Premarital Sex: Five Apologetics Every Student Needs

This is the third article in our series, “Five Apologetics Every Student Needs.” The dictionary definition of ‘apologetics’ is: “systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as in of a doctrine).” In the current world culture of skepticism and relativism,…

Rooted Ministry’s Top 10: February 2016

Last month, Rooted introduced our new initiative: “The Top 10.” We’ve scoured youth ministry blogs and news sites to find the most helpful articles from February that will strengthen and encourage your ministry to students. Most, but not…

A Youth Pastor’s Day in Court – Part 1

This was my first visit to the Superior Court in Clark County. I entered into a large room with marble floors, high ceilings, full of uncomfortable wooden pew-like benches. The whispering groups around me made it difficult to…

The Blessed Pitfalls of Apologetics

I love apologetics. I love reading essays on the historical reliability of Scripture, the resurrection, etc. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of piecing together a detailed defense of the Christian faith and seeing the look on a person’s…

Civility and the Heart of Apologetics

Twenty years ago, I worked at a Starbucks in Denver part-time while going to school. Free coffee. It was awesome. I was a seminary student studying to go into youth ministry, and all my co-workers knew it. Brock…