2008-05-16T10:39:09-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/book+review http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_EatPrayLove.html 2008-05-16T10:39:09-05:00 “I was the administrator of my own rescue”. But the message from Jesus is that we cannot rescue ourselves: “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins,” (John 8.24). We cannot magically erase our sins... http://ymexchange.com/Youth-Ministry-Articles/Shane-Claiborne-An-Irresistibly-Missional-Revolution.html 2008-02-26T13:30:03-05:00 Since the wild success of his book, The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne has become the poster child for missional living; however, Claiborne would humbly argue that he’s just following Jesus. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-Going-All-the-Way-by-Craig-Groeschel.html 2008-02-23T12:08:13-05:00 This is how many books on marriage are marketed to the reader--the author takes the position as a expert guiding the reader through several easy steps to relational bliss. If the reader will merely submit to the author's successful plan, the reader's marriage and in turn, life will be much easier. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-of-Naked-Truth-about-Sex-Love-and-Relationships.html 2008-02-13T14:06:06-05:00 Book Review: "The Naked Truth about Sex, Love, and Relationships" http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-Growing-Souls-by-Mark-Yaconelli.html?ed=1 2007-11-08T08:20:45-05:00 His latest book, Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry, shares stories, experiences, conversations, and insights from the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project (YMSP), an initiative by the San Francisco Theological Seminary that Yaconelli co-founded in 1996. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-A-New-Kind-of-Youth-Ministry-by-Chris-Folmsbee.html 2007-10-29T08:42:03-05:00 Youth ministry veteran Chris Folmsbee, CMO (Chief Ministry Officer) of YouthFront and President of Sonlife, is convinced that youth ministry is in need of drastic change. The word he uses to describe the change he seeks is reculturing. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-of-The-Culture-Wise-Family.html 2007-09-21T22:14:57-05:00 For those of us who work with teenagers, we are aware of the vast influence of mass media in their lives. Most teenagers spend hours a day listening to music, watching television, or surfing the internet. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-of-The-One-the-Only-Magnificent-Me-by-Dan-Haseltine.html 2007-09-21T22:10:08-05:00 The One, the Only Magnificent Me written by Haseltine and illustrated by award-winning artist Joel Schoon Tanis is a delightful story about an imaginative young boy striving to find individuality amongst his peers. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/Review-of-How-To-Ruin-Your-Life-By-40.html 2007-09-21T22:06:07-05:00 Steve Farrar's latest book, How To Ruin Your Life By 40, reads like a how-to manual for the first 20 years of your adult life. With sometimes brutal honesty, Farrar lays out a plan to keep us all from making some of the typical mistakes during some of our most formative years. http://ymexchange.com/Resource-Reviews/You-re-Next-by-Greg-Stier.html 2007-09-21T22:03:53-05:00 Theology--it literally means the “study of the Word of God.” But what happens when you mention the word theology around your youth ministry? Do your students and leaders cringe or sigh hoping you’re not going to make them study something they think is from “old school scholars.”