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When you think about the state of youth ministry today, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you cheer or fear? Is the glass half full or half empty? Mark Oestreicher offers a fresh take on what’s right in youth ministry—and discovers that perhaps things aren’t as broken as some of us might have thought.

Small-Group Leader's Quick Guide to (Almost) Everything is a practical resource for small-group leaders who want to make a big difference in the lives of teenagers and point them to Jesus.

99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders delivers insights, tips, and veteran advice for anyone leading a small group. Youth leaders will be better equipped and more confident with these bite-sized pieces of wisdom.

Few areas of Christian ministry are as intense, unpredictable, and chaotic as junior high ministry. Read Controlled Chaos: Making Sense of Junior High Ministry to gain a little bit of hope and help so you can effectively serve the middle school students in your church.

Bigger Badder Board Games takes childhood favorites like Ker-Plunk™ and Candy Land™ and transforms them into exciting crowd-breakers and main events that can lead to transformative conversations about life and faith.

In True Feelings: God's Gracious and Glorious Purpose for Our Emotions, a mother-daughter team clears away common misconceptions and mixed messages about our feelings to offer us a biblical perspective on emotions— helping us understand how they work, why we feel what we feel, and how to develop good emotional habits.

Unashamed: Healing Our Brokenness and Finding Freedom From Shame invites us to not only be healed of our own shame but also be a part of healing for others. Through the gospel, we discover the only real and lasting antidote to shame: exchanging our shame for the righteousness of Christ alongside others on this same journey.

Engage: Impacting a Hostile World is a 4-session Bible study that will challenge your students with a call to impact the world around them in the name of Christ.

Focus: A 6-Lesson Study on the Book of Colossians teaches your students that, even in a chaotic world, Christ is to be the focus of who they are—the very center of their attention and affection.

Vivid: A 6-Lesson Study on the Book of James will challenge your students to evaluate their faith and their actions, to identify where the two don't match up, and to prayerfully make the necessary changes to live a life of vivid faith.

Proof: A 6-Lesson Study on the Book of John will help your students see exactly who Christ is through His powerful teaching, His amazing miracles, and His death and resurrection.

Reach: A 6-Lesson Study on the Book of Psalms will teach teenagers how "alive" their communication with God can be by looking at examples of various ways they can reach out to God. They will also be reminded of how powerfully God reaches out to them.

The Book Study Trio includes 18 weeks of Bible-centered, Gospel-proclaiming Bible studies covering the books of John, James, and Colossians.

The Book Study Bundle is a 12-session bundle that includes two 6-lesson Bible studies covering the books of James and John.

The 36-Week Bible Study Bundle includes seven four-week and six-week Bible studies. This bundle's 36 weeks of Bible-centered curriculum is easy to teach and will lead students closer to Christ.

Jesus And Identity: A 4-Lesson Bible Study, one of 13 Jesus Studies Bible studies, will teach students what Jesus meant when He challenged them to be salt and light, and they’ll be reminded that Jesus defines greatness differently than the world. This Bible study will help students discover who Jesus intends them to be.

Jesus and Culture: A 4-Lesson Bible Study, one of the 13 Jesus Studies Bible studies, helps students understand how to live as Christ-followers in the world they find themselves living in: being separate from the world but still living in it, how they're affected by media and entertainment, and embracing holiness in their interactions with culture.

Jesus and Your Image: A 4-Lesson Bible Study, one of the 13 Jesus Studies Bible studies, will teach your students how to project a Christ-centered image to the world.

Jesus and Loving Others: A 4-Lesson Bible Study will teach your students that loving others is second only to loving God, and that as Christ-followers, their very identity is to be defined by their love for others.

Jesus and Stuff: A 4-Lesson Bible Study will teach your students that it’s impossible to both love their stuff and truly love God, that stuff doesn’t add any real meaning to their life, and that they have to learn to see their stuff as God’s to be used as He sees fit.

Jesus and Your Faith: A 4-Lesson Bible Study looks at four examples of Jesus’ teachings on faith. Your students will understand exactly what faith in Christ is supposed to look like, how this faith impacts their lives, and how their faith is a vehicle for impacting the world in Jesus’ name.

Jesus and Tough Times: A 4-Lesson Bible Study will teach your students that when they experience tough times, they should express their emotions to God in real, honest ways, that faith in Jesus and His ability to lead them through trials is what will get them through tough times, and that Jesus stands ready to offer comfort to them in the midst of their tough times.

Jesus and Your Influence: A 4-Lesson Bible Study will teach your students that Jesus desires to use their influence to positively impact the world for God, that real influence comes when they put other’s needs before our own, and that the ultimate use of their influence is leading others to Christ.