STUDENT LIFE MOVEMENT (SLM)

True Love Waits is not simply another Bible study for students on the topic of sex and virginity. It is a summons for the next generation of students to understand their sexuality in light of the gospel. When students realize how the gospel impacts their purity, their lives will be changed from the inside out. Once students pursue Christ through their sexual purity, they will demonstrate to the world around them that Jesus is the ultimate destination and desire of their hearts. Twenty years ago a small group of students in the Nashville area in USA committed themselves to Christ in the pursuit of purity. Little did they know that shortly thereafter there were going to be thousands of additional students join them in what came to be known as the movement of True Love Waits. Over the years True Love Waits has witnessed hundreds of thousands of young people commit their sexual purity to God, while at the same time offering the promise of hope and restoration in Christ for all...

Discipleship is a sexual issue. By this I mean it cannot be blind to gender. Our spiritual growth takes place within a male or female body so at some point we are led to consider the question: What does it look like, not simply to be a godly individual, but a godly male or female? What follows is a general overview of some of the current principles being taught in male discipleship as well as my own thoughts and synthesis from years of discipling men. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to speak to some men in our region. There were more than 250 guys in the room. We were seated in a coliseum setting with a table strategically placed in the middle. Many were in groups from their schools wondering what was in store for them. Most were expecting a talk of some sort, but few were ready for what took place. I stepped into the middle of the coliseum as an announcer does, preparing to describe the fight. With a loud, booming voice I called out to the men, igniting their passion ...

Hilarious clean comedy for the family I thought I would share my opinion of the 10 funniest Christian stand up comedians. What’s great about watching christian comedy is it’s clean and you can watch with your entire family. The list includes comedians Tim Hawkins, Chonda Pierce, Michael Junior, Ken Davis, Taylor Mason,  Brad Stine, Rich Praytor, Thor Ramsey, Jeff Allen and Aaron Wilburn. They were the funniest in the Christian comedy genre. If you haven’t watched Christian comedians before these guys will have you rolling. Benefits of Laughter This is Hilarious Christian humor at its best and the genre is only getting better all the time. It’s important to exercise our facial muscles and in Proverbs 17:22 it says, A merry heart doeth good [like] medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. One of laughters benefits is believed to include oxygenation of the blood, a bolstering of the immune system through heightened T-cell ...

Telling people to be themselves is wonderful advice... unless they actually try to take it. Telling people to be themselves is wonderful advice – unless they actually try to take it. Try it sometime. Try to be the real you – the authentic self that truly defines you. Where do you look for this version of yourself? How do you know when you’ve found it? And how can you tell when you are being “true to yourself”? Before interviews or first dates or the first day of school, we love to tell people to just “be yourself.” But what if the whole modern idea of being yourself is based on a myth – a lovely, popular, inspiring myth, but a myth nonetheless? Even worse, what if this myth doesn’t make us better people, but rather we become more self-absorbed and less confident in the process? Getting Lost Trying to Find Yourself Here’s the myth: you have a single, specific, unique, special identity called your “Self” buried inside you under all your insecurities, your conformity to societ...

“You sold yourself to Satan. Walk like me if you want to live," Jesus said to him in a vision. These are strong opening words for a man of God who has been to Hell and back more than once. This is a man who has been shot multiple times, survived a bullet to the back of the head, been left for dead and made it out of gang genocide still alive in a fashion that would have you thinking this story is the plot for an action/crime thriller. This is the story of former high-ranking Bloods member, now ministering emcee, King Dav$d, a.k.a. The Green Eyes. To say that David had a rough upbringing would be a stretch. Growing up in Lincoln Park, San Diego, California, David was exposed to gang violence, poverty, and destruction. His father was murdered in Compton, and his mother was killed when he was nine. He was then made a ward of the state because of the abuse he suffered from his mother’s lesbian lover in the household. According to David, his mother left the church and...