For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.In this study guide, Dr. Strack and Ron Luce will take the student on a jo...

If your foundation is faulty, how will you stand?We live in a "feel-good" culture. Somehow in a world where emotions were meant to enhance our lives we've allowed them to dominate. What's more, we're told that if we don't follow our feelings we're not being authentic. It is no wonder that this attitude follows us into our churches. As a result, when problems arise or good things don't happen as we expect, we question our faith, wondering why God doesn't care.

OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIESIt's never been tougher to be a teenager--or the parent of one. Thankfully, from your teen's first date to the next time they ask to borrow the car keys, this book will help you make the Bible your source for prayers that can powerfully influence your teen's life.Bestselling author and Bible teacher Jodie Berndt has walked and prayed through the teen years with her four children...

Since 1986, Ron Luce and Teen Mania have held huge events reaching millions of teens with the message of living completely abandoned lives for Christ. With the hearts, minds, and loyalties of today's teens more at risk than ever, it is imperative to fill their minds with the things of God. In Connecting with God, Luce provides engaging daily readings on topics of interest to teens, including friends, entertainment, parents, school, and more. For teens wanting a deeper relationship...

From social media to YouTube to TV to music, the media and celebrities are tirelessly and wirelessly trying to shape who are and who you will become. But God created you to create, to shape the culture around you instead of being shaped by it. He has given you a dream and the ability to make that dream a reality. Either you dream or you are controlled by others' dreams, the choice is yours. Are you ready to recreate your world?

An intense battle is raging for the hearts and minds of America's 33 million teenagers, the largest generation of teens in U.S. history. These teens have an enemy. He has crafted an offensive strategy, stealth tactics, sophisticated reconnaissance, and subtle propaganda. You only have to turn on your TV, talk to your teen's friends, go to the movies, or listen to the radio to catch a glimpse of his destructive campaign. Ron Luce is sounding the battle cry, calling parents and Christian lea...

Teens today face a bombardment of the glorification of promiscuous sex from every side. From MTV images and music lyrics to television programs popular with teens, the message communicated is that everyone is doing it and those abstaining from sex are abnormal. Friends with benefits has become too common, almost expected. Seeking to stand up for teens and exhort them to speak for sexual purity is the youth organization, Teen Mania. In Friends without Benefits, founder Ron Luce enc...

One of the greatest influences on teens is other teens. They listen to each other and learn from each other how to survive and thrive in their faith and in the world. Having the ear of hundreds of thousands of teens over the years, Ron and Katie Luce have insight into their worlds. In this unique book, they have invited select teens, including Honor Academy students and Teen Mania internship and missions trips alumni, to write from their hearts to their peers. These teens have penned fifty...

Imagine you are in the water, playing and frolicking about, floating. As you are laughing, talking with others and splashing about, you get a feeling you are riding high on a wave, but you are not overly concerned.Suddenly, you find yourself on top of an 80-foot wall of water that is cresting and crashing below you. In a panic, you try to paddle, swim and then violently thrash to get away from the inevitable tumult, but you are sucked under the wave. You lose all orientation of up ...

Parents, pastors, youth pastors, and all concerned adults will welcome this 6 week small group Bible study guide. Together with the companion ReCreate Your World DVD, this guide will bring hope into the lives of those who dare to step out of the status quo of quiet Christianity and make a massive difference by dreaming and using their God given creativity to reshape culture. Dare to dream of what could happen when we all choose to recreate!

When Teens Pray richly demonstrates how God has intervened as teenagers have sought Him. Each chapter features true-life stories of the power of teens' prayers as they intercede for their high schools, families, and friends; as they pray on the mission field; and as they deal with the struggles of adolescence. "God links" -- dynamic prayer strategies supplied throughout the book -- help the reader connect with God. These amazing stories demonstrate that teenagers don't have to finish colle...

Why Leave Your Child's Life to ChanceWhen You Can Give It to God?Stormie Omartian and her husband, Michael, spent 20 years raising their children...and more than 40 years praying for them. Now, in 32 short, easy-to-read chapters, Stormie shares how you can pray through each stage of your child's life, from early childhood to adulthood. Learn how to put your child's life in God's loving hands in such areas as his or hersafetywalk with ...