CPYU

10/10/2026

What does it mean to be saved? It's an important question. . . and here's an answer. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/are-you-saved-might-not-be-the-right-question-2/

I recently heard a theologian say that he has stopped trying to discern whether people he meets and knows are believers by asking them, “Are you saved?” Instead, he asks them this question: “Is Christ living in you?” He explained… Read More

10/07/2026

There's still time to register! . . . but do so soon! We get started next week and once you're registered we want to snail mail you a couple of resources we'll be referring to during our time together! https://cpyu.org/cohorts/

Introduction How can we nurture our families, children, and teens into pursuing a growing passion for engaging in whole-life, biblically-faithful Christian discipleship as they navigate the difficult challenges of living to God’s glory in a rapidly changing culture? As youth… Read More

10/07/2026

As an alarming youth culture trend, this is getting bigger and bigger. Take a minute to learn more on today's Youth Culture Today podcast. . .

Parents, the world is full of distractions for our teens, and some can be more dangerous than they appear. While we teach them values rooted in faith, we must also be aware of the modern cultural challenges they face. One… Read More

10/06/2026

Kids today (and adults) are consuming more media content than ever before. Should our Christian faith frame the way we consume and process media? Yep! On this episode of Youth Culture Matters we talk about a process we can use to disciple our kids into developing the lifelong skills of wisdom and discernment that will equip them to think critically and Christianly about music and media! . . .

Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Josh GoodChristian EndeavorHippos to Honeybees Starter KitCPYU Research FellowsHow To Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart:… Read More

10/06/2026

Giving a shout out with gratitude to our friends at Lancaster's WJTL FM 90.3 for being our hometown partner with our daily "Youth Culture Today" 1-minute radio spot. You can catch it on WJTL every weekday at 12:22pm! If you're not in our listening area, check your local Christian radio station for air time, or you can listen online at cpyu.org or at wjtl.com

10/06/2026

What does it mean to "love not the world" (I John 2:15)? Here's a helpful explanation from Martyn Lloyd-Jones: "Clearly the very text and the whole teaching of the Bible show that it must mean the organization and the mind and the outlook of mankind as it ignores God and does not recognize Him and as it lives a life independent of Him, a life that is based upon this world and this life only. It is the whole outlook upon life that is exclusive of God." ("Walking With God, 84-85).

10/05/2026

Some good advice and direction on youth sports. . .

Sports is a good thing, not an ultimate thing. We've lost our way when we idolize youth sports, and it hurts our kids in so many ways.

10/05/2026

What do we lose when our kids don't babysit like kids used to? Find out on today's 1-minute Youth Culture Today podcast. . . https://cpyu.org/podcasts/recovering-baby-sitting-culture-2/

In a recent edition of the Kids Today online newsletter, correspondent Anna North asked, “What do we lose when teens don’t babysit?” In her article, North tells us how the teenage baby-sitting culture has changed over the years, with fewer… Read More

10/03/2026

A word on the greatest legacy and inheritance parents must leave their children. . . from Psalm 78:1-7. . .
1 O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
2 for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
6 so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.

10/03/2026

If Augustine had to encourage people back in his pre-digital-social-media world to step away from noise and diversion, imagine how necessary his words are to those of us who are imprisoned without even knowing it to a world of noise and diversions: "Let us leave a little room for reflection, room too for silence. Enter into yourself, and leave behind all noise and confusion. Look within yourself. See whether there be some delightful hidden place in your consciousness where you can be free of noise and argument, where you need not be carrying on your disputes and planning to have your stubborn way. Hear the word in quietness, that you may understand it." (Sermon 52,22).