#24 - Sean McDowell // The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast

Check out our NEW Resources: - Take your youth ministry through our NEW 4-part curriculum, "Hard Questions: Examining Gender, Sexuality, and Identity through a Gospel Lens": https://store.dare2share.org/products/hard-questions - Greg's full blog, entitled "Love and Truth": http://www.gregstier.org/love-and-truth/ - Learn how to further bridge the gap and have Gospel conversations around this topic with our blog, "Gender, Sexuality, and the Gospel": http://www.dare2share.org/sharing-the-gospel/gender-sexuality-and-the-gospel/   In this episode, Greg is joined by friend, author, and professor, Sean McDowell, who is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. They dive into how to engage with people who identify as LGBTQ, by loving them, sharing the Gospel with them, and speaking biblical truth with kindness. They are joined later by Brady Cone, a man whose life and sexuality were transformed by the Gospel and who now has a passion to equip Christians to navigate sexuality issues with both clarity and compassion.   About The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast: Being a youth pastor can be a massive challenge on top of everything a youth leader must do today to help their youth ministry. Greg Stier has over thirty years of youth ministry experience and is here to help you with your youth group. The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast is all about helping youth leaders by using biblical analysis, stories from his own life, profiling leaders in youth ministry, and bringing in other experts in the Christian world. This is the perfect resource to learn how to be a youth leader with new episodes dropped on the last Tuesday of every month.   About Greg: Greg Stier is a champion for unleashing this generation with the Gospel. As the founder of Dare 2 Share Ministries, he is driven to help the Church activate Christian teenagers to reach their friends. In the last 30 years, Greg has trained millions of youth leaders and students on how to relationally engage their world with the Good News of Jesus. A much sought-after speaker, Greg is a former pastor, church planter, youth leader, as well as author of numerous books. https://connect.dare2share.org/podcast​ Follow Greg Stier on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greg.stier/​ Follow Greg Stier on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregstier​ Follow Greg Stier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregstier/​   About Dare 2 Share: Teenagers desperately need the hope of Christ and their peers are the best possible messengers of that hope. Imagine what could happen in our communities if every teen, everywhere, heard the Gospel from a friend. That’s why Dare 2 Share comes alongside the Church to help equip teens to share their faith and youth leaders to build youth ministries that advance the Gospel. For nearly 30 years, Dare 2 Share has been a leader in evangelism training resources and events, helping youth leaders overcome the challenges of building a thriving youth ministry that advances the Gospel and consistently reaches teenagers with the message of Jesus Christ.   About Sean McDowell: Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. He connects with audiences in a tangible way through humor and stories while imparting hard evidence and logical support for viewing all areas of life through a Biblical worldview. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Traveling throughout the United States and abroad, Sean speaks at camps, churches, schools, universities, and conferences. He is the co-host of the Think Biblically podcast, which is one of the most popular podcasts on faith and cultural engagement. Sean is the author, co-author, or editor of over twenty books including Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful Approach to God’s Design for Marriage (with John Stonestreet), Is God Just a Human Invention? (with Jonathan Morrow) and Understanding Intelligent Design (with William A. Dembski) http://seanmcdowell.org https://www.youtube.com/@SeanMcDowell