On December 26, 2016 By Steve Jeffery In Family and Children, Theology, Wisdom 1

Raising Expectations

A few weeks ago, the young people at Emmanuel Evangelical Church in North London organised a conference to share with the wider church their own aspirations to stop thinking of themselves as overgrown children and instead to grow towards greater maturity in Christ. The conference was called Raising Expectations, with talks on The Myth of Adolescence, Godly Ambition, Motivation, and Taking Risks, and the videos are now online below.

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About the Author / Steve Jeffery

Steve is the Minister of Emmanuel Evangelical Church in London, England. He co-authored Pierced for Our Transgressions (IVP, 2007), a defence of the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, and The Cross (10 Publishing, 2012), an introduction to the message of the cross. He has lectured and debated in a variety of settings including universities and conferences in the UK, Europe and America. He has appeared on Premier Christian Radio and BBC Radio 4’s Beyond Belief, and he blogs at www.northlondonchurch.org. He and his wife Nicole have three children. His other loves include jazz, coffee, cricket, chess, scotch whisky, and Jonathan Edwards.