I had were centered on being liked and fun rather than building a foundation based on truth. It's hard cause teens don't really hide their expressions so it's tempting to do things that make you "cool" in their eyes. Definitely going back to the drawing board. Thank you for this. God bless you.
Love from Kenya
Thanks for reaching out! It definitely is hard, But it is so much better and the teens respect you so much more for it. I'll be praying for you as you seek God's wisdom on this 🙏
Me too, the last point crowns it all
Im passing my teen years very soon and ive always just wanted the truth and i believe my peers did as well thank you for making being honest a highlight
1000% more of this content needed on TH-cam. Spot on points from a truly Christ-centered perspective. Thanks Addison.
Hi. Thank so much I'm doing my first Bible teaching tomorrow. In a high school with teenagers. I was not sure how to approach this wonderful opportunity, but your short video just enlighten me. I'm ready now. Thankyou Brother 🙏
praise the Lord!
I love the encouragement that we should be more concerned about being honest than being liked ❤❤❤ thank you do much
You're absolutely right brother thanks for the tools and encouragement, all points are great and that last point is very powerful because is the Truth of who Jesus is, when you see them return after a hard message, you earn their trust, they start trusting the Lord, and most important get saved. Priceless but very rewarding because they see someone cared about their soul. Praise be to the Lord alone!
God bless
Praise the Lord! What a blessing it is to serve Him
I've been a youth pastor for about 5 months now, so still very new in how to preach to teenagers. These steps really helped me. Thank you so much Bro. Smith!
I believe, the Lord brought me here.. im a new youth and young adults ministry head in our church. This is well noted.. thank you.. this very big help to me. God bless you🙏🏻
Man, this was some super helpful advice, God bless you and your family, needed this man, about few weeks ago I briefly gave my daughters bibles and mention that I would like to shared time with them in the Bible. I haven't started yet, but I plan to do so soon, so I've been praying about it.
Thanks SO much for this powerful message. This is EXCELLENT advice for adult sermons too! We need to light God's fire in everyone if possible! 🔥🙏
Praise the Lord 🙏🙏
What teens want to listen doesn't matter. But what god wants to tell it matters.
I'm handling youth and this means a lot. I pray I can teach them well. Thanks
Thanks for this! I’m doing my first ever sermon at the end of this month for my church youth program. I’m not trying to bash on the other youth preachers at my church but sometimes it feels like they are just reading something to the audience and even though they put out a great lesson, a lot of the youth seem to daze off and not listen. I really want to hook people into this sermon and give them a message they can think of when they leave.
Great to hear from you! One thing I always warn people about is that we often fall into the same traps we see others fall into. So be sure to give much grace. Sometimes I will critique someone else only to find out later I’ve been doing it the same way but am blind to my own short comings 😊 with that being said, I’m excited you get the opportunity to preach! Remember that much prayer and the attempt to put into practice what you will preach is very important if you will preach authentically. And lastly, if you want the teens to listen, make sure your goal is helping them know God and not them being impressed with your skills or passion 😊 I pray God uses you to bring teens closer to Him!! And I can’t wait to see all that God does through you 😊😊 keep me posted on how your sermon goes!
This is tremendous. If we listen closely, it will be a blessing!!!
this is very encouraging as a sunday school teacher ,any materials like these is a blessing thank you
Praise the Lord!
Looking to volunteer for my local Youth For Christ center and found this video while searching for advice to learn to minister to our youth, who sorely need to hear the Word of Christ. Thank you for some solid advice
Praise the Lord!
Thank you so much,I love what you are teaching us. We direct the teens to Christ, to the Truth, not to us
Amen!
This is a total blessing and wake up call. Thank you
Praise the Lord my friend!
So true thank you this helps so much .
Thank you. I am a new Youth Leader and can use all the help I can get. This video was very helpful.
Praise The Lord! Hope this channel can continue to be a blessing to you 😊
Love how practical this is. Thanks for sharing brutha! Youth is definitely a tough cookie to crack at times. Something I've found pretty valuable is to not get stuck focused on programming (events, etc) and see where young people are at in life and then tailoring a message or even a series around that. Anyway, good stuff man :)
Had started a youth small group last week and actually I'm not a good speaker and don't know how to do this, but after this video I am given so many useful ideas for me to introduce the word of God to them.... so thankful that I had watched your video. Thank you so much ❤
Praise the Lord! I’m so thankful you are allowing God to use you to impact the youth 🙏
So, how is it going? 😊
So, how is it going? 😊
This just gave me the direction I needed
The approach is so simple and natural, and will surely give glory to God if we do.
Thank you for sharing! :)
Amen!
Thank you! Very simple yet effective info
Praise the Lord!
Thank you so much servant of God ,it has really blessed me alot and i intend to put this in action as i start my sunday ministry again especially to teens.
Great and important advice that also applies to anyone who interacts and gently guides young people in their Christian walk. I’m no longer a youth leader but I have children and grandchildren. This was a great reminder of how to approach everyday life lessons and/or devotions. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Love this! God bless you bro
Praise the Lord!
This has really blessed me tonight. I am a new tween teacher and now I have the 5 tools that I need to bless the kids. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️
Amazing content! I will definitely keep these tips in mind for my ministry. God bless you!
Praise the Lord 😊
Awesome man. love it
thanksfor the reminder! and encouragement.
Praise the Lord!
My first weekend teaching youth ! Great video thank you
This was beautiful to hear and encouraging as a new youth pastor myself 🙏🏻
Thank you.
God Bless you, this was encouraging and helpful.
Praise the Lord!
Love this. Thank you!
Praise the Lord!
Am blessed.loved it.on point.
This is very helpful to me as a new pastor
Really great thank you!
Praise the Lord! 🙏
Amazing Tips. I have just joined the teens ministry and i am gonna use this advice.
Praise the Lord! Keep me posted on how your ministry goes 😊
Hope the Teen Ministry has been going well! I know we are in some crazy days. Praying God gives you wisdom as you all serve the Lord 🙏
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church Yes it has.. Until the lockdown happened. We hoping and praying for a physical touch soon. Thank you
Thank you so much for the tips.. God bless!
Thank you so much..this was helpful ❤️
I love it!! God bless you.
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord pastor. Thanks for uploading this video. Happy to see. Watching from INDIA.👍🙏
Thank you SO much 🙌🏼 this has really helped me learn how to do my ministry better
This was extremely helpful! Continue to post pls
Thank you loved these tips
Love these reminders! Excellent job!
Amen needed this!
Good word!!
Praise the Lord!
Great truths. Thank you brother.
Thanks for this information
Absolutely right. Amen🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much
i got stunned failed 2,3&5, vid is awesome
It can be tough to do those, but totally worth it! thanks for stopping by 😊 hope this channel can be a blessing to you!
thank you brother for this wonderful video, I am now checking my ministry
Great, great, great information! Thank you for this video. It is extremely helpful.
Praise the Lord!
I love number 1 and 2 😄
excellent points and well done! thanks for the advice! keep it up!
Praise the Lord! 😊
High Quality Content! Thank you ! 🔥🔥
This is helpful.
Praise the Lord!
🧡 May God Bless you and keep you always sir
Thank you 🙏
Thank you❤️🙏🏽
God is good. Don’t know how I ended up here
This was great
Great tips!! Also very practical!!👍🏻
John Daly thanks! What things have you seen help keep teens engaged?
Addison! I didn't realize you made TH-cam videos too. New fan. I found ya channel through the CVC FB group!
Thanks Joe! Great to hear from you 😊
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church 😁
Amazing tips! Thank you!!
Praise the Lord 😊
Amazing content for teenagers.
God bless you more
The video was great and on point
Josue Maidana thanks for the kind comment. Are there any tips that you would’ve added to the video?
thank you for this tip.
No problem 😊 I pray it is a blessing
Amen!
The thing is I don't know how to explain things and I have a class to hold tomorrow,
Could you show us an example of someone teaching the class, I want to take note of important phrases, or teachings to use
Hey there, I hope this video can give you some more pointers: th-cam.com/video/XiqRgGUrmtg/w-d-xo.html
Good content 👍💯
great video
Derek Jensen thanks 😊 if you were to add a tip to this video, what would it be?
a tip I would add is to make it applicable
Derek Jensen love it 😊
Awesome Tips! Thanks Bro! All Glory to YHWH!!! 🙌🏾
I tried to subscribe to receive your eBook, but a pop up message appeared saying that the account was cancelled and can no longer receive new subscribers. The devil is a liar!
Hello my name is Benjamin...im a youth pastor assistant or in training one of tho to...I live in Aberdeen Washington.. and I go to Faith House Ministries...My youth kids are from preteens to 16....The pastor that im studying under is good ..but he teaches like there kindergarteners and 4th graders....he reads two paragraphs out of the Bible... talks about nothing to do with what we studied and it almost puts me to sleep...and then he plays games with them for the rest of the hour.... he has them making crafts.... I feel in my heart that they're not getting the studies that they need for being in Bible study and Sunday School.... I have talked to my senior pastors about it to see what they can come up with and to help me and they have no idea on what to do.... I don't know how to approach my youth pastor maybe letting me teacher class to see how I do because it's just reading a few phrases I get really nervous and I steam to stumble over my own words and stutter... But I know the kids aren't getting filled the way you're supposed to be getting filled in Bible studies is there something that you can help me with to tell him which would be great
This is very common and frustrating,when your senior in church is not delivering and you know that you know, but have no way of communicating .
More so when you report to his seniors and they cannot help.
I don't know why christians have become so afraid of one another😢.I guess that cos our love has grown cold cos scripture says "perfect love casts out fear".opposite is also correct l"ack of love brings in fear".
Why should seniors fear correcting juniors ?I guess,cos they are more concerned with how the senior kids pastor will think about them than how he is wasting the young kids opportunity to grow in the word .
I thought this problem is only found in the 3rd world -thot in America there is greater freedom of expression .
I would advise Benjamin to pray for courage and wisdom to approach his senior or that God opens a door for him to to minister to the kids and the senior pastor,by God's grace, accepts to learn something new from you(Benjamin).
I sincerely pray that God makes a way for the poor kids whose time is being wasted
He’s entertaining & baby sitting g them INSTEAD of truly teaching them age level appropriate scripture. He’s offering them ‘cotton candy’ quality instead of proportioned appropriately ‘ protein’ . Cotton candy Is sweet BuT sugar Highs make the pancreas ( insulin producing body organ) work harder than it needs to AND DOESNt sustain the long term energy levels.
{ YOU Become the DIFFERENCE for THEM as a “ L I T” leader in Training }
And Likewise, offer them the age appropriate ‘Protein’ their spiritual systems require for their ‘ growth spurts’ which will translate into spiritual maturity as they grow in their faith walk according to WhAT they learn & according wHAT they APPLY from their learning.
Hello
Well I'm not a youth teacher ,I'm a chapel prefect and I'll like for you to post fun games that a congregation of teens can partake in.
Thanks pastor, Can I ask if you have some books that helps me to share it to the youth ministry. Thank you.. Blessings!
Hey there! Just to make sure I understand your question, Are you wanting books for your teens to read or books for you to read 😊
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church books for me to read so that I can share it to the teens. THank you.
Ha ha! Blessings. In my experience no one can make teens do much of anything. MikeinMinnesota
This is really something
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Madison Hughes glad you enjoyed it 😊 any tips you would’ve added?
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church umm nope
While these are valid approaches it doesn't necessarily make you convincing especially to skeptical kids like me. My parents made me go to church youth group to make me a Christian like them. I listened, even took notes but I also asked lots of questions which were welcome at first... but as time went on it annoyed the leaders and caused the some of the other kids to have doubts as well.
Hey there! I’m so glad you reached out. As a former agnostic I too was a skeptic. Now, The weight of responsibility when it comes to convincing you isn’t on your youth pastor. Jesus puts the weight of responsibility on the hearer. This video is simply to help the pastor communicate to those who want to listen 😊 would you consider yourself someone who wants to know God? If so, then a youth pastor who follows these steps will be engaging. But if you wish to be a skeptic, no one can force you to change no matter how dynamic they are. Have you read the parable of the sower?
@@GrantsPassBaptist-Church You were a former agnostic but I could quote many former Christians who rejected their faith and each of them has a testimony too. It comes down to ability to discern fact from falsehood. On that count skeptics have a much better track record than Christians. Adding layer upon layer of extraordinary Christian claims only make it more unbelievable.
@@socksumi Friend, you avoided answering my question and simply gave more of your unvalidated opinion. Which is totally understandable. It is easy to arbitrarily claim that "skeptics have better track records than Christians" without furnishing any proof (and friend, you cannot give any proof without having an ontic referent (aka an objective reference point), you would merely be stating that skeptics tend to agree with your subjective view point (or opinion of how reality works), which is very circular and flooded with confirmation bias.) Notwithstanding, I truly do understand what you are struggling with, but as I read your comments, it doesn't seem as though you are searching for truth, it seems as though you are searching for what sounds smart and is easy to comprehend. So for you it will come down to how you answer these questions. 1. Who was Jesus? 2. Did He actually rise from the dead 3. If He did, what does that mean for us... Now, because it doesn't appear to me like you actually want answers to your questions, but simply desire to argue I will not continue this conversation on this platform. There is a difference between someone who is sincerely asking questions (even if we disagree) and someone who is an infinite skeptic. Those who are infinite skeptics doubt everything except their doubts. I truly do hope you come to the place where you actually want to see whether Christianity is true or not, but until then I wish you the best! Here is a video I made for skeptics though th-cam.com/video/-ssC6TJ2OPo/w-d-xo.html
What do you do. When you hear from a teen. Specially if this kid is your son. “ is boring “
Involve them in deciding what you examine. Learn their biggest issues and interests and difficulties then address them and use the Bible.
Invite an atheist to speak. Someone like Penn Gillette. Well spoken atheists can be incredibly engaging. Of course you might lose some of your flock... but at least they'll be listening.
penn gillette is a comedian and the truth is not in him as an atheist
@@jerardosc9534 He's a magician not a comedian.