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Are We True to the Gospel?

Rooted Conference keynote, Ray Ortlund, provided this exceptional piece to the Gospel Coalition Blog, about how futile our doctrinal accuracy is if our lifestyles do not embody the Gospel. “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor…

The Biblical (Il)Literary of Teenage Believers

Richard Ross of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offered this insightful and valuable article at www.christianpost.com. Here is an excerpt with a link to this pivotal issue in the landscape of American Christianity: Youth ministry researcher Chap Clark says,…

Some Advice for Youth Ministers

Dave Hinkley serves as Director of Children and Youth Ministry at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI. He wrote this insightful article at the Gospel Coaltion blog with four valuable pieces of advice for youth pastors. (We…

Hugo and the Orphaned Teenage Soul

Rooted contributor, Cameron Cole, recently posted this piece on the Mockingbird Blog (an absolute slam dunk gem of a blog for pop culture examples of the Gospel) offering insight into the orphaned teenage soul via the movie, Hugo….