Dr. Walt Mueller: Teaching Teen About Biblical Sexuality

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Dr. Walt Mueller: Teaching Teen About Biblical Sexuality

In today’s youth culture, where do teens turn as a foundation for their beliefs and behaviors regarding sexuality and gender? Most unconsciously turn to the cultural narrative, which encourages a ‘do as you will’ sexual ethic. And increasingly, those who endeavor to follow a biblical sexual ethic do so by assimilating a belief system built on faulty hermeneutical and exegetical methods, leading to practices that reflect the world more than the Word. In this seminar, Walt will share a simple redemptive approach to teaching sexuality that he’s seen engage students in ways that get them thinking not only about biblical sexuality in new ways, but about biblical foundations for all nooks and crannies of life.

Scott Sauls: Creating Belonging in an Age of Judgement, Isolation, and Fear

Scott Sauls

At a time when our country is increasingly polarized and antagonistic, this workshop from our 2018 conference in Nashville helps parents and youth ministers explore why and how we engage in true and meaningful friendship with people who are damaged, difficult, or simply different. Sauls explores Biblical texts that teach us to “love across the lines of our differences,” to go beyond the superficial and transactional acquaintances that so often pass for friendship, and to embrace others with love that is sacrificial and life-giving. Parents and ministers explore how to enrich their own friendships and to encourage teens to do the same.

Julie Sparkman: When A Good Desire Becomes a False God

Each of us longs for our children to have a passion for Christ, healthy relationships, and success at school. All of these things are good and healthy desires, but when parents lose sight of the gospel, these good things become idols. In the workshop we will explore how the gospel leads us to repentance and rest, setting us free to love our children with healed hearts.

Kevin Twit: The Formative Power Of Worship Songs And Why It Matters

Typically we think of singing in worship as a time merely for expressing our hearts. But what if the songs we sing are shaping our understanding of the Christian life? If this is true, how might it effect the kinds of songs we sing?