Cameron Cole
Cameron Cole has been the Director of Youth Ministries at the Cathedral Church of the Advent since December of 2005, and in January of 2016 his duties expanded to include Children, Youth, and Families. He is the founding chairman of Rooted Ministry, an organization that promotes gospel-centered youth ministry. He is the co-editor of Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practice Guide (Crossway, 2016). Cameron is the author of Therefore, I Have Hope: 12 Truths that Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy (Crossway, 2018), which won World Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year (Accessible Theology) and was runner up for The Gospel Coalition’s Book of the Year (First-Time Author). Cameron has a B.A. in Latin and English and an M.A. in Education, all from Wake Forest; he recently completed his Masters in Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary.
Posts by Cameron Cole
Three Truths I Want Teenagers to Know Amidst War in Ukraine
Current Events
Hope
Sin
Rooted’s Most Read 2021: Preparing Christian Children for the Transgender Moment
Boys
Gender and Sexuality
Girls
Image of God
Transgender
Rooted’s Most Read 2021: What Do We Tell Our Children About the Storming of the Capitol?
Politics
Ministry to Young Women Is Not A “Check Your Brains at the Door” Endeavor
Bible Teaching
Marginalized
Women in Ministry
Preparing Christian Children for the Transgender Moment
Boys
Gender and Sexuality
Girls
Image of God
Youth Ministry Can’t Keep Focusing on the Wrong Numbers
Bible Teaching
Discipleship
Gospel-Centered
Practical Ministry Tools
Small Groups
Parents, Just Turn Off the News (Responsibly)
Leadership
Social Media
What Do We Tell Our Children About the Storming of the Capitol?
Politics
Rooted’s Most Read: The Hard Truth Every Youth Pastor Must Accept About Covid-19
COVID
Leadership
Relational Discipleship
Rooted’s Most Read: The Ethical Lesson for the Young in the Corona-Crisis
Gospel-Centered
Justice
Law
Moralism
Obedience
Our Humble Ask
Cameron Cole on the Value of Pain and Suffering- Rooted 2020
Isaiah
Rooted 2020
Suffering
The Hard Truth Every Youth Pastor Must Accept about COVID-19
Leadership
Relational Discipleship
Don’t Forget This Key Ingredient for Youth Ministry Talks
Bible Teaching
Teaching
Leading Kids to Authentic Growth in Matters of Race
Grace
Law
Race
Sin
Gospel Centrality in the Time of Covid-19
Five Pillars
Gospel-Centered
Theology
Five Ways Parents Can Stay Sane During the Corona-Crisis
COVID
Parenting
Relationships
Therefore I Have Hope- A Video Devotion Series with Cameron Cole, Part Three
Grief
Heaven
Joy
Serve
Suffering
Therefore I Have Hope: A Video Devotion Series with Cameron Cole, Part Two
Character of God
Doubt
Grief
Hope
Relationships
Sin
Suffering
The Ethical Lesson for the Young in the Corona-Crisis
Justice
Law
Moralism
Obedience
Therefore I Have Hope- A Video Devotion Series with Cameron Cole, Part One
Gospel-Centered
Grace
Grief
Hope
Resurrection
Youth Leader, What’s In Their Suitcase During This Crisis?
The Unique Ministry Opportunity in the Coronavirus Tragedy
Death
Technology
First Books of the Bible for Young Christians to Read
Bible Teaching
Scripture
Teaching
Rooted’s Most Read 2019: Four Things Youth Workers Would Tell Parents About Teenagers, Social Media, and Technology
Culture
Parenting
Social Media
Technology
Teenagers
Rooted’s Most Read 2019: Hope Amidst College Admissions Insanity
Anxiety
College
Idolatry
Parenting
Sacrifice
Rescued By the Good Shepherd: Day Fourteen, 2019 Christmas Devotional for Students
Christmas
Ezekiel
Promises of God
Prophecy
HTH: Dr. Greg Lanier’s Redemptive-Historical Bible Reading Plan
Bible Teaching
Rooted 2019
Rooted Conference
How Law and Grace (Blissfully) Inform My Fathering a Daughter
Fathers
Girls
Grace
Law
Relational Discipleship
HTH: 9 Important Insights About Generation Z
Gen Z
The Narrative of Hope
Grief
Hope
Suffering
Hope Amidst College Admissions Insanity
Anxiety
College
Idolatry
Parenting
Sacrifice
Four Things Youth Workers Would Tell Parents About Teenagers, Social Media, and Technology
Culture
Parenting
Social Media
Technology
Teenagers
HTH: Six Lies that Pornography Teaches Kids
Pornography
A Basic Strategy for Pastoring to Kids in Tragedy: Four Tips
Grief
Relational Discipleship
Suffering
Where Will Weary Teenagers Find Rest, If Not at Youth Group?
Anxiety
Depression
Grace
Mental Health
A Letter to Teenagers Beginning Sorority Recruitment
College
Culture
Youth Ministry’s Historical Temptation to Compromise on Biblical Truth
Culture
Youth Ministry
Five Easy Ways Churches Can Transition Kids to College
College
Five Lessons about Justice, Race, and the Gospel from MLK50 in Memphis
Current Events
Injustice
Justice
Race
Reconciliation
Grace Changes Everything
Evangelism
Grace
Humility
Gender Warriors Aren’t Helping Kids (But the Church Hasn’t Helped Much Either)
Church
Current Events
Gender and Sexuality
HTH: Spiritual Practices Common to Kids Who Thrive as Adults
HTH: Teaching Christ in All of Scripture
Preaching
Scripture
We Must Never Forget Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Reformation
Youth Ministry
The Number One Lie the World Tells Our Kids Today
Culture
Worldview
Roy Moore and Misrepresentation of Biblical Christianity
Culture
Politics
The Best Gift We’ve Ever Received
The Flawed History of Youth Ministry in Less than 400 Words
Youth Ministry
The Number One Predictor of Whether a Teenager Will Attend Church as an Adult
Avoidable Tragedy
Flip the Statistic
Rooted: Please Pardon Our Progress
We Must Never Forget Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Reformation
Youth Ministry
HTH: Cheap Sex and the Decline of Marriage
Theology of the Cross vs. Glory: How We Theologically Misunderstand Our Kids (Rooted 2017 Workshop Preview)
Rooted 2017
Theology
Five Truths We Must Tell Our Kids in a World of Political Chaos and Madness
Culture
Politics
Mystery and Lament: When It Looks Like Your Child’s Life is Falling Apart (Rooted Parent Repeat)
Faith
Parenting
HTH: The Excuses We Make to Avoid Evangelizing
Part Two: Attacking the Lie of Individualism with Our Kids
Culture
Worldview
The Number One Lie the World Tells Our Kids Today
Culture
Worldview
HTH: The Apostate’s Creed
Making Sure Kids Know the Gospel: A Gospel Catechism for Teenagers
Discipleship
Hope this Helps: Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs with Smartphones?
Hope this Helps: How Smartphones and Social Media are Changing Christianity
Technology
Practically Speaking: Message-Length and Different Age Groups
Youth Ministry
Hope this Helps: Praying for Unreached People Groups
Prayer
Mystery and Lament: When It Looks Like Your Child’s Life is Falling Apart (Rooted Parent)
Parenting
Hope this Helps: The Best Commentaries for Every Book of the Bible
Four Signs Your Message Has a “Sticky Gospel”
Gospel-Centered
Youth Ministry
Hope this Helps: 10 Things You Should Know about Union with Christ
The Gospel is About a Parent and a Child
Parenting
Why Should We Stress Grace in Youth Ministry?
Gospel-Centered
Grace
Youth Ministry
Leading Children Toward Peace in a Boiling Pot of Violence, Hate, and Hostility
Hope this Helps: The Problem of Youth Pastor Turnover
How “Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide” Came to Be
Gospel-Centered
Youth Ministry
Hope this Helps: ‘Screenagers’
Social Media
Technology
HTH: Why Kids Today Are Out of Shape, Disrespectful, and In Charge
Parenting
Hope this Helps: Call Your Former Students
Thanksgiving for Rooted
Podcast
Cameron Cole: Good News for People Pleasers
Rooted Youth Ministry
HTH: How Parents Might be Teaching the Prosperity Gospel
HTH: Post-Youth Ministry Retention Rates
Hey Kids, You’re Being Lied to About Sex
Sex
HTH: What We Can Learn About Community & Loneliness from PTSD
HTH: The NFL Team that is Solving Millennials
HTH: The Devotional I Give Graduates
HTH: God’s Inefficiency
Rooted 2015: Pursuing the Ultimate Youth Ministry Conference
Rooted 2015
HTH: Is Christianity a Religion of Losers?
Church
Three Students I’m Always Speaking To
Teaching
The Stars of Rooted
Rooted 2014
It’s Time To Bench Virginity Pledges
Sex
HTH: Prolonged Adolescence
HTH: Teen Doubt Study
HTH: Ed Stetzer on Youth Who “Drop Out” of the Church
Where Will Weary Teenagers Find Rest, If Not at Youth Group?
Anxiety
HTH: Tenth Avenue North Testimony
HTH: The Problem with Rich Kids
Hail Mary, Blessed Art Thou Among Skeptics
Christmas
Rooted2014 Audio: Cameron Cole on Hope for the Hopeless
Rooted 2014
HTH: Take Me to Church
Hope This Helps: Vulnerability and Relationship
HTH: Online Commentary
Addressing Youth’s Questions About Biblical Inconsistency
Books to Teach in Jr. High Youth Ministry: Mark
School
Best of Rooted: Preaching NOW for Instant Gratification Generation
How Youth Ministry Can Change the World
Gospel-Centered
New to Youth Ministry
Resources
Love is Really Stinkin’ Hard
Missions
Three Books This Youth Minister Reads Every Year
Resources
What We’re Saying When We Don’t Mention the Gospel
Suffering
Busy All the Time: Part 3: Five Practical Steps for Parents in Resisting Over-Scheduling
Heart
Time
Busy All the Time: Part 1: The Fallout from Over-Programming Children
Heart
Time
Rooted 2013 Audio: Cameron Cole- “Johnny Manziel, Martin Luther, and the Goodness of Badness”
Contact Work, Teens, and the Expectation of Condemnation
Youth Group Culture
Youth Ministry
The Courage to Do Youth Ministry with Integrity
Youth Ministry
Rooted 2013 Recall
Rooted 2013
Comfort Idols and the Difference Between Productivity and Activity
Idolatry
Youth Ministry
Rooted 2013: One Week to Register
Rooted 2013
Titles for Rooted 2013 Talks Released
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: Atlanta Area Discount
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: What Are Your Teenagers Feeling?
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: How Is Youth Ministry Done at Redeemer Presbyterian
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: Ministry During Shattered Glass Moments
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: A Unique, Chill Conference
Rooted 2013
Rooted 2013: Price Increases on Sunday
Rooted 2013
What I Learned From the Boston Bombing
Current Events
Evangelism
Prayer
Rooted: What Are We All About?
Discipleship
Gospel-Centered
Missions
Relationships
Youth Ministry
Fear, Patience, and Prayer in Discipling Kids
Discipleship
Fear
Patience
Prayer
Sovereignty
The World’s Half-Truths for Teens Pt.5: “I Am Generally Good”
Comparison
Half Truths
Righteousness
Sin
Why Kids Abandon the Church (audio)
Discipleship
Grace
Resisting the Urge to Do Cutting Edge Youth Ministry
Holy Spirit
Prayer
Scripture
Worship
Youth Ministry
What Are Youth Ministries For: Pt.3-The Overhaul of Belief System
Core Beliefs
Discipleship
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Preaching
Revelation
Teaching
Worldview
Youth Ministry
Ministry Across America: American South
Core Beliefs
Culture
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Politics
Youth Ministry
Comforting Words for New Youth Ministers – Part 5: Where Your Credibility Comes From
Holy Spirit
New to Youth Ministry
Patience
Righteousness
Where We Need to Point Kids After the Presidential Election
Injustice
Jesus
Politics
Sovereignty
2012 Rooted Conference Recordings: Cameron Cole
Rooted 2012
Youth Groups in the Digital Age, Part 2
Social Media
Technology
Youth Group Culture
We Can Do Better Than “God Loves You”
Love
Preaching
Teaching
Why Theology and Youth Ministry Seldom Mix
Theology
Youth Ministry
Youth Ministry’s Tendency Toward Legalism
Law
Preaching
Sanctification
Teaching
The Magic Bullet
Gospel-Centered
Rooted 2012
Using the Kardashian Trainwreck to Teach Teens About Marraige
Humility
Love
Marriage
Satisfaction
The Busy Youth Minister: Theology = Methodology
Grace
Leadership
Performance
Practical Ministry Tools
Prayer
A Response to “The Poison of Law and Shame”
Grace
Law
Righteousness
Shame
Sin
The Poison of Law and Shame: Merciful Responses to Teens and Sexual Sin
Addiction
Gender and Sexuality
Grace
Law
Mercy
Performance
Sex
Shame
Sin
God Gave You Sex!
Gender and Sexuality
Jesus
Love
Marriage
Partnering with Parents
Relationships
Sex
Singleness
Teaching
Tough Stuff: Total Depravity
Grace
Sin
Teaching
Theology
Gospel of John: The Best Text for Instant Gratification Generation
Heaven
Jesus
John
Teaching
Youth Group Culture
Contact Work: Youth Minister As Presence of Judgment
Grace
Relationships
Shame
Youth Ministry
A Liberal Scholar Who “Gets It” Better than Most
Discipleship
Faith
Humility
Jesus
Answering the Question, “What Can I Do?”
Faith
Holiness
Preaching
Repentance
Sanctification
Sanctification: Starting from Higher Ground
Gospel-Centered
Grace
Holiness
Identity
Sin
Underaged Drinking: Just Say YES! (Sort Of)
Drugs and Alcohol
Friendship
Gospel-Centered
Law
Temptation
Preaching NOW for Instant Gratification Generation
Freedom
Heaven
Teaching
Technology
What Is Grace-Driven Ministry? What Is Law-Driven Ministry?
Discipleship
Gospel-Centered
Grace
Law
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Performance
Teaching
Why Most Teen Devotionals Stink!
Devotional