Hey, what’s up everyone? I really wish we all could have gotten together tonight. We were just a little worried about the sheets of ice you would be driving home on afterward. I know, I know… I’m lame, old, and boring. But I care about you all and it just wasn’t worth the risk. Anyway, [...]
Last night we discussed the problem of pain and suffering in the world. Why is it here and how does God respond to it. We began by showing a video of how people in Salem responded to these questions. Click the link below to see that video. Why is there Pain and Suffering? The night [...]
On June 4th, 1989 the Square was unusually quiet. It was approximately 6:00am and just 8 hours earlier it was filled with the chatter of Chinese protesters. Now, it was filled with tanks, soldiers, and bodies. The attacks began at 10:30pm on June 3rd and turned Tienanmen Square into what many now call the site [...]
Last week we started a new series in youth group called “You Wanted to Know”. Each week we have the students submit questions for us to answer. Before youth group we put together a video of us asking random people in dowtown Salem those same questions. At youth group we show the video so the [...]
This past week in youth group we discussed the reality of two separate kingdoms battling within us. We are talking about what it means to trully follow Jesus with our lives. I suggested to the students that unless we acknowledge the existence of two kingdoms, we will have a very difficult time giving ourselves wholly [...]