I was deeply honored to see that Thriving at College once again made the list of Truth For Life's 'Staff Picks' for College Student Reading. They write: Do you have a young adult, college student or prospective college student in your life? The new series, Lessons For Life, features Alistair Begg teaching university students the pitfalls of real-world dangers, namely jealousy, laziness and temptation. Alistair uses humor and relevant examples to navigate a young audience through the value of friendships, generosity, and a sustained devotion to Christ. Lessons For Life Volume 1 and Volume … [Read more...] about Truth For Life ‘Staff Picks’ For College Student Reading
Archives for May 2013
5 Tools Needed to Reach Today’s Teens
Cameron Cole, Director of Youth Ministries at Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, and the chairman of Rooted: Advancing Grace-Driven Youth Ministry, articulates five tools needed to reach today's teens: 1. Knowledge about the canonization of Scripture. 2. Developed theology of sexuality, particularly homosexuality. 3. Ability to teach the Bible in the greater context of redemptive history. 4. Theological, not only moral, understanding of sin. 5. Understand adoption as an element of salvation. See his post for an explanation of why each of these is vital in … [Read more...] about 5 Tools Needed to Reach Today’s Teens
Is the Unemployment Rate Falling?
Not really, writes Binyamin Appelbaum of the NY Times: "The American economy continues to add jobs in proportion to population growth. Nothing less, nothing more." The percentage of adults in the US with jobs is relatively unchanged over the last three years: "The share of adults looking for work peaked at 6.4 percent of the population in 2010. It fell to 4.7 percent in April (2013). But recall that over the same period, the share of adults with jobs did not change. What grew instead is the share of adults no longer counted as part of the labor force." Read the whole thing. … [Read more...] about Is the Unemployment Rate Falling?