All Episodes

141: When You've Experienced Church Hurt and Church Abuse

140: The Devil Doesn't Take the Summer Off...

139: What Season of Ministry Are You Experiencing?

138: Is Youth Ministry in the Bible?

137: Integrating Youth into the Church & Why Stay in Youth Ministry

136: Talking with Youth About School & Honoring Graduates

135: Practical Theology & Planning a Teaching Calendar

134 - Historical Theology in Youth Ministry & Responding When Youth Group Shrinks

133: Why Biblical Theology Matters in Youth Ministry

132: Teenagers and Mental Health, with Danny Kwon

131: Why Systematic Theology Matters & Ministering to Kids of Church Hoppers

130: Getting Students to Engage and Love One Another

129: Youth Culture & Fun and Games

128: Does our Delivery Matter?

127: What is (and isn't) Discipleship?

126: Should We Practice Communion & Baptism at Youth Group?

125: Apologetics & Favorite Teaching Series

124: Conducting Halftime Evaluations in Youth Ministry

123: Reflecting on 2025 & Teaching the Trinity to Youth

122: The State of Theology in Youth Ministry

121: Unexpected Skills Youth Workers Need

120: Rooted Conference Highlights & Pressure to Become "Real" Pastors

119: Teaching a Christmas/Advent Series & How Many Retreats Are Too Many

118: How Mike Prepares a Sermon

117: Gospel-Shaped Sanctification & Student Leadership

116: Talking With Students About Sexuality and Gender

115: Youth Ministry Failures & How to Not Be a Know-it-All

114: What is Gospel-Centered Teaching & Addressing Topical Issues

113: Training Volunteers & Building Trust

112: What is Discipleship & Should we Practice Digital Discipleship?

111: Risky Youth Ministry & Ministry to Students with Disabilities

110: Navigating Doubt and Deconstruction & Should we have Parents as Volunteers?

109: Cell Phones in Youth Group & Partnering with other Youth Groups

108: The Image of God and Youth Ministry, a preview of Mike's new book

107: Using Curriculum Well & Managing "Other Duties as Assigned"

106: What NOT to do in your first year

105: Youth Ministry as Catechesis & the YPT Curriculum!

104: Asking Good Questions, Chat GPT, Engaging Students with Scripture

103: Student Leadership, Book Recommendations, & Time Wasters

102: Missions Trips & Discouraged Youth Pastors

101: Podcast revamp, Our Ministry Journeys, D.Mins. and Spouses in Youth Ministry

100: Revisiting "What is a Youth Pastor Theologian" (Engle, Hartman, Tufano)

99: Equipping Youth to Live with Wisdom (Rich Griffith)

98: Building a Culture of Question-Asking in Youth Ministry (Valerie O'Brien)

97: Jesus is Worth It (Chris Morphew)

96: Teaching the Old Testament to Youth (Chelsea Erickson)

95: Speaking to Teenagers (Duffy Robbins)

94: Reflecting on the Asbury Outpouring (Zach Meerkreebs)

93: Theology of Art and Ministry to Artsy Youth (Melody Bellefeuille-Frost)

92: Trends in Youth Ministry (Walt Mueller)

91: The Church and Youth Sports (Paul Putz)

90: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Will Standridge)

89: The Significance of Eating Together (Seth Stewart)

88: The Best Teaching Advice I've Received (Kyle Hoffsmith)

87: Managing Expectations in Youth Ministry (Joseph Bradley)

86: Leading a Youth Ministry While in Seminary (Nick Hartman)

85: Apologetics and Doubt in Youth Ministry (Mary Jo Sharp)

84: Leading and Equipping Volunteers (Alex Tufano)

83: Translating Youth Culture for Student Discipleship (Evan Barber)

82: How to Respond When Teenagers Get Pregnant (Sara Loy)

81: Leading Youth to Lead Worship in Youth Ministry (Dorothy Lau)

80: Cultivating a Churchwide Commitment to Intergenerational Relationships (Annika Bangma)

79: How Catechesis Can Strengthen Your Discipleship (Skyler Flowers & Parker Hudson)

78: Discussing Gender and Sexuality with Youth (Andrew Bunt & Ashleigh Hull)

77: Ministry to Teen Boys (Jonathan Denton)

76: Calling Youth to a God-Centered Faith (Richard Ross)

75: Ministry to Kids in Crisis (Seth Teegarden)

74: Strengthening the Senior Pastor / Youth Pastor Relationship (Cody Busby)

73: Preaching that Connects (Matt Kim)

72: Revisiting Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (Kenda Creasy Dean)

71: Teaching Students the Doctrine of God (Malcom Yarnell)

70: Youth Ministry and Apologetics in Africa (Kevin Muriithi)

69: Contextualization in Youth Ministry (Mike Dicker)

68: Should Youth Ministry be Incarnational? (Tim Gough)

67: Post-Confirmation Discipleship in Norway (Bård Norheim)

66: Christian Universalism and GenZ (Andrew Slay)

65: Being God's Image (Carmen Joy Imes)

64: Preaching in Youth Ministry (John Gardner)

63: Ministry to Single Parent Families (Anna Meade Harris)

62. The Religious Lives of Australian Youth (Graham Stanton)

Episode 61: Practical Advice on Relational Youth Ministry (Joey Molloy)

Episode 60: Good Leadership in Youth Ministry (Beau Johnson)

Episode 59: So Much More Than Sex (Scott Stein)

Episode 58: Biblical Youth Ministry in Hard Places (Tim Beilharz)

Episode 57: More to the Story (Jennifer Kvamme)

Episode 56: How Can Youth Workers Partner with Parents (Anna Meade Harris)

Episode 55: Urban Youth Ministry and Theological Depth (Jordan Francis)

Episode 54: Discipling New Believers (Aaron Armstrong)

Episode 53: Video Games and Youth Ministry (Patrick Miller)

Episode 52: Intentional Youth Missions (Alison Woodrow)

Episode 51: Church Membership for Teenagers? (Justin Wong)

50th Episode!!! (Featuring Jason Engle, Alex Tufano, & Will Standridge)

Episode 49: Leading a Faithful Children’s Ministry (Sam Luce)

Episode 48: Avoiding Heresy at Christmas (Todd Miles)

Episode 47: Student Leadership as Discipleship (Doug Franklin)

Episode 46: Resources for Youth Workers (John Perritt, from RYM)

Episode 45: Ministry to Students with Disabilities (Sandra Peoples)

Episode 44: Evangelism as the Care of Souls (Sean McGever)

Episode 43: What is a Christian Worldview (Rhyne Putman)

Episode 42: Is Seminary Worth It? (Doug Ponder)

Episode 41: Inviting Anxious Teens into the Better Story (Liz Edrington)

Episode 40: Mike on the Hot Seat (with Hartman & Bradley)