A Different College Experience: Following Christ in College

by Brian Mills, Ben Trueblood

Overview

For many, the college experience is defined by drinking, sex, impulsive decision-making, and a journey of self discovery. It's packaged as a consequence-free zone to have the "best time of your life." But the reality is that what happens in college doesn't stay in college. There are real, lasting consequences to your decisions.

Student ministry leaders Ben Trueblood and Brian Mills have seen this firsthand. With decades of student-ministry leadership under their belts, they have seen too many lives fall apart because of the world's view of what the college experience should be.

You don't have to have that kind of college experience.

Fortunately, just as the gospel redeems all of life, the gospel redeems the college experience. It tells us there is another way. In this book, Ben and Brian provide a biblical and practical guide for how you can have a fun, joy-filled, and spiritually enriching college experience while avoiding the pitfalls that have captured so many before you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462794249
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/15/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.30(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Ben Trueblood serves as director of Student Ministry for LifeWay Christian Resources. He has twenty years of student ministry experience, thirteen of which were spent in the local church as a student pastor. Ben is the author of Student Ministry that Matters and is involved in training, consulting, and speaking to student ministries across the United States. Ben and his wife Kristen have four children: Jonathan, Avery, Josiah, and Adrienne.

Brian Mills serves as the college pastor at Cross Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, which reaches over 1,000 college students and young adults each week. Brian also serves as one of the chaplains for the University of Arkansas football team. He has authored three books and travels the country as a communicator of the gospel. He has led some of the largest student ministries in the country, along with serving as a teaching pastor since he began in full-time ministry in 1999. Brian is happily married to Jennifer and they have two awesome children, McKenna and Parker.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part 1 New Beginnings 1

Chapter 1 What Is the Gospel? 3

Chapter 2 Life with the Gospel 15

Part 2 Identity 29

Chapter 3 Your View of God and God's View of You 31

Chapter 4 How You View You 41

Part 3 The Church 51

Chapter 5 The Church: What It Is and What It Does 53

Chapter 6 Your Role in the Church 63

Chapter 7 Discipleship and Disciple-Making 73

Part 4 Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them 81

Chapter 8 What Is Wisdom? 83

Chapter 9 Gaining Wisdom 91

Chapter 10 Living Wisely 101

Part 5 Relationships 109

Chapter 11 Guardrails 111

Chapter 12 Temptation 125

Chapter 13 Identifying the One 135

Part 6 A Foundation for Success 149

Chapter 14 The Value of Hard Work 151

Chapter 15 Trial and Error 161

Chapter 16 Greater Is He! 173

Conclusion 179