Apologetics in a student ministry context tends to locate itself between two ineffective ends of a spectrum. The first approach emphasizes a relational model, which rarely speaks authoritatively and hardly claims any truth. This tends to produce meandering…
What lies at the heart of longing to see faith in Christ passed on from one generation to the next? I have two compelling reasons to busy myself with figuring out the answer to this question. First, I…
This is the fourth 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,…
In the fall of 2015, I sat in a chair at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for a weekend class on spiritual disciplines. Everything was good and fine until the professor, Dr. Whitney, started preaching (not just teaching) to…
This is the second article in a two-part series. Read the first article here. As I shared in the first part of this series, Rick (one of my students) got into some bad legal trouble last year. In…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
