All Episodes
Youth Pastor Theologian — 105 episodes
144: Six Commitments of Theological Youth Ministry
143: Ongoing Discipleship & Curriculum Preview
142: Raising Gen Alpha, with Dave Boden
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)