Helping Students Think Biblically About Gender and Pronouns
Scroll through any young person’s social feed today and you’ll see it—bios filled with names and pronouns. “Hi, I’m Alex (they/them).” For many teens, that’s as normal as TikTok dances or ranking their emotional support water bottles. It’s the new cultural handshake. Hardly anyone actually introduces themselves that way in person—but since most conversations now happen online, that’s where identities get declared, displayed, and defended.
Why Does God Allow Suffering? A Youth Leader’s Guide
If you want to watch a room full of teenagers suddenly look like they’ve swallowed a lemon, just bring up the topic of suffering. It’s one of the hardest questions in apologetics, and one of the most personal. And yet, no human can avoid it, and youth leaders need to be ready to give an answer.
Decoding Gen Z: Three Lenses the Church Can’t Ignore
Every generation has a different pair of glasses for looking at reality. Boomers had Vietnam, civil rights, and the sexual revolution. Gen X had MTV, grunge, and cynicism on tap. Millennials had 9/11, student loans, and the rise of social media. But Gen Z? They don’t just wear different glasses—they practically live in another dimension.
Why Gen Z Feels Ghosted by the Church
Church attendance in America has been dropping harder than Blockbuster stock—and just like the old movie rental giant, a lot of people wonder if the church is headed toward irrelevance. Enter Generation Z, the newest chapter in this slow fade. Instead of reversing the trend, they’re hitting “unsubscribe” even faster.