Comedian Nick Thune believes he could get hired as the youth pastor at just about every church in America. And he might be right. In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Thune gave a…
When your child has left the faith, where is hope found? A pastoral look at parenting, discipleship, and grace for weary Christian parents.
This is the second article in our series, “Building a Kingdom Culture in Our Youth Ministries.” In this series, we will address passages from the Gospel of Luke, which demonstrates that the culture of God’s Kingdom is that…
“…Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” These were the words of Mordecai challenging Esther, his niece and the queen, with the power she alone possessed to save the Jews…
The battle for the hearts of our students is not a new one. The world has always been vying for our students’ faith – attempting to offer them something more quickly gratifying to place their faith in. However,…
“To be honest, I’m starting to believe that God may not even be real.” These words, uttered by the student sitting across the table, haunted me as we finished up our lunches. They did not, unfortunately, come as…
As I talked with Eric, it slowly became clear that his understanding of grace was incomplete. Even though he had attended church for years, he continued to insist that he deserved to be punished by God for his…
That’s complicated isn’t it? On the one hand, it feels like youth pastors have a responsibility to say something. Trump embodies and communicates unchristian positions about women, refugees, foreigners, the disabled, human rights, and personal morality. And now…
Happy New Year! Thanks for exploring the Rooted Top Ten with us throughout 2016. This month marks the one year anniversary of our Top Ten list, and we hope it has born insight, relief, and more of the…
