At Collegiate Week, the beautiful mountains of Glorieta, New Mexico, set the stage for a profound encounter with God. Collegiate students and leaders from across the country gather to experience deep teaching and worship with the best in collegiate ministry. Focused small group sessions offer in-depth Bible study, and a variety of recreation and fellowship options help form friendships that extend far beyond the week. Students will leave refreshed and focused on the semester ahead, ready to impact their campuses for … [Read more...]
How Can We Help Collegiates Connect to a Local Church?
Sunday, January 25th, has been designated Connect Day for Collegiate Ministry Churches. That day has been set aside to specifically encourage college and university students to join the church they have been visiting. It has become a trend in recent years for students to just attend somewhere, but never join. This lends itself to floating around more and never really digging into one church both for their own growth and for service to the church. Collegiate churches at one college or university might decide that another date works … [Read more...]
A Treasure Awaits: How to Find the Unexpected in Your Bible Study
THERE’S SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT GETTING A GIFT OUT OF THE BLUE. Whether it’s a care package from home, rediscovering your favorite childhood toy, or finding $20 in an old pair of jeans — gifts are exciting. For a few moments, your heart is content because you’ve just received a treasure you weren’t expecting. Believe it or not, we can apply that same idea to our Bible study time. Do you grasp the value of what you’ve received in the Word of God? And more importantly, are you intentional about digging deep into it to discover all … [Read more...]
Do Something
We live in a word-saturated world. We don't have to look far to find opinions; they find us. Glance through a blog, read a wall-post, scroll through your tweets, or flip through a textbook and you'll hear hundreds of voices clamoring to persuade you. Friends, professors, authors, coworkers, and the media argue controversial issues. Don't misunderstand; communication is great—we're wired for it. But something powerful happens when we replace talk with action, debating with doing, and speaking with serving. So, how do we do this? … [Read more...]
3 Tips for Asking the Better Question
There seems to be a conundrum in the church when it comes to the idea of a question. Questions can be one of two things: 1) an interrogative sentence that is used to gather information or 2) a starting point for further exploration on a topic that results in change or greater understanding. The problem that I continue to see is our misuse of this wonderful tool of exploration within our small groups and mentoring relationships. The art of developing good questions begins with a desire to go beyond information gathering to … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Stick With Your Daily Bible Reading
So you'd like to begin spending time with God daily? It's a noble goal and one that every Christian should strive for. Whatever it is that has moved you to act, you'll have a better chance of developing a daily habit of time with God if you follow these seven tips for nurturing a daily devotional time with God. 1. Pick a time. Make it a priority by calendaring it as you would any other important meeting. We set appointments for much less important things like oil changes, haircuts, and lunches. Set a specific time to meet with Him … [Read more...]
I Saw the Light: Why We’re Called to Illuminate the World
Light is fascinating. It illuminates. It reveals. It clarifies. Often, we don’t appreciate the value of light until we’re stuck in a dark place without knowing the way out. (If you’ve ever played a game of Underground Church, you can definitely relate.) But light is necessary for survival. God intended it this way from the beginning. LET THERE BE LIGHT The Holman Bible Dictionary defines the word light as “that which penetrates and dispels darkness.”1 Scripture teaches us a lot about light. First, God created it (Genesis … [Read more...]
What is God-centered Humility?
William Wilberforce will be remembered in history as the social reformer who pioneered 45 years toward the end of slavery in England. At a mere 5’3” tall with a chest that measured just 33 inches, Wilberforce would not make anyone’s list of physically impressive world changers. It was his reliance on God that warrants him worthy of consideration and emulation. And it was his conversion that set in motion his reliance on God and his subsequent ministry. In Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, … [Read more...]
Love Is … Reclaiming 1 Corinthians 13
My freshman year of college, I made the mistake of letting my roommate see me type. It’s one thing to tell people you type more than 90 words a minute; it’s another to let them see you do it — especially when you live in a small space condensed with hundreds of desperate people stalking the dorm halls in search of someone to quickly type their papers. Seemingly overnight I reached cult celebrity status for my superhuman typing skills. I got calls at all hours of the night with pathetic voices on the other end of the line, begging … [Read more...]
The Holidays Aren’t Always Full of Cheer: 3 Ways to Show You Care
There is a lot of cheer going on all around us during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Families are cramming into homes to eat lots of food and exchange presents with one another. Co-workers gather for Christmas celebrations before taking a few days off for the holidays. Groups of people get together to ring in the New Year and celebrate the year past. It seems like the season is full of laughter, cheer, and giving. It should be – but unfortunately, for many it’s not! This Christmas many college students and young adults … [Read more...]
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