In the United States, nineteen percent of high school graduates are illiterate. That’s a tragedy with lifelong implications. In U.S. churches, one-third of youth group alumni do not know what the Gospel is. In one study, this one-third…
“Can I talk to Dad now?” Right in mid-sentence, my college daughter interrupted me and asked for the phone to be handed over to my husband. She had called me – upset and stressed out – needing someone…
Over the last decade, studies have shown that churches have failed to fulfill primary function of the church for kids: to make lasting disciples of Christ. Surveys estimate that seventy-percent of church attending teenagers leave the church after…
People do not come to church anymore because Jesus Christ is glorified; they come to church because that is where they can be entertained and feel good about themselves.
Recently, I spoke with someone who gave quite the defense for Open Theism and why he believed it fell within the bounds of evangelicalism. The concept of Open Theism is illustrated well by Greg Boyd in his book,…
God bless my son’s third grade teacher. She changed my parenting forever when she called home one September afternoon. She told me my son had burst into tears at school that day while trying to work a math…
All glory belongs to God alone. This truth is more than just a matter of opinion. It is a summary of the Reformers’ teaching. But it is still more than that. It is the lifeblood of our…
Each month we compile a Top 10 list for the Rooted community. This list represents ten articles from the month of October that we believe will encourage and equip you to continue in your ministry to students and…
In October of 1518, one year after the nailing of the 95-Theses, Cardinal Cajetan at the Diet of Augsburg challenged Martin Luther on the issue of truth. The Cardinal accused Luther of teaching contrary to the Roman Catholic…
