Ben Young serves as the senior pastor of Second Baptist Church.
A prolific reader and writer, Ben is the author of several books, including Room for Doubt, The Ten Commandments of Dating, and Devotions for Dating Couples. In his latest book, Survive the Day, he draws from personal experiences to offer insights into not only surviving each dark day but also living every day in ways that make a person stronger, wiser, and more at peace.
Ben has served as chaplain for the Houston Astros and has hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show. In his free time, he enjoys surfing and practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Ben and his wife, Krissie, have six children and 2 grandchildren.
There's a civil war raging inside each of us between good and evil. God calls us to freedom, not to indulge selfish desires, but to love and serve others. Stay on the offense: worship, walk in commun…
Running the race of grace: Start with the cross, stay fueled by prayer, crash through quitting points. When you hit the wall, surrender to God. Proclaim His goodness to others. Fix your eyes on Jesus…
Are you truly free? Freedom isn't doing whatever we want, but being set free from what enslaves us. Listen to God, lean into His grace, and live a life of love. In Christ, we find true freedom.
Freedom starts with resting in Christ, not striving. We're children of promise, not slaves to the law. Stop flexing, start resting. Your acceptance comes from God's grace, not your performance. Rest …
Death can come at any time and rip future chapters out of someone's life. When we embrace that reality rather than denying it, it can give us the passion to make better choices in our life right now.…
One of life’s biggest questions is – what happens to us when we die? For Christ-followers, the Bible tells us we will be resurrected one day as Christ was resurrected. But what kind of resurrection b…
God has designed us to be goal-oriented people. And our ultimate goal should be to find His purpose for our life and live it out. But how do we face and fight the forces inside and outside of ourselv…
When God created this world there was order until one man, Adam, brought disorder and chaos through one decision to rebel against God. But all is not lost because one man, Jesus Christ, made one deci…
When we trust in Christ as our Savior, we become resurrection people because we believe God brings dead things back to life. His forgiveness of the wrong things we’ve done gives us a fresh start, a n…
Sometimes storms hit our life, perhaps some we've created and we hit rock bottom - the lowest point in our life. All hope is gone with no way to recover and move on. But paradoxically, hitting rock b…
The resurrection of Christ is the greatest fresh start this world has ever known. Grounded in reality and attested to by eyewitnesses, it's based on firsthand empirical evidence. You don't have to pa…
It's very difficult to handle possessions, success and wealth in ways that please God because that's how we keep score in our culture. So when is enough, enough? We are tempted to let greed take over…
Change is difficult. It's easy to get stuck in old habits, behaviors and attitudes. But when God wants to do a new thing in our life, it will always involve change, conflict and possibly some chaos b…
Many of us were afraid of the dark as children but today there seems to be a sense of darkness that has enveloped our world and the culture, creating fear and anxiety. Jesus Christ calls His follower…
Many of us were afraid of the dark as children but today there seems to be a sense of darkness that has enveloped our world and the culture, creating fear and anxiety. Jesus Christ calls His follower…
Change is difficult. It's easy to get stuck in old habits, behaviors and attitudes. But when God wants to do a new thing in our life, it will always involve change, conflict and possibly some chaos b…
If you had to live your life all over again, what would you do differently? Take more risks or do more things that make a lasting impact? How about harnessing the power of reflection to bring power, …
There can be times when we feel like life has picked us up and hurled us far from where we want to be. We feel stuck, surrounded by fear and frustration as we struggle to move forward again. But God’…
We’re all searching—for meaning, for purpose, for something more. Pastor Ben Young unpacks two short parables from Matthew 13 that reveal our deepest desire: to find something of infinite value. Whet…
Ever feel like life threw you so far off course you’ll never get back? In this powerful and encouraging message, Pastor Ben Young shares how God meets us right where we are—whether we’re moving at a …