Part 3 of the Loneliness Series On top of the recent U.S. Surgeon General’s report on the loneliness epidemic, Barna has revealed that pastors feel lonelier than ever. Because of this, more pastors have considered quitting their jobs in 2022 compared to a year earlier, citing stress and loneliness. Do you relate? “While feelings of...
Part 1 of the Loneliness Series We’ve talked about loneliness before, and I’d like to think the issue was isolated to the pandemic. Unfortunately, it’s just not the case. We don’t love to talk about relationships, do we guys? We are conscious of how we use that word, steering intentionally away from it sometimes. We’ve...
Part 4 of the Worldview Series When was the last time you had a good sit-down talk with someone about ecclesiology? As we Build Up Our Grads, finding a great church will play a vital role in their Christian walk and growth, so they need to be equipped with a great theology on church and...
Battle Briefing | July 2023 The close relationship between the role of fathers and Christianity in America has been exposed in the recent Nationwide Study on Faith & Relationships by Communio.org, a nonprofit organization that consults with churches regarding the nation’s family and faith crisis. “The collapse of resident fathers through the collapse of marriage...
Part 3 of the Worldview Series In pursuit of a biblical worldview, we have to face tough topics. Few issues in recent days have received as much attention, positive or negative, as that of the LGBTQIA+ movement. Do you know what all those letters and symbols stand for? Even if you don’t, your kids probably...
Part 2 of the Worldview Series In the war of Bible vs. Social Media, who is winning? The U.S. Surgeon General published a 2023 advisory on the harms of social media. In Social Media and Youth Mental Health, they report “an urgent public health issue” and a “significant” health challenge that “requires the nation’s immediate...
Part 1 of the Worldview Series Rooted and Built Up “More than half of all Christian teens and twentysomethings leave active involvement in church,” according to David Kinnaman, author of You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church . . . and Rethinking Faith. It’s a devastating statistic, but we can be encouraged that...
Masculinity was so last century. It’s antiquated to talk about manhood. Should discussing manhood as biblical even matter to the church in 2023? Let me give you a resounding yes. It matters now as it has always mattered, and that’s why Noble Warriors continues to move forward with initiatives like The Noble Man, a one-day...
“Half of American gamers report missing sleep in order to play. A third have missed meals, and a quarter have skipped showers. More than 10 percent have missed work because of games.” Read or Listen to Zylstra’s deep and winding message, Gaming Alone: Helping the Generation of Young Men Captivated and Isolated by Video Games,...
There’s been an uptick in prayer in the media. Just a few weeks ago, the world watched the terrifying moment when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suddenly collapsed on the field. The 24-year-old suffered a cardiac event right there in the middle of the game. You know the story and have seen the footage by...
