Let me tell you about a 15-year-old girl named Avah. She started attending our church and Youth for Christ club a year ago. She just walked in on her own. For a while, her parents were bringing her. Then she started coming on her own. We noticed that she was using Uber to get to […]
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HOW TO SEEK THE LORD by Adam Miller
At twenty-one years old, I took a gap year in college to serve with a ministry team. We traveled all throughout the East Coast, overseas to Panama and Argentina, and I even spent my winter break doing missionary work in Japan. By the end of that year, I was exhausted. I expected that if I […]
Prayer and Praise from the Psalms By: Adam Miller
I have worked with teenagers for the past several years, and I am both encouraged and frightened about their future. Much of my focus has been on reaching teenagers who have no connection to the church. My generation and those who followed, who grew up in the church, left in droves. As a result, the […]
July Publication
Over the past year, I’ve noticed that students often feel disconnected from God despite attending church and youth groups. After our recent Youth For Christ Camp, I saw many struggle to see how God fits into their busy lives. When I asked if they pray, they said, “No. I don’t know how.” I remember my […]
A WARNING AGAINST FALSE PROPHETS by Adam Miller
At the end of Jesus’s sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:13-27), he warns about the final judgment. He instructs us to enter through the narrow and difficult gate that leads to life, versus following the crowds who choose the wide and easy gate that leads to destruction. He then cautions against false teachers, who present […]
HOW TO LIVE AS CHRISTIANS IN A POST-CHRISTIAN WORLD by Adam Miller
Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pastor. My father was a great example, and I wanted to be just like him. At twelve, after going forward at a campfire dedication service, he wasted no time preparing me for the ministry. I still remember my first sermon 30 years ago, preached […]
RESURRECTION SUNDAY: THE EMPTY TOMB
Today, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. After spending the past seven days in the Gospel of Mark, we have finally reached the moment we’ve all been waiting for. But wait, there are only eight verses? Some of your Bibles might have a note stating that the earliest manuscripts do not include verses 9-20. […]
SATURDAY: THE SABBATH
Mark’s Gospel does not record what happened on Saturday during Holy Week. It was the Jewish Sabbath, so no one could do anything. Try to put yourself in the disciples’ shoes. They couldn’t get close to the tomb where Jesus was buried. Their secret hiding place in the Garden of Gethsemane had been discovered. Maybe […]
GOOD FRIDAY: THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
Early on Friday morning of Holy Week, after being dragged around all night, falsely accused, beaten, and convicted by the high priest, Jesus was handed over to Pilate, the Roman governor, under false charges. Pilate asked Jesus if he was the king of the Jews, and Jesus responded, “You have said so” (Mark 15:2, ESV). […]
MAUNDY THURSDAY: THE LAST SUPPER
Mark documented the events of that Thursday evening, the night Jesus was betrayed. Jesus sent his disciples into the city to arrange the Passover meal. They were told to find a man carrying a jar of water and follow him to the place where they would stay for the evening. This mirrors the story of […]
WEDNESDAY: THE PREPARATION FOR JESUS’ DEATH
On Wednesday of Holy Week, Mark shows us how several storylines begin to intersect. The construction of this narrative is significant. It starts and ends with the religious leaders plotting to kill Jesus, but it focuses on a genuine act of worship by an unnamed woman. Her story has been preserved for thousands of years […]
TUESDAY: THE LESSON OF THE FIG TREE
On Tuesday morning, as they were heading back into the city, the disciples saw that the fig tree Jesus had cursed had withered and died. Jesus’ response to them was very cryptic. Was he teaching his disciples how to move mountains? Or is there a deeper meaning? The lesson of the fig tree is a […]