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Jun 7, 2024 | 
mereorthodoxy.com | Skyler Flowers
There are some Twitter avatars or Facebook profiles that when they arrive on your timeline, you intuitively know what they are about to say, and you are provoked in one direction or another. Subtly, your sense of indignation or support is buoyed less by the individual’s profile before and more by the subgroup they represent that you either see yourself in or set yourself against.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
rootedministry.com | Rebecca Lankford |Skyler Flowers
Every group has a personality of its own. Your text group chats. Your slow-pitch softball team. Your game-night friends. Even your youth group has a personality. The ethos of your youth group may include inside jokes, rhythms of relationships and conversation with students, and a shared vulnerability.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
rootedministry.com | Rebecca Lankford |Skyler Flowers
The most common question I hear from students in my youth group may surprise you. Certainly, teenagers ask traditional apologetic questions as they face down challenges from peers and teachers in their intellectual journeys. I also hear them ask about cultural apologetics as they are thrown into our ideologically complex culture. But the most common question I get from students is far simpler: How do I read the Bible? How can I understand all that it is saying?
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Derek Rishmawy |G. Shane Morris
The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Jim DavisWelcome to as in Heaven season three. My name is Jim Davis. I am your host and pastor of Orlando Grace Church and I am joined by my co host and old friend Skylar flowers, who serves as the assistant pastor at Grace Bible Church and Oxford, a church that I know and love very well, where he does college and youth ministry.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
rootedministry.com | Rebecca Lankford |Skyler Flowers
“Oh, you have never met our daughter.” These words from parents in our youth ministry caught me off-guard. I had spent the last three months in Bible study with their daughter on Sunday mornings, at youth group with her on Sunday nights, and personally engaging with her, along with my wife’s efforts, from the first time she walked in the door. In every setting, she appeared unhappy, unmoved, and largely disinterested.
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May 8, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Courtney Doctor |Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Sam Allberry
I was in my late 20s when a pastor in my local church called and asked if I would teach a Wednesday night class. I was terrified. But I said yes because he told me he thought I could do it, and he said he would help. We met at McDonald’s, and he walked me through his plan for the class. He told me to teach as long as I wanted, and then he would wrap up the class when I finished. So I studied and prepared all week long. I wrote out my lesson. When that Wednesday night arrived, I was nervous.
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May 8, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Amy Dimarcangelo |Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Sam Allberry
Is it sinful to change your place of employment based on pay alone? This is a great question. As God’s people, we’re called to live with different priorities than the world around us. We’re called to live for God’s kingdom, not our own. We’re called to prioritize faithfulness over success, obedience over wealth. Advertise on TGCWith that in mind, the decision to change your place of employment based on pay alone may still have acceptable—and even godly—reasons behind it.
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May 6, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Courtney Doctor |Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Sam Allberry
As we journey through life’s wilderness, there are times when our souls are obviously parched with thirst. Other times, we barely notice the drought. We ignore our need for spiritual refreshment and just keep moving. As women, it’s easy to focus on our next work deadline, our kid’s next soccer game, or the next church event we’re organizing without remembering we need the good news to replenish our souls. Women tackle hard issues day after day in a world that only grows more complex.
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May 5, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Matt Smethurst |Marie Burrus
The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. H. B. CharlesGrace and peace be multiplied to each of you this evening in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Let me begin by expressing my gratitude publicly to the steering committee and everyone responsible for me having the opportunity to be here with you this weekend. grateful and thankful for Colin blessing us richly tonight.
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May 4, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Megan Hill |Jim Davis |Skyler Flowers |Matt Smethurst
I know pastors’ kids—of all ages—who are doing well. Kids who love Christ and obey his Word. Kids who serve the church and who seek God’s glory. I know other pastors’ kids—of all ages—who aren’t doing well. Kids who can’t be bothered to examine their own hearts or to get up for church on a Sunday morning. Kids who resent God’s commands regarding sexuality or his call for us to suffer. Kids who want to be loved by the world and who want nothing to do with the love of Christ.
