While our team recovers today from last week’s Rooted conference in Chicago, I thought I’d share the manuscript from my devotional, which opened the conference. We hope our time together blessed all of our attendees as much as…
Teenagers and adults are regularly being catechized by our culture—and very often we falsely synthesize the broader culture’s convictions with our faith in Christ. In this series, Rooted writers examine “half truths” our teenagers may be tempted to…
God designed the church to center on the gospel—the good news that God rescues sinners through the person and work of Jesus. Placing the gospel at the center of our ministry to students leads us to emphasize discipleship…
Teenagers and adults are regularly being catechized by our culture—and very often we falsely synthesize the broader culture’s convictions with our faith in Christ. In this series, Rooted writers examine “half truths” our teenagers may be tempted to…
Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…
I promised the students that from now on, each week, they can know that I am going to preach the gospel to them.
Maybe you’ve heard – or said – the following: I’m sorry, I didn’t think I would cry. I don’t know why I’m crying. I just don’t want him to see me cry. There is no crying in baseball… …
Yesterday’s article, The “Quick Fix” and the Storm: The Gospel is of First Importance, centered around one youth minister’s realization that her gospel- centered youth ministry wasn’t as gospel- centered as she had thought. Today, she shares some…
It was 4thand 10 with just barely a minute left on the clock. The other team would have to punt, which essentially sealed a win for our JV team. Not just any win, but a win against one…
