The hard faith journey does not end with the completion of eighth grade. The larger percentage of students own a personal faith during the middle school year, but the final steps of solidifying belief often happen in the first six months of the freshman year. The things they have begun to believe will be challenged immediately in high school.

"I hate games—organizing, running and trying to get my kids to play them." How many times have you said or thought something similar? On the list of priorities, game playing often does not rank high. You ...

Though this study isn't designed as a youth ministry resource, it works very well with students in a small group setting. Each week features a short video where Furtick teaches on one central theme of Jesus' cr...

The Way of the Master Youth Evangelism Curriculum DVD SeriesLiving Waters, 6-Week StudyThe highly popular and greatly effective The Way of the Master Series has dominated and empowered Christian witnessing sinc...

Jonathan FiskConcordia Publishing House, 2012, 280 pp., $16.99Do you want to be a rebel? Jonathan Fisk is going to give you lots of ammo to rage against the machine. In his book Broken: 7 Christian Rules that E...

Zondervan, 1,664 pp., $29.99 The Rock Solid Faith Study Bible for Teens from Zondervan is a great resource for student pastors, parents and teenagers. I like that it has a no-nonsense approach to ...

Mark MatlockZondervan, DVD and Leader Guide, 144 pp., $29.99Why Not Now? is a timely resource designed to help our teenagers see they don't have to wait until adulthood to serve God boldly. By using s...

Marty MachowskiNew Growth Press, 2011, 328 pp., $29.99Old Story New: New Testament is a book of 10-minute devotions for families with children in preschooler through junior high ages. It contains 72 weeks'...

David LynnZondervan, 2012, 128 pp., $14.99If I told you many times I used David Lynn's Talk Sheets for Sunday School or midweek program in the '90s, you would have questioned whether I deserved a paycheck. Rega...

Mark MatlockZondervan, 2012, 128 pp., $14.99Mark Matlock has been studying and teaching about wisdom for a long time. In his recent book Raising Wise Children, he expands on the topic as it relates to parenting...