THINK Volume 1: Culture
Today’s teenagers won’t accept merely being told information or the party line. They want to wrestle and explore—they want to be contributors and help develop their own set of beliefs. So rather than leave this process of exploration until their young adult years, a time when many of them will have left the Church, what if we purposefully came alongside our teens and helped them explore and own their beliefs while they’re still teenagers? That’s what THINK is all about.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture explores six divisive cultural topics from a biblical perspective: science versus creation, tattoos, alcohol and drugs, media, abortion, and tolerance/absolute truth. THINK is different from other curriculums because the goal is not to teach teens the correct answers. Instead, the intention is to invite your youth into a discussion with Christ, the Bible, and other people (including their peers, leaders, and parents) that will result in the best sort of spiritual wrestling match.
We can’t continue to spoon-feed our youth the answers they “need” to survive college or be a good person. Instead, we have to make the shift toward helping them own biblically informed views and opinions. THINK will deepen and personalize teens’ faith and give them the tools and resources they need to engage issues from a biblical perspective.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture includes:
A detailed overview of how to use THINK, as well a short leader video to frame your thinking
6 lessons that each contain— A leader’s guide with a list of resources and Scripture passages you can use to prepare, Sample emails to parents, Social media blurbs to promote the topics with your teenagers, Multiple options to start and end each lesson, Thorough discussion guides with multiple questions and resources for each Scripture and subtopic, A handout (which you can revise so it better fits your group) that will help teens continue exploring the topic on their own, A short video that provides insights and tips for how to facilitate the discussion of each lesson
Author: Jake Kircher
Jake Kircher has been working in youth ministry for 13 years as a pastor, writer, and speaker. He is the coauthor of 99 Thoughts on Marriage and Ministry and currently serves as the youth pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is married to Melissa, and they have two kids: Sean, 2, and Nora, 1.
Today’s teenagers won’t accept merely being told information or the party line. They want to wrestle and explore—they want to be contributors and help develop their own set of beliefs. So rather than leave this process of exploration until their young adult years, a time when many of them will have left the Church, what if we purposefully came alongside our teens and helped them explore and own their beliefs while they’re still teenagers? That’s what THINK is all about.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture explores six divisive cultural topics from a biblical perspective: science versus creation, tattoos, alcohol and drugs, media, abortion, and tolerance/absolute truth. THINK is different from other curriculums because the goal is not to teach teens the correct answers. Instead, the intention is to invite your youth into a discussion with Christ, the Bible, and other people (including their peers, leaders, and parents) that will result in the best sort of spiritual wrestling match.
We can’t continue to spoon-feed our youth the answers they “need” to survive college or be a good person. Instead, we have to make the shift toward helping them own biblically informed views and opinions. THINK will deepen and personalize teens’ faith and give them the tools and resources they need to engage issues from a biblical perspective.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture includes:
A detailed overview of how to use THINK, as well a short leader video to frame your thinking
6 lessons that each contain— A leader’s guide with a list of resources and Scripture passages you can use to prepare, Sample emails to parents, Social media blurbs to promote the topics with your teenagers, Multiple options to start and end each lesson, Thorough discussion guides with multiple questions and resources for each Scripture and subtopic, A handout (which you can revise so it better fits your group) that will help teens continue exploring the topic on their own, A short video that provides insights and tips for how to facilitate the discussion of each lesson
Author: Jake Kircher
Jake Kircher has been working in youth ministry for 13 years as a pastor, writer, and speaker. He is the coauthor of 99 Thoughts on Marriage and Ministry and currently serves as the youth pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is married to Melissa, and they have two kids: Sean, 2, and Nora, 1.
Today’s teenagers won’t accept merely being told information or the party line. They want to wrestle and explore—they want to be contributors and help develop their own set of beliefs. So rather than leave this process of exploration until their young adult years, a time when many of them will have left the Church, what if we purposefully came alongside our teens and helped them explore and own their beliefs while they’re still teenagers? That’s what THINK is all about.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture explores six divisive cultural topics from a biblical perspective: science versus creation, tattoos, alcohol and drugs, media, abortion, and tolerance/absolute truth. THINK is different from other curriculums because the goal is not to teach teens the correct answers. Instead, the intention is to invite your youth into a discussion with Christ, the Bible, and other people (including their peers, leaders, and parents) that will result in the best sort of spiritual wrestling match.
We can’t continue to spoon-feed our youth the answers they “need” to survive college or be a good person. Instead, we have to make the shift toward helping them own biblically informed views and opinions. THINK will deepen and personalize teens’ faith and give them the tools and resources they need to engage issues from a biblical perspective.
THINK, Volume 1: Culture includes:
A detailed overview of how to use THINK, as well a short leader video to frame your thinking
6 lessons that each contain— A leader’s guide with a list of resources and Scripture passages you can use to prepare, Sample emails to parents, Social media blurbs to promote the topics with your teenagers, Multiple options to start and end each lesson, Thorough discussion guides with multiple questions and resources for each Scripture and subtopic, A handout (which you can revise so it better fits your group) that will help teens continue exploring the topic on their own, A short video that provides insights and tips for how to facilitate the discussion of each lesson
Author: Jake Kircher
Jake Kircher has been working in youth ministry for 13 years as a pastor, writer, and speaker. He is the coauthor of 99 Thoughts on Marriage and Ministry and currently serves as the youth pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is married to Melissa, and they have two kids: Sean, 2, and Nora, 1.