Kevin DeYoung encourages youth leaders to remember that reaching the next generation will not be done through relevant pop culture references or harnessing the power of social media.
Ana Ávila emphasizes that we each have just the right amount of time to do what God wants us to do, walking through several key productivity principles that will help us manage our time wisely.
Jeremy Treat talks about how the doctrine of atonement is often misunderstood by believers and unbelievers alike and about the impact that it should make on our day to day lives as followers of Christ.
Susan Hunt reflects back on decades spent working to nurture the practice of Christian mentoring and shares her personal experience of mentoring others and being mentored herself.
Matt Tully
You currently serve as a pastor in Lusaka, Zambia, and my guess is that many, or most, of our listeners don’t know a lot about Zambia. Could you just tell us a little bit about your country and city that you live and minister in?
Conrad Mbewe
Zambia is a land-locked country, so we don’t have any access to the sea or ocean. It’s somewhere between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn right in the middle there surrounded by about eight countries. It’s got a population of about 15 million people. We have many small tribes and languages, and we’ve got about 70 dialects that make up our entire nation. English is our major language of communication. We were once colonized by the British, and so it was decided after independence to keep the English language. As you already said, I live and minister in Lusaka. It’s the capital city, and it’s got a tenth of the population for the whole country roughly 1.5 million people. We have people from all over the country