The Greatest Thing in All My Life As I was finishing my Master’s Degree at Wheaton College in 1979 I began to think about where to start in ministry. Chi Alpha (XA) Read More » Jack Smart September 17, 2013
Ordained In my Bible reading I have been in a well, um, shall we say, less than thrilling portion of scripture; the book of Numbers. Now Read More » Jack Smart April 2, 2013
Are you getting the results you should? I believe that almost everyone who works at Teen Challenge is an idealist. By that I mean that we believe that anyone who comes through Read More » Jack Smart January 3, 2013
“For the People had a Mind to Work” I find this quote from Nehemiah 4:6 to be one of the most encouraging and important phrases in the scriptures. It describes the single-minded camaraderie Read More » Jack Smart May 2, 2012
Try a "New View" The New Year is upon us and with will come the numerous, often dreaded, and sometimes silly New Year’s’ Resolutions. If I had to guess, Read More » Jack Smart January 13, 2012
From Bondage to… Bondage? In my years of Teen Challenge ministry I struggled many times with a great dilemma: how to teach students to live an overcoming life without Read More » Jack Smart October 4, 2011
Remembering Brother Dave with Jack Smart One of the most significant Christian leaders of our time, a great hero of the faith, Rev. David Wilkerson, passed away on April 27 in Read More » Jack Smart July 30, 2011
Loss of Rev. David Wilkerson The family of Teen Challenge USA is immeasurably saddened today at the loss of our founder, Rev. David Wilkerson. Rev. Wilkerson was killed in a Read More » Jack Smart April 27, 2011
The God of Surprises God is a God of the unexpected. Just ask Abraham and Sarah about parenthood or Moses about leadership or Paul (originally Saul) about preaching the Read More » Jack Smart November 23, 2010