"What does it take to be a leader?""
"Are you nervous when you find yourself in positions of leadership? Do you fear that you'll fumble the ball or otherwise embarrass yourself when given responsibility? Or do you love being at the command post and want to know how to sharpen your talents?"
""Leadership Ricks "is based on Student Leadership University's popular Leadership Rocks Conference held across the nation. At the end of this study you will be ready to live confidently for Christ and to speak the language of a leader. As an influencer for Christ, others will follow your lead, and you will be ready to step forward and become a godly student with a wide range of influence.
You'll learn that the keys to leadership are: VisionExecutionOptimismResponsibilityConsistencyTenacityIn this guide, Jay Stack will help you turn your aspirations into achievements and earn the right to influence others by utilizing the greatest leadership book ever written-God's Word.
Student Leadership University is committed to providing students with the tools they need to experience Scripture in their daily lives on six levels to see it, hear it, write it, memorize it, pray it, and share it. In addition, other elements such as the Private World Journal and exclusive leadership tips and discussion questions found throughout the SLU study guide series are designed to bring students to an intimate understanding of God and His Word. With the SLU study guides, students learn to walk in a genuine, personal faith in Christ instead of simply living on borrowed faith.
Features include: Learn to dig deep into God's Word.Provides guidance for real life.SLU is developing tomorrow's influencers to impact society as business men and women, ministers, missionaries, and political and community leaders.Addresses some of today's most relevant topics for teens.Perfect for students ages 14-19.

For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.

In this study guide, Dr. Strack and Ron Luce will take the student on a journey through the lives of teens such as David, Joseph, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Timothy, Mary, and others to discover what it takes to really make a difference in the world around you. They will teach students the importance of: having a powerful personal devotion time with God / keeping your mind protected and fortified / defending your faith / having accountability / honoring your parents / finding your purpose and living it out fearlessly

For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.

For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.

In Life, Dr. Strack and David Edwards will take the student on a journey to reveal that purity is more than the sum of what we don't do, but instead is an issue of how we live our lives day by day. Students will learn the foundations of living a pure life--mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally--and will be challenged to assess their own lives and discover how they can purposely make alternate choices that will enhance their growth in purity.

For over 20 years, Dr. Jay Strack has been working with young Christian leaders throughout the U.S. and teaching them have a better understanding of God's Word and His calling in their lives. The topics chosen for the Student Leadership University Study Guide Series represent part of the teaching model that Dr. Strack has developed over the years and address tough questions that young people are asking today.

In "Identity Theft: What Every Student Needs to Watch Out For," Dr. Strack encourages students to not lose their identity in Christ as they journey from adolescence to adulthood. Chapter titles include: Watch Where You Hang: Peer Pressure and the Crowd I Can't Remember What I Did: The Behavior Driven by Alcohol and Drugs Too Many Mistakes--I Give Up: Robbed by the Past Too Ashamed to Tell: Sexual Experiences and Experiments Not Me-I'm Too Dumb: Lack of Self-Confidence Club Chameleon: Changing Who You Are to Fit In It's Not My Fault: The Self-Destruction of Excuse Land Pharisees and Other Self-Help Groups: When Life is Just Rules and No Joy

Jesus calls students to a radical faith and commitment. This study guide challenges middle and high school students to courageously take a stand for their faith in their culture, and to make a positive impact at home, at school, on the team, and in their relationships. The time to make a difference is now--not when they graduate, get married, or get a job.

Students who follow Jesus cannot afford to equate "good works" with evangelism, and cannot view missions as something that is only done in other countries. Through this study guide, students will learn to share their faith in real and practical ways here and now with the people around them every day.

Features include:

• 8 sessions of study, easily adapted into two 4-week sessions
• Practical steps for students to engage with their culture from a biblical point of view
• Leader helps